Regarding Somervell's 'A Shropshire Lad', I unforgiveably forgot Sir Bryn Terfel's splendid version on his 'Silent Noon' CD - so let's say he and James Newby have equal first recommendation status...
I am still seriously behind with my ‘Review Every Prom’ project, so this Blog will aim to be concise… Thursday 23 July A lovely programme from Ryan Bancroft, the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, the B
It is a standing joke in my family that I didn’t have a typical musical adolescence, as I listened to Wagner rather than the pop/rock music of the day. This is true to some extent, but my enthusiasm f
The Prom on Tuesday 20th July had been keenly anticipated, mainly because of the first British performance of Jessie Montgomery’s These Righteous Paths, a ‘cello concerto written for the young South A
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