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Penny Mordaunt was in characteristically good form in Commons business questions today. In response to a... passionate rant from Andrew Bridgen on the

Commentary One of the great problems that we have here in Australia is that within our arts institutions, ...

Welcome to Classical Sprouts: Birdwatching Edition.

How birds and animals and have inspired and shaped classical music How birds and animals and have inspired and shaped classical music Beasts and birds of all shapes and sizes have inspired composers in a remarkable variety of ways. Claire Jackson takes us on a zoological tour Published: April 19, 2021 at 4:50 pm ‘The duck quacked and, in her excitement, jumped out of the pond,’ gasps David Bowie in his iconic narration of Peter and the Wolf, recorded in 19...

| 03/31/2002 (5 out of 5 stars) "With no composer was Sir Thomas Beecham more closely associated than with Frederick Delius: Beecham made his first 78RPM documentation of Delius in the middle 1920s just after the invention of the electrical process; he recorded Delius throughout the period of electrical stylus engraving, continued to do so in the "hi-fi" years of the monophonic long-playing record, and made what were probably the first stereo recordings of Delius in the late 1950s and early 19...

Dinis Sousa has been appointed principal conductor of Royal Northern Sinfonia SAGE Gateshead has marked an important milestone in its recovery from the Covid-19 crisis with the appointment of young conducting star Dinis Sousa as principal conductor of Royal Northern Sinfonia (RNS). At this time when communities in the North-East will need music and the arts more than ever, Sage Gateshead says it wants to meaningfully respond, bringing music’s vital role in improving health and wellbeing, ...

The Des Moines Symphony will perform its sixth “Live from the Temple” series concert, “Spring Serenade,” in a livestreamed program beginning at 6:30 p.m. March 18.  Richard Strauss’ “Serenade in E-flat Major” opens the show with lyrical woodwind and French horn melodies. Gounod’s “Petite Symphonie” and Mozart’s "G Minor Symphony" will follow. The program concludes with Delius’ “On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring,” using strings and clarinets to capture the com...

I get to look smart and sophisticated Rose Matafeo has curated a fantasy classical music concert for Radio 3. The stand-up is presenting one of fiveCelebrity Choice editions of Radio 3 In Concert  to air next month. She said the opportunity was ‘a treat, particularly at a time where the shared live concert experience isn’t possible’, adding: ‘It’s also going to make me seem very smart and sophisticated to all of my friends and I will brag about it for years to come.’ Her episode ai...

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