Kenneth Alwyn, leading light of the British music scene noted for Friday Night is Music Night – obituary
Kenneth Alwyn, leading light of the British music scene noted for Friday Night is Music Night – obituary He directed many West End musicals, and recordings included a thrilling 1812 Overture featuring slowed-down gunshot instead of cannon fire Alwyn recording Kenneth Alwyn, who has died aged 95, was an orchestral conductor who appeared with the BBC Concert Orchestra on Radio 2’s Friday Night is Music Night for 30 years; he conducted the Japanese premiere of Holst’s The Planets, accompanied Margot Fonteyn and Rudolf Nureyev dancing at the Bath Festival; and took over performances of Benj...
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