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TRIBUTES have been paid to a globally-renowned harpist from Flintshire who has died at the age of 92, Dr Osian Ellis CBE, who started playing again as he approached his 90th, collaborated with leading British composer Benjamin Britten and performed at the world’s finest concert venues. In 2018 he was honoured at the Wales International Harp Festival in Caernarfon when a new work was premiered to celebrate his 90th birthday. Dr Ellis, a native of Ffynnongroyw who later lived in Pwllheli, leaves his son, Richard and his daughter in law, Glynis; two grandchildren, David and Katie, and ...

Waterstones West End, Edinburgh, February 17 Bookworms are in for a treat tomorrow when Hannah Kent visits Waterstones in Edinburgh tomorrow. The popular author will discuss the release of her second novel The Good People and her successful debut Burial Rites.  Set in 19th-century Ireland, The Good People is a tense thriller based on newspaper reports and a court case from the period. Tickets cost £3. Visit www.waterstones.com. 2 BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra: Dvorak Symphony No. 8 City Halls, Glasgow, today The work of Antonin Dvorak will take centre stage when the BBC SSO ...

TRIBUTES have been paid to a globally-renowned harpist from Flintshire who has died at the age of 92, Dr Osian Ellis CBE, who started playing again as he approached his 90th, collaborated with leading British composer Benjamin Britten and performed at the world’s finest concert venues. In 2018 he was honoured at the Wales International Harp Festival in Caernarfon when a new work was premiered to celebrate his 90th birthday. Dr Ellis, a native of Ffynnongroyw who later lived in Pwllheli, leaves his son, Richard and his daughter in law, Glynis; two grandchildren, David and Katie, and ...

Osian Ellis, harpist known for his association with Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears – obituary Britten wrote several works for him and he later became the regular accompanist for Pears, rethinking piano accompaniments for the harp Osian Ellis Osian Ellis, who has died aged 92, was a dynamic Welsh harpist best known for his association with Benjamin Britten, who wrote several works either for Ellis or featuring his instrument. After Britten’s heart surgery in 1973 Ellis became the regular accompanist for Britten’s partner, the tenor Peter Pears, rethinking the composer’s original pia...

British composer and trumpeter Malcolm Arnold in 1961 Credit: Erich Auerbach/Getty Images Great anniversaries are an opportunity to give a moment in the sun to cultural figures whom we have forgotten or underappreciate, so it was just as well that it was poor old Beethoven whose 250th birthday celebrations last year were derailed by a pandemic; he hardly needs a boost to his reputation. The same is not true of Sir Malcolm Arnold, born 100 years ago this year and considered, by the authorities at least, of such little significance that part of his archive – from the seven years when his ment...