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ENDNOTES – Vaughan Williams from Oregon – and an elegy by Herbert Howells

Posted on July 16, 2013 by Derek Turner

ENDNOTES STUART MILLSON enjoys Vaughan Williams from Oregon – and an elegy by Herbert Howells American conductors and orchestras have long been interested in British music. The two Leonards, Bernstein and Slatkin, both made memorable recordings of Elgar; Robert Shaw … Continue reading →

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ENDNOTES – Farewelling Aldeburgh 2013

Posted on June 26, 2013 by Derek Turner

ENDNOTES – Farewelling Aldeburgh 2013 STUART MILLSON enjoys the last weekend of the 2013 Aldeburgh Festival and several enticing new CDs Durham Cathedral Choristers at Aldeburgh  *  New work by Wolfgang Rihm performed at Snape  *  Cello sonatas by Rachmaninov, … Continue reading →

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ENDNOTES – Letter from Aldeburgh

Posted on June 12, 2013 by Derek Turner

ENDNOTES Letter from Aldeburgh STUART MILLSON reports on Peter Grimes at the Aldeburgh Festival Dear Ben, I can feel the special magic that the Festival instils into music, country side, sea side and people! And it is all because Peter … Continue reading →

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ENDNOTES – Italian radiance and English glories

Posted on June 6, 2013 by Derek Turner

Italian radiance and English glories STUART MILLSON enjoys a lavish orchestral tapestry of Italian life and landscape, and the sounds of The Solent at The English Music Festival The Leopard (Il Gattopardo), by Giuseppe di Lampedusa, is a slow, sunlit, … Continue reading →

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Endnotes – Rare British chamber works, Vivaldi arranged by Bach, and a trip to Lochnagar

Posted on May 20, 2013 by Derek Turner

ENDNOTES Rare British chamber works, Vivaldi arranged by Bach, and a trip to Lochnagar STUART MILLSON If there is one musical initiative in this country that has revealed a hitherto unseen, unknown and unappreciated dimension to our cultural understanding, it … Continue reading →

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ENDNOTES: Sir Hubert Parry and Season Songs

Posted on April 29, 2013 by leslie

ENDNOTES Sir Hubert Parry and Season Songs STUART MILLSON Elgar is usually credited as the progenitor of the English musical renascence, and it is certainly the case that his Enigma Variations and The Dream of Gerontius placed our music on … Continue reading →

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Apocalypse Discs – Stuart Millson

Posted on March 27, 2013 by Derek Turner

STUART MILLSON Quarterly Review Music Editor If I find myself on a desert island, or living in a nuclear bunker, or in a cave in Wales (the latter will have its own generator, so that my collection of CDs and … Continue reading →

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Nordic romanticism, Australian exuberance and lieder

Posted on March 24, 2013 by Derek Turner

Nordic romanticism by Svendsen, Australian exuberance from Grainger – and lieder by Arlen STUART MILLSON enjoys a mixed-bag of CD releases Chandos Records, based at Colchester, Essex, is one of the most impressive names in the independent recording industry. When … Continue reading →

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Overture for the 2013 English Music Festival

Posted on March 5, 2013 by Derek Turner

English Music Festival begins the year with curtain-raiser of rare gems The Orchestra of St. Paul’s, conductor, Ben Palmer at St. John’s, Smith Square, London. 28th February 2013 STUART MILLSON Before a note was played at February’s English Music Festival … Continue reading →

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