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Music news in brief

News in brief including the death of two British conductors and the release of two new CDs from SOMM Recordings…

Ronald Corp with friends

Obituary: Rev. Ronald Corp

Ronald Corp lived a full life as an accomplished musician whose achievements as a conductor and composer earned him an OBE for services to British music…

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

City churches host summer music in June

The seventh annual Summer Music in City Churches will take place from 18 to 27 June in the City of London and feature music with the theme of Eternal Light.

Madeleine Mitchell, violin, Julian Milford, piano and Kirsten Jenson, cello

British chamber music features in June concerts

British chamber music will feature in a trio of concerts taking place in June including one by violinist Madeleine Mitchell, pianist Julian Milford and cellist Kirsten Jenson…

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra The Planets

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra releases Holst album

The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra’s latest album, released on 30 May, unites Holst’s beloved Planets suite with the world premiere recording of Deborah Cheetham Fraillon’s Earth.

 Latest features & reviews

BAX: Spring Fire

BAX: Spring Fire

This disc of Bax’s complete music for cello and piano takes its title from the thematic links between that orchestral work and his Cello Sonata. This is a big serious piece…

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The Lancashire Caruso

The Lancashire Caruso

How many British opera singers get a Wetherspoons pub named after them? Not many – but here’s one I stumbled upon when cruising along the Leeds & Liverpool Canal…

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