Poetry is an expanding area at Lebrecht
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John Cooper Clarke, performance poet in full swing (Mark Harrison) #98478 |
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John Keats, romantic 19th century English poet (Lebrecht archive collection) #97515 |
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Prepare for the Proms this summer at the Royal Albert HallStunning overview of the hall with Promenaders
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Sakari Oramo conducts Elgar’s |
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Young string players in the European Youth Orchestra (Chris Christodoulou) #98255 |
This month’s nostalgia spot – does anyone remember The Supremes?
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Anniversaries:
Red Norvo’s 100th birth anniversary 31st March – American vibraphone and xylophone player.
Herbert von Karajan 100th birth anniversary 5th April – Austrian conductor who created the star system for conductors
Max Planck 150th birth anniversary 23rd April – father of quantum physics
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Ethel Smyth 150th birth anniversary 23rd April – one of the first English female conductors Ethel Smyth |
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Arthur Koestler 25th death anniversary 3rd March – Hungarian political philosopher, novelist, journalistArthur Koestler (John Minnion) #63188 |
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William Walton 25th death anniversary 8th March – British composer William Walton (John Minnion) #53961 |
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George Balanchine 25th death anniversary 30th April – Georgian-American choreographer rehearsing with New York City Ballet, 1960George Balanchine (Andre LeCoz) #2467 |
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