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Music for the Three-Choirs Festival
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Over 300 years ago, the three Choirs of the cathedrals of Hereford, Gloucester, and Worcester decided to hold an annual music festival at the end of July. The origins of the annual music meetings of the “Three Choirs” were outlined
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Playlist: Travels With Composers
Places and landscapes, both real and imagined, are a rich source of inspiration for composers, resulting in atmospheric and evocative music, some of which was actually written while the composers were travelling or on holiday… Take a short tour with
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Thoughts on the Beach
During the winter, the beach is a lonely wind-swept place. The sea shore piles up with the detritus of the waves: old shells and ragged seaweed. A beach along England’s Jurassic Coast, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, was used as
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Rachmaninoff for Beginners
Ten Pieces to Make You Love Rachmaninoff
Sergei Rachmaninoff was born in 1873 in Russia. He became one of the greatest pianists of his generation, as well as one of the most famous composers. Here are a few facts about Rachmaninoff’s life and music: Rachmaninoff’s music is
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Barque On the Ocean
A barque is a three-masted sailing ship in its original definition, but by the end of the 19th century, it had become downgraded to refer to a small boat or even a rowing boat for inland waters. The idea of
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Bubbles – Many Different Kinds
When we think of bubbles, we think of floating air or just the utter joy of watching them catch the sunlight and turn to rainbow colours. In the driest definition, it’s ‘a thin sphere of liquid enclosing a gas’. Mostly.
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Shostakovich for Beginners
10 Pieces to Make You Love Shostakovich
Dmitri Shostakovich was born in 1906 in St. Petersburg, Russia. He was an extraordinary talent who spent his entire creative life interacting with the Soviet regime, and his dark soulful works are favorites in the classical music world. Here are
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At the Water’s Edge
Water, in its warm form, is the summer symbol (water in its cold form, i.e., ice and snow, is another matter). We start on the water’s edge as it laps around our feet, cooling us and inviting us deeper. In
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