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Mar

22

Misunderstandings

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It’s very easy to confuse Massenet’s Meditation from Thais with Massenet’s MEDICATION from Thais…

Dec

18

Beecham on Boult in Palestine

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Adrian Boult

Apocryphally, Sir Adrian Boult was taken to the Palestine of old by those in charge of the British mandate, back in the middle of the last century. He was really quite enamoured by it all, and took great pleasure in recounting the story of his journey, especially the fact that the British had […]

Apr

10

In The Middle Of The Night

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After a Ramallah concert, a couple of us decided to stay late in the city with some ex-pats who were living there. We ended up at one of their houses, opposite the glamourous new Bank of Palestine building (replete with bulletholed windows…)
It got to 3am and it became obvious to me, and T (from the […]

Feb

1

Tall Stories - No.1

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The first in an ongoing series of the many wonderful stories that crop up unfailingly regularly in the music profession…
The Lunch Invitation
So, a close friend of mine, X, is driving to the house of Mr Very Famous Composer for lunch. Classic fm is playing on the radio. The lunchtime requests programme comes on. “Call now […]