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Neville: ‘My wife has told me to keep June free’
How did a so-so violinist from Lincoln end up one of the world’s greatest conductors? And will he ever slow down? As Neville Marriner hits 90, he talks to Stuart Jeffries about setting up the Academy of St Martin in the Fields orchestra, never saying no – and the teacher who had him beaten for over-gesticulating.
Classic FM
Opera celebrated at Olivier Awards 2014
English Touring Opera and the Royal Opera House were honoured last night at the 2014 Olivier Awards, held at London’s Covent Garden.
Royal Opera House
The A-Z of Richard Strauss: J is for Ben Jonson
One of the Jacobean playwright’s works inspired Strauss’s sole collaboration with Stefan Zweig.
The Arts Desk
theartsdesk Q&A: Soprano Nicole Cabell
The outstanding American singer on winning Cardiff, crying in performance and Kate Bush
The Telegraph
Amanda Vickery: Why we’ve got the Georgians all wrong
We associate the Georgian era with elegance and good taste. But this gaudy, bloody period was a world away from Austen’s drawing room romances.
Die Welt
Ritter der Rondos, Grandseigneur der Serenaden
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