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9th April: musical instruments exempted from UK’s ivory ban, Hamilton takes home 7 Olivier Awards, Cecil Taylor dies age 89

Monday 9th April '18

In today's news: UK's Ivory ban will exempt musical instruments, Buxton's Stephen Barlow steps down, Cecil Taylor dies at age 89, Rafael Karlen to be the new Peggy Glanville-Hicks Composer-in-Residence and Christa Ludwig is honoured …

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10th October: Ivory ban exemption, and NPO status for NCEM

Tuesday 10th October '17

In today's news: The UK Government has exempted musical instruments from its proposals for an ivory ban, and the National Centre for Early Music has been selected as one of Arts Council England’s National Portfolio …

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14th March: Handel’s Messiah’s charitable history, Arts groups refusing tobacco funding may be penalised and first English-language performance of Rimsky-Korsakov opera

Friday 14th March '14

Guardian How Handel's Messiah helped London's orphans – and vice versa George Handel's oratorio is Britain's best-loved choral work. But without its links to the Foundling Hospital, one of Georgian London's leading charities, we might never have …

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