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New Release: ‘This Curious Harp’ CD of 20th Century Harp music played by Eleanor Hudson includes Leonard Salzedo’s ‘Tonada’. Available from https://t.co/F65ouO4LzQ
#ClassicalMusic #Harp #BritishMusic #BritishComposers
11 February 1952 The 1st performance of Leonard Salzedo’s ’Eleven Caprices’ & ‘Double Bass Rhapsody’ took place at the Conway Hall, London #OTD #BritishMusic
6. February 1970 Dame Cleo Laine & Sir John Dankworth set up what is now @StablesMK with a live music event in their garden 50 years ago #OTD #BritishMusic
13 January 1960 Born #OTD Acclaimed English theatre director, dancer & choreographer Sir Matthew Bourne is 60 today
14 July 1682 English composer Henry Purcell was appointed organist to the Royal Chapel #OTD
7 July 1860 Austrian late-Romantic composer & leading conductor of his time Gustav Mahler was born #OTD
10 June 2018 A commemorative concert to mark the 80th anniversary of the #Kindertransport ‘The Children of Willesden Lane’ was held @wigmore_hall #OTD
15 May 1858 The 3rd @RoyalOperaHouse Covent Garden opened with a performance of Meyerbeer’s ‘Les Huguenots” #OTD
22 April 1916 American-born, British-based violinist & conductor Yehudi Menuhin, widely considered one of the greatest violinists of the 20th century, was born #OTD
22 April 1912 English contralto Kathleen Ferrier renowned as a stage, concert & recording artist was born #OTD