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LPO/Manze review – Vaughan Williams’s beauty, and disturbing power, to the fore

The London Philiharmonic began its 150th tribute with beloved gems before unleashing the composer’s mighty Ninth Symphony – with a trip into Tom Coult’s luscious Pleasure Garden on the way

The Guardian - UK · Oct 27, 2022

‘I’ve got to stop somewhere!’ How Steve Roud compiled his epic folk song archive

The former librarian has spent more than 50 years compiling the Roud Folk Song Index, cataloguing 25,000 traditional songs. So how did he do it? And what exactly is a folk song?

The Guardian - UK · Sep 12, 2022

‘A nonconformist with a conservative’s regard for tradition’: Ralph Vaughan Williams at 150

He has long been the nation’s favourite composer, but there’s more to him than The Lark. As he turns 150, it’s time to listen afresh to this radical traditionalist

The Guardian - UK · Sep 9, 2022

Prom 2: Sinfonia of London/Wilson review – an incisive and exciting celebration of British music

John Wilson’s orchestra launched the celebrations of Vaughan Williams’ centenary, gave a fresh account of the Enigma Variations and played music by Walton, Bax and Huw Watkins

The Guardian - UK · Jul 17, 2022

David Lloyd-Jones obituary

Founding conductor of Opera North and a champion of Russian operas and British symphonies

The Guardian - UK · Jul 12, 2022

Inside Queen's meetings with royal fans that changed everyday people's lives

Robbie Maiden, George Herbert Vaughan, Glenys Elrick and Eileen Dyke are among the Brits who met the Queen during the years while attending events, at school lunches or during hospice visits

Daily Mirror · Jun 1, 2022

BBC Concert Orchestra/Martin Yates review – rumbustious Elgar a high point

English music festival programme of works by neglected composers left me thinking music this far into the hinterland should be left there

The Guardian - UK · May 29, 2022

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra announces huge events for 2022/23 season

There's a wide range of events planned for the 2022/23 season

Liverpool Echo · May 19, 2022

BBC Proms 2022 highlights: the best concerts to book at the London festival, from the Gaming Prom to Yuja Wang

Our critic picks the best of a bumper crop of Proms gigs to book now

Evening Standard · May 19, 2022

The week in classical: Leipzig Gewandhaus/ Nelsons; Scottish Chamber Orchestra/ Manze

The earth all but moved as Andris Nelsons and the mighty Gewandhaus brought their Strauss Project to London

The Guardian - UK · May 14, 2022