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Big crowd expected for young musicians – Worcester News

Big crowd expected for young musicians Worcester News ... Bruch's Violin Concerto while the youth choir will sing Beethoven's Overture Coriolan and his Mass in C.

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Boost Swindon’s Prospect hospice music night – This is Wiltshire.co.uk

Boost Swindon's Prospect hospice music night This is Wiltshire.co.uk Stevie Gilmore, classical Guitarist, Diane Charlesworth, opera singer, Lewis and Emma Sayle, pianist/singer. Friend of Ian's Theresa Sheridan, 51, of Haydon End, is helping to organise the cabaret night. She said: “Tickets are selling well, ...

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The Scottish Play @ Greenside – The Skinny

The Scottish Play @ Greenside The Skinny The production gives a brilliant outlook to the experimental side of theatre, as it plays with physicality and the body, which many companies are afraid to do with such a classical piece of theatre. Congratulations are in order for thinking outside the ... and more

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Carl Davis recalls collaborating with Paul McCartney on the Liverpool Oratorio … – Telegraph.co.uk

Telegraph.co.uk Carl Davis recalls collaborating with Paul McCartney on the Liverpool Oratorio ... Telegraph.co.uk But he was intrigued by the project [the Liverpool Oratorio was McCartney's first classical piece] and we agreed that we were going to work on it as a complete collaboration. The work evolved over a long time because Paul was touring.

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Holywell pub licensees help fund first Well Inn music festival – Flintshire Chronicle

Holywell pub licensees help fund first Well Inn music festival Flintshire Chronicle Music will be performed throughout the day on various stages in Tower Gardens and on High Street, and acts will move into the pubs in the evening. There will also be an acoustic tent, jazz cafe, classical corner, street performers and dance workshops. ..

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India to be a generous partner for Festival from 2012 – Edinburgh Festivals

India to be a generous partner for Festival from 2012 Edinburgh Festivals player Ravi Shankar, are selling better than traditional classical repertoire in the Usher Hall, he said, as buyers go for “once in a lifetime” experience. But he conceded some people may have been put off concerts that include a few “weird” composers.

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Mills and Grimshaw to present from Edinburgh Fringe – musicweek.com

Mills and Grimshaw to present from Edinburgh Fringe musicweek.com The Festival itself includes classical performers such as Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, while the Fringe is host to everything from beatboxer Shlomo to Pink Floyd tribute act MacFloyd.

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£11m bid to revamp Middlesbrough Town Hall theatre – The Northern Echo

£11m bid to revamp Middlesbrough Town Hall theatre The Northern Echo A CONCERT venue that has attracted famous names from the worlds of music and comedy for more than a century may seek £11m to improve its facilities. The likes of classical maestro Johann Strauss, musician Paul Weller and indie ... and more

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John Buckman: The battle to keep the internet free for all – The Independent

John Buckman: The battle to keep the internet free for all The Independent One of Mr Buckman's businesses is Magnatune, a distributor of world and classical music and defunct styles of Eighties electronica, by artists who have found no place in the modern factories of iTunes and cost-cutting record-label giants. ...

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Elbow song among top 50 desert island tracks – Viagogo

Viagogo Elbow song among top 50 desert island tracks Viagogo The results were dominated by classical music and rock, with the likes of Vaughan Williams, Beethoven, Elgar and Mozart joined in the top 20 by Queen, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin and the Beatles. Music fans heading to Leeds 2011 can see Elbow and Pulp ...

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