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Classical music news. WNYC saves New Sounds — John Schaefer's radio programme is to continue, thanks to the support of listeners and major donors
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Louis Théodore Gouvy (1898); Randall Thompson (1899); Bruno Maderna (1920); Easley Blackwood (1933); John McCabe (1939); Nina Simone (2003); Jean-Michel Damase (2013); Huguette Tourangeau (2018); Atli Heimir Sveinsson (2019); Sergio Rendine (2023); more >>
Twenty-five years ago today
Bach at the Opera — Shirley Ratcliffe attends English National Opera's staging of the St John Passion (published 21 April 2000)
Twenty years ago today
CD Spotlight. An ebullient personality — Five orchestral works by Elliott Schwartz, reviewed by Patric Standford. '... fertile imagination and bright spirit.' (published 21 April 2005)
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