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Sonya Yoncheva. Photo © Javier del RealMET STARS: From 2002 until 2021 the late Maria Nockin reported from Arizona, mostly on live opera productions.


Slava Ukraini!VIDEO PODCAST: Slava Ukraini! - recorded on the day Europe woke up to the news that Vladimir Putin's Russian forces had invaded Ukraine. Also features Caitríona O'Leary and Eric Fraad discussing their new film Island of Saints, and pays tribute to Joseph Horovitz, Malcolm Troup and Maria Nockin.

  • Ludewig Spohr
  • Silvia Kind
  • prima donna
  • Franz Josef Haydn
  • Jacques Barzun
  • Lisa Nardi: The Glory of Spring
  • Tomáš Brauner
  • Richard Tognetti


Desmond Ratcliffe

British composer Desmond Ratcliffe was born on 8 December 1917. He died on 11 April 2001, aged eighty-three, in Norfolk.

 

A selection of articles about Desmond Ratcliffe

Editorial musings with Basil Ramsey - In step - remembering one who was

A shining example - Serving needs. Basil Ramsey pays an 83rd birthday tribute to Desmond Ratcliffe -

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