All the dates for this summer’s Lanchester Early Music Festival are now listed on the events guide: http://www.musicdurham.co.uk/events/tag/lemf
There are five concerts, mostly of eighteenth-century chamber music, with C.P.E. Bach, whose tercentenary falls this year, featuring heavily in the programming.
Composer Ailsa Dixon studied at Durham in the 1950s. Ahead of a concert celebrating her music, her daughter Josie Dixon tells Ailsa’s story and introduces the music on the programme.
Stunning vocal music spanning six centuries, including brand new compositions by A-level students at St Leonards RC comprehensive school
Guest reviewer Olivia Hamilton is enthralled by Rolf Hind’s expressive intentions as he gives a remarkable performance of Olivier Messiaen’s piano masterpiece for MUSICON
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