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Music in Durham

DULOG: Guys and Dolls

Lady Luck is on DULOG’s side in this gloriously joyful production of ‘Guys and Dolls’

New music focus: Joanna Ward

Joanna Ward is a young composer from Newcastle who is already making quite an impact, with a long list of impressive commissions and awards.

Feast and Famine

Thoughts on music during the pandemic – a world where I am both filled with good things and sent empty away.

Letter to Mary Foy from Durham musicians

A letter from Durham musicians MP Mary Kelly Foy asking for amateur musicians to granted the same guidance as professionals under the new government Covid-19 regulations.

Haydn Op76 string quartets

Haydn’s string quartets have been providing a welcome refuge from another week of bad-temper and turbulence in British politics.

Vaughan Williams, Symphony No.3

Getting past folksongs, hymns and that Lark – a BBC4 documentary prompted me to explore Vaughan Williams’ symphonic response to the First World War.

Introducing – The Captive Audience

Introducing my new lockdown listening project, in which I explore some of the gaping holes in my collection in a musical version of snog-marry-avoid.