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What is a Minuet?

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  • Tuesday, March 7, 2023
    • | Gramophone
Tracing the musical history of the Minuet – a popular dance form that fascinated composers for more than 200 years

Peter Phillips and The Tallis Scholars: another country

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  • Thursday, March 2, 2023
    • | Choir and Organ
‘The past is another country’ - and so was early music when the Tallis Scholars first assembled to perform it 50 years ago. Founder-director Peter Phillips talks to Clare Stevens about how performing techniques have been honed in the intervening decades, and how Renaissance music has enjoyed its own rebirth

Liz Dilnot Johnson: shifting perceptions

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  • Thursday, March 2, 2023
    • | Choir and Organ
Addressing a political hot potato, Liz Dilnot Johnson's Requiem for refugees, commissioned by Ex Cathedra, won her the Community & Participation Award at the Ivors in November 2022. She talks to Matthew Power about what motivates her to compose

Olivier Latry: the go-between

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  • Thursday, March 2, 2023
    • | Choir and Organ
The energy and passion that organist Olivier Latry brings to his artistry is derived from the instruments that inspire him and the music they serve. He talks to Pierre Dubois

Delphian Records: every step of the way

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  • Thursday, March 2, 2023
    • | Choir and Organ
Now ranking as one of the most successful independent labels in the world, Edinburgh-based Delphian Records was founded in 2000. Graeme Kay returns to Scotland to catch up with managing director Paul Baxter and creative director Will Coates-Gibson

A brief history of classical music

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  • Friday, February 24, 2023
    • | Gramophone
A guided tour of the key composers and artistic movements that have made classical music the rich art-form that today still entrances, moves and uplifts

Great Beethoven Recordings: Not The Usual Suspects

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  • Friday, February 24, 2023
    • | Gramophone
With Beethoven recordings, it’s often the same – justifiably famous – ones that regularly get recommended. We asked Rob Cowan to point us towards others – some of the most inspired and inspiring interpretations you probably haven’t heard