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Crouch End Festival Chorus, Hertfordshire Chorus, LMP, Temple, RFH review - massed forces for lesser-known Elgar oratorio

There is nothing to compare with the visceral experience of hearing a massed choir – in this case the 230-strong combined ...
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Music Reissues Weekly: Eddie and the Hot Rods - Teenage Depression, Life On The Line

One pure sonofabitch 45. The record to put them high in the national charts. Top five at least.” In October 1976, the weekly music paper Sounds was unequivocal about Eddie and the Hot Rods’ “Teenage ...
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Crouch End Festival Chorus, Hertfordshire Chorus, Temple, Royal Festival Hall review – massed forces for lesser-known Elgar oratorio

There is nothing to compare with the visceral experience of hearing a massed choir – in this case the 230-strong combined forces of the Crouch End Festival Chorus and the Hertfordshire Chorus – in ...
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The Marriage of Figaro, Opera North review - a fresh new look

It’s more than a decade since Opera North had a new production of The Marriage of Figaro, and 30 years since the one before that had its premiere, so it’s certainly time for a fresh look at it.And ...