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Blog Entries by Paul Guest from 07/2012

Sir John Tomlinson on Pelléas et Mélisande

| Posted 07.13.2012 | UK Entertainment
Read More: Paris, Sir John Tomlinson, Opera, UK Culture News Classical, Bbc Proms, Claude Debussy, Royal Albert Hall, Pelleas Et Melisande, UK Entertainment News

There is nothing better than a nerdy lunch with one of the world's greatest bass singers discussing Debussy's Pelléas et Mélisande. Well, lucky for...

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BBC Proms 2012: Composition for the Ear, or Eye?

| Posted 07.30.2012 | UK Entertainment
Read More: Classical Music, Emily Howard, Pierre Monteux, UK Entertainment, Conductor, Royal Albert Hall, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Bbc Proms, Andris Nelsons, UK Culture, Stravinsky, Composer, UK Entertainment News

The BBC Proms 2012 season features a total of thirty-three premiere compositions by living composers; nineteen world premieres, of which sixteen of those world premieres are BBC commissions - The BBC Proms has become one of the great platforms supporting contemporary classical music.

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Classical Music is NOT Dead

| Posted 07.31.2012 | UK Entertainment
Read More: Classical Music, Royal Albert Hall, Bbc Proms, Audiences, Opera, The Proms, Proms, Music, Culture, UK Entertainment News

In recent times classical music has been referred to as dead. I disagree.

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