Glyn Pursglove

Enjoyable and Illuminating “Inquisition of Sound” from Society of Strange and Ancient Instruments

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Hume, Nicholls, William Lawes, Robert Jones, Byrd, Tomkins, Anonymous, Brade, Gibbons: The Society of Strange and Ancient Instruments (Jon Banks – santouri, gothic harp, percussion, Liam Byrne – lirone, treble viol, Jean Kelly – triple harp, bray harp, Alison Mcgilivray –bass viol, lyra viol, Jo Wills – electronics), Dora Stoutzker Hall, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff. 2.3.2016. (GPu)

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Members of The Society of Strange and Ancient instruments

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WNO’s Figaro Forever: a Fine Idea Realized Very Rewardingly in Large Part

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Rossini, The Barber of Seville; Mozart, The Marriage of Figaro; Langer, Figaro Gets a Divorce: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera/ James Southall (conductor), Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, 23, 24 & 27.2.2016. (GPu)

WNO Figaro Gets a Divorce. Mark Stone (Count) and Elizabeth Watts (Countess). Photo credit - Richard Hubert Smith 4742
WNO’s Figaro Gets a Divorce Mark Stone (Count) and Elizabeth Watts (Countess)
(c) Richard Hubert Smith

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