by Wendy Newman | Jul 6, 2021 | News
Both Malcolm Sargent and the Leicester University’s music department are featured in the University of Leicester’s 100 project, which celebrates 100 years of change, and the beginnings of a university in Leicester. Thanks to research by Sam Dobson,...
by Wendy Newman | Nov 13, 2020
Malcolm Sargent Sunday 22 November 2020, 4.00pm • Zoom The LSO’s historian Sam Dobson charts the meteoric rise of the orchestra’s superstar founder Malcolm Sargent, from humble beginnings in Stamford to Melton Mowbray, Leicester and on to worldwide fame....
by Wendy Newman | Sep 3, 2017 | Historic Profiles
Michael Tippett (1905-1998), later Sir Michael, has no direct connection with Leicester Symphony Orchestra but I have included an entry on him here because his path crossed that of Malcolm Sargent significantly during his formative years. It was after seeing one of...
by Wendy Newman | Sep 2, 2017 | Historic Profiles
Karl Russell George Karl Russell (c1888 – c1960), known as Karl, was the driving force behind the establishment of the Leicester Symphony Orchestra. This followed the astounding success of Malcolm Sargent’s debut ‘Windy Day’ concert in February...
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