by Wendy Newman | Mar 21, 2021
Mendelssohn and the creation of the ‘canon’ Sunday 21 March 2021, 4.00pm • Zoom Guest speaker and LSO conductor John Andrews tells the story of how we came to have a ‘canon’ of symphonic music. All welcome. No charge. For access details, please email Sam:...
by Wendy Newman | Feb 28, 2021
Edward Elgar – the man and his music Sunday 28 February 2021, 4.00pm • Zoom Edward Elgar was something of an enigma even to those who knew him well. Sam Dobson, the secretary of the East Midlands Branch of the Elgar Society, tells the story of the great man with...
by Wendy Newman | Nov 29, 2020
Heroes of the LSO Sunday 29 November 2020, 4.00pm • Zoom The LSO’s historian Sam Dobson tells the fascinating stories of two heroes of the LSO: George Tebbs, who laid the foundations on which the orchestra was built, and Grace Burrows, who played a key role in...
by Wendy Newman | Nov 22, 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....
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