Charles Mackerras: a supremely versatile and theatrical conductor 5 recordings Giuseppe Verdi, Joseph Haydn, Lennox Berkeley and more
Aldeburgh and its extended family 13 recordings The Aldeburgh Festival has been a pilgrimage for lovers of classical music and culture since 1948. Every June it brings together new commissions, world-premières and international stars on the stretch of Suffolk Coast which so bewitched its founder, the composer Benjamin Britten.
Lord Harewood favourites 20 recordings George Lascelles, 7th Earl of Harewood, was born on 7 February 1923 and grew up at Harewood House in Yorkshire, just north of Leeds where as a child he heard early opera performances at its Grand Theatre and Opera House.
Edinburgh International Festival 6 recordings The Edinburgh International Festival of Music and Drama was founded in 1947 with a remit ‘to provide a platform for the flowering of the human spirit’ and enrich the cultural life of Scotland, Britain and Europe in the wake of World War Two, echoing the creation of the Salzburg Festival in 1920 after World War One.
