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Beckus Newsletter No 135 – Winter 2024

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Beckus 135

The contents:

A Festival of two halves
Violin Sonata No.2
Malcolm Arnold and Jon Lord
The Memory Garden: Guitar music from England
Our brass band CD reviewed
Michael Collins: Music for clarinet and piano
Recording British Music by Lewis Foreman
A year in the life: 1934
BBC Programmes Index
Prints and scores for sale
Maestro No 9

As we had believed, the Seventh Symphony was a strong piece.
Ted (Downes) knocked some ten minutes off the time Malcolm had taken at the premiere and showed that the work had energy and brilliance. I still believe that it’s one of his best works.

Lewis Foreman