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Joyce Kennedy, doctor and writer on classical music who collaborated with her husband, a veteran Telegraph critic – obituary

Joyce Kennedy, doctor and writer on classical music who collaborated with her husband, a veteran Telegraph critic – obituary
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Errollyn Warren: the composer shaking up the Last Night of the Proms and Purcell s operas alike

Errollyn Warren: the composer shaking up the Last Night of the Proms and Purcell’s operas alike Operatic composition’s leading lady on revitalising Virgil, mixing classical and pop, and refusing to harbour identity-based ‘grievances’ 31 May 2021 • 5:00am Errollyn Warren s new opera, Dido’s Ghost, will premiere at the Barbican on June 6 Credit: BBC At last, Errollyn Wallen is having her moment in the sun. Having toiled away for decades on the fringes of contemporary classical music, always labelled “quirky”, never quite accepted, this Belize-born, London-bred composer, now 63, is firmly ensconced at the top table. She’s written around 20 operas, one of which – Another America: Earth – was premiered at the Royal Opera House; two of her works opened the Paralympic Games in 2012. Last year, Jerusalem – Our Clouded Hills was premiered at the Last Night of the Proms, and she was made a CBE.

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The historic British spa towns giving Bath a run for its money

The historic British spa towns giving Bath a run for its money As spas and hotels reopen for overnight breaks, we round up the loveliest spa towns Britain has to offer, with tips on where to stay Buxton Crescent Hotel: the new jewel in Buxton s crown Who needs Volvic or Vittel? At St Ann’s Well in Buxton, a woman in a bright red coat has a flotilla of empty five-litre containers at her feet she’s filling up. “It’s for my daughter,” she says, snapping on surgical gloves and sticking the neck of the bottle under a spout adorned with a bronze lion head. “She gets through one of these every two or three days.”

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