In the world of classical music, it’s easy to get lost in the mystique and lore surrounding its musical figures. At All Classical Portland, we strive to connect to the real, living humans behind the music. What better way to get acquainted with these renowned composers than through their hobbies? Perhaps in doing so, we.
The Lark Ascending is a Classic FM perennial but there is so much more to the English composer – from elegies to the first world war and symphonies full of dissonant rage to folk songs and fantasias, writes conductor Andrew Manze<br>
The work of reviving the almost forgotten folklore of this country was at first regarded by the public as an esoteric pastime serving to indulge the fancy of harmless cranks. Now, however, country dancing is widely practised in schools, social organisations, and in the six hundred branches of the society in every county of England. (The Scots and Welsh have their own separate societies, though there is liaison between the three organisations.) Grants are made to the society by the Ministry of Education, local education authorities, and by private bodies, and there are more than twelve thousand individual subscribers.
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