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Elaine Hugh-Jones obituary


Last modified on Sat 1 May 2021 04.46 EDT
The composer Elaine Hugh-Jones, who has died aged 93, made a striking contribution to English song. In her survey New Vocal Repertory (vol 1, 1986), the soprano Jane Manning wrote of the pleasure of discovering a composer with a complete mastery of voice and piano writing: “Although they are firmly based on a traditional musical style – that of English post-Romantic – the songs are not in the least derivative [but show] a wonderful assurance and freshness of approach and an exceptionally sensitive response to words.”
The works in question were six settings of poems by Walter de la Mare, written between 1966 and 1985. Two more, from 1988-89, went on to make a set of eight, and they have been broadcast several times on BBC Radio 3. ....

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Review of the Year 2020: Arts


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18 December 2020
Tristram kenton © DWA LLC
A look back to the West End before social distancing: this was the spectacular Moses musical The Prince of Egypt which opened at the Dominion Theatre on the eve of the pandemic
A look back to the West End before social distancing: this was the spectacular Moses musical The Prince of Egypt which opened at the Dominion Theatre .
IN A year that was disastrous for many people, the pandemic was a sudden blow to those who made their living as musicians and other performing artists, as well as the support staff for live events, particularly freelancers. Concerts were generally cancelled, though a few went online; opera houses and theatres were darkened; even church and cathedral choirs were silenced for much of the year. Regular events were either cancelled (Edinburgh Fringe) or reimagined (the Proms and the Three Choirs). ....

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