Slipped Disc - The inside track on classical music and related cultures, by Norman Lebrecht (original) (raw)

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Five staffers have resigned and one has been…
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### Ruth Leon recommends… two current hits from the National Theatre today

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Two current hits from the National Theatre available…
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From a correspondent: I am a retired full…
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Dr Harry Brunjes, who has presided over ten…
Just in: ENO chairman is finally unseated * Orchestras
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### Sudden death of US conductor

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The composer John Mackey has reported the death…
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### Union pauses Welsh opera strike

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Statement by Equity, acting for the endangered chorus…
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