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Classical music news. Obituary — Elgar Howarth (1935-2025)

Twenty-five years ago today

The Rightness of Gurney — Roderic Dunnett concludes his examination of Ivor Gurney the musician. (published 16 January 2000)

Twenty years ago today

Ensemble. Holocaust opera — A powerful, deeply moving performance of Viktor Ullmann's 'The Emperor of Atlantis', reviewed by Lawrence Budmen (published 16 January 2005)

Anniversaries

Niccolò Piccinni (1728); Anton Felix Schindler (1864); Léo Delibes (1891); Marilyn Horne (1934); Brian Ferneyhough (1943); Arturo Toscanini (1957); Gustav Leonhardt (2012); Barry Tuckwell (2020); Andrew Greenwood (2021); Peter G Howell (2021); Peter Schickele (2024)

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