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Cheltenham Festival 2012: Alexander Goehr, Hugh Wood, Lauri Supponen, Judith Bingham, Einojuhani Rautavaara, John Tavener

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2013

Extract

Meurig Bowen, now in his fifth year as Director of the Cheltenham Music Festival, continues to reinforce this illustrious annual event's reputation for programming new works by major composers. His scheduling of the majority of the 2012 festival's premières on the second day – 5 July – was exceptionally convenient for aficionados of contemporary music in general and served to reduce markedly this reviewer's carbon footprint.

Type
First Performances
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2013

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