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John Wallace Born 1949 Trumpeter On 29 July 1981, millions of television viewers worldwide heard the sparkling trumpet of John Wallace introduce Handel’s ‘Let the Bright Seraphim’, sung by Kiri Te Kan

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The perhaps wisely uncredited author of the piece about Tellef Johnson’s premiere of Sorabji’s Piano Sonata No. 5 (Full Score, February) seeks to claim ‘due seriousness’ for their report. The presumed

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I have always had a fondness for Lincolnshire. It started when I worked at the Theatre Royal in Lincoln. I was on tour with a play in the late 70s, and at the end of the week was interviewed by the lo

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