Fact file
| Year of birth | 1905 |
| Year of death | 1998 |
| Nationality | United Kingdom |
| Period | 20th century |
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CheltenhamSarah Connolly: Composers of the Royal College of Music
Stanford, Vaughan Williams, Gurney, Somervell, Bridge, Holst, Dunhill, Tippett, Clarke
Dame Sarah Connolly; Joseph Middleton
CheltenhamThe Strings of BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Elgar, Blackford, Tippett
BBC National Orchestra of Wales; Martyn Brabbins
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Questioning the quintessence of Britain
Peter Nardone directs the Three Choirs Festival Chorus and Philharmonia Orchestra in a problematic yet thought-provoking opening concert at Worcester Cathedral.
Power (and Padmore) to the ECO in Britten, Tippett and Woolrich
An evening of English repertoire at King's Place where the pleasures were flecked with disappointments.
Bostridge's Shakespeare Songs at Wigmore Hall
Shakespeare songs turned out to be more of a Shakespeare feast starring Antonio Pappano, Ian Bostridge and the exceptional Eve Best.
Prom 11: Wagner and Tippett
Wagner's Die Walküre and Tippett's A Child of Our Time both attempt to capture the essence of humanity. Despite making for an unusual pairing, the programme was an effective one.
Boy Donne good: Toby Spence at Snape Maltings
Spence sounds confident in an evening of Tippett and Britten at Snape, culminating in a spinetingling account of John Donne's Holy Sonnet X.