Duruflé Requiem at the Lammermuir Festival

Von Alan Coady, 15 September 2014

Laden, bitte warten...

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Rezensierte Veranstaltung: St Mary's Parish Church, Haddington, am 14 September 2014

Pärt, Summa

de Grigny, Veni creator Spiritus

Pärt, Fratres

Duruflé, Requiem

National Youth Choir of Scotland

The Lammermuir Festival Players

Philip Sawyer, Orgel

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Alan Coady

Alan has taught classical guitar in East Lothian schools since 1982. A graduate in Music of the then Huddersfield Polytechnic, he has a soft spot for the contemporary. He also writes a Musical Blog, where the special interest is the intersection of music/language/science.