Triumph in adversity: Mahler Five from the Proms Festival Orchestra

Por Roy Westbrook, 09 septiembre 2021

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“given the obstacles, this was remarkable playing and conducting”

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Roy Westbrook

Roy Westbrook gained a diploma in music history at London University (Morley College) and was for some years the head of music day schools at Oxford University, where he also led music summer schools. After some years leading the University's business school he has returned to music teaching and writing, and recently took part in the Arts in Residence courses on Bruckner, Mahler and Bach He is co-author (with Terry Barfoot) of a history of opera, and has taught day schools on Sibelius in Oxford and elsewhere.

Triumph in adversity: Mahler Five from the Proms Festival Orchestra and Mark Wigglesworth