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Beginning with a Sneeze: The National Youth Orchestra Folk Explosion

By Jane Shuttleworth, 13 April 2012
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Reviewed at The Glasshouse International Centre for Music: Sage One, Gateshead on 12 April 2012
Programme
Kodály, Háry János orchestral suite
Canteloube, Chants d'Auvergne
Chávez, Symphony No. 2, 'Sinfonia India'
MacMillan, Britannia
Tickell, Northumbrian Fantasia
Nunn, Other (Traditional British Folksongs)
Performers
National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain
Members of Bellowhead
Ailish Tynan, Soprano
Ed Cervenka, Cimbalom
Charles Hazlewood, Conductor
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Jane Shuttleworth
Jane Shuttleworth
Jane Shuttleworth is a choral singer and recorder player, and specialises in Renaissance, baroque and modern music. She lives in Durham and runs a local music listings, news and reviews site Music in Durham