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The CBSO Youth Orchestra celebrates reaching double figures with Turnage, Vaughan Williams and Holst

By Katherine Dixson, 03 November 2014
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Reviewed at Symphony Hall, Birmingham on 2 November 2014
Programme
Turnage, Passchendaele
Vaughan Williams, On Wenlock Edge
Holst, The Planets, Op.32
Performers
CBSO Youth Orchestra
Ben Gernon, Conductor
John Mark Ainsley, Tenor
CBSO Youth Chorus
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Katherine Dixson
Katherine Dixson
Katherine is an enthusiastic choral singer. Becoming chairman of her choir proved the catalyst for writing a memoir into which she crammed musical experiences galore, including her own belated musical education and encounters with professional musicians. Combining music, writing and travel is Katherine’s idea of bliss. Her website is here.