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Music inspired by a survivor of the Nazis wins international recognition

24 May 2019

A new orchestral composition - Ik zeg: NU by Richard Causton - has been chosen by BBC Radio 3 for worldwide broadcast.

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Left: Mendelssohn’s 1847 letter to the father of John Robert Lunn, then aged 16. Mendelssohn was excited by the young man’s musical talent, but unable to meet him. Lunn (right) never entered a career in music, but his compositions are highly regarded.

The “Unpublished Prodigy” who caught Mendelssohn’s eye

09 Jul 2015

A previously unseen letter by Felix Mendelssohn is to go on public display in an exhibition about an unrealised British musical prodigy, revealing...

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Kettle's Yard New Music Series 2014

22 Jan 2014

On Sunday 26 January Kettle’s Yard plays host to a dynamic programme of new Italian music to mark the start of its 2014 New Music series.

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