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...And so, although protocol means the likes of Vera Lynn or Fred Astaire songs, or numbers from her favourite musicals (such as Show Boat, Oklahoma!...
...In 1972, he was sent to Louisiana State Penitentiary, a former plantation known as Angola, named after the country that supplied its slaves....
...What it got was an inoffensive, audience-friendly score redolent of many influences, including Shostakovich and Britten....
...on the arrogant Fred Goodwin’s obsessive leadership....
...CLASSICAL Faber Pocket Guide to Britten, by John Bridcut, Faber, RRP£8.99, 352 pages Bridcut’s deft, entertaining guide appears ahead of Britten’s centenary year in 2013....
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