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    Mar 19, 2020 2 minutes

    This month: WILLIAM BOUGHTON Conductor

    MY FINEST MOMENT

    Maw Life Studies

    Raphael Wallfisch (cello); English String Orchestra/William Boughton Nimbus Records NI5471 (1996)

    I organised a weekend of music in Malvern for Nicholas Maw’s 60th birthday celebrations in 1995 and the ESO performed . This incredibly hard piece, technically and musically, created numerous moments of angst and anxiety within the ensemble during our four days of rehearsals. The premiere performance and

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