This week’s selection comes from Steve Cleary, Lead Curator of Literary and Creative Recordings. In this week’s ‘Recording of the Week’ we feature the stentorian tones of Louisa Ann Meurig Morris (1899-1991), who was well-known as a spiritualist and me… read more
Richard Copeman with his Bettini cylinder (photo © Jonathan Summers) By Jonathan Summers, Curator of Classical Music In February 2020, just before lockdown, collector Richard Copeman contacted me about a concert cylinder he had just purchased in Paris…. read more
This week’s selection comes from Giulia Baldorilli, Reference Specialist. In the last year of closed performance venues, we have almost forgotten what it means to go to the theatre. Photo by Alessia Chinazzo on Unsplash In this interview from 2008, rec… read more
CD cover courtesy of Persian Dutch Network Guest blog by Pejman Akbarzadeh In 1973, the Empress of Persia, Farah Pahlavi, commissioned the choral conductor Evlin Baghcheban to establish a conservatory of music for orphaned children. In this school, Bag… read more
This week’s selection comes from Charmaine Wong, Digital Learning Manager for Unlocking our Sound Heritage. This week we take a look at an interview with legendary jazz drummer, Louis Moholo-Moholo. South African drummer and free jazz musician Louis Mo… read more