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Gervase De Peyer now lives in St John's Wood in the house previously occupied by Dame Laura Knight until she died at a great age, and the huge studio-study on the top floor, complete with north light, was often used in the painter's earlier days as a music room. So it is appropriate that De Peyer...

"That Bizet should have died without knowing the ultimate triumph of Carmen has often and justly been called one of the major tragedies of musical history. But it was a little his own fault as well as his misfortune. The truth is that he was not completely in earnest about Carmen. Had he been so,...

When Garrick Ohlsson recorded all the Chopin Polonaises it was clear that an important pianist was among us, and initial interest has subsequently been enhanced by later issues. He is now an exclusive EMI artist with a growing schedule in front of him. Following his new recordings of the four...