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Having just come across Adrian Marriage's letter on the behaviour of the Promenaders (May, page 6), I hope it is not too late to offer a youngish person's perspective on his points; I am 27. Although I have never stood in the promenade, I have looked down on its inhabitants from various parts of...

The recent review of Schreker's Die Gezeichneten (June, page 112) reminded me of one of my late father's reminiscences of appearing as an extra (torch-bearer, I believe) in early Berlin performances of this opera.

Now that the great Efrem Kurtz is dead [see Obituary on page 12— Ed], will EM! have the decency to issue a CD of his and the Philharmonia's flawless performance of Shostakovich's Tenth Symphony. My copy of ALP 1322 (2/56), bought second-hand at Henry Stave's over 30 years ago, is wearing thin.

In last month's issue the interview with the Palladian Ensemble ("Passing notes", page 21) was accidentally uncredited; its author was Lindsay Kemp.