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Anita Lasker

7 days ago

The experience that coloured everything Britten went on to write ⊕

found 2026 › Jun › 23 (Tue) @ 13:07 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

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Three months after Bergen-Belsen was liberated, Britten and Yehudi Menuhin performed there. Survivor and cellist Anita Lasker-Wallfisch was ‘transfixed’ – as she told the composer when they played to…

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