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Recorded live at the BBC Proms, Edward Gardner and the London Philharmonic Orchestra’s propulsive performance, with soloists Allan Clayton, Jamie Barton and James Platt, is one to cherish
The Dre…
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The Choral review: The all-star cast do their best, but this disappointingly mediocre script had me rolling my eyes ⊕
This week's good news is that Alan Bennett, now aged 91, has written a new original screenplay.
From fiasco to feted: the story of the Dream of Gerontius, the revolutionary music of The Choral ⊖⊖
The Choral depicts an amateur choral society in wartime Yorkshire taking on Elgar’s trailblazing and controversial work. But how much does Alan Bennett’s fiction reflect actual fact?
Nicholas Hytner’s…
The Choral review – Ralph Fiennes leads the choir in impressively unsentimental Alan Bennett fable ⊕⊕
Genteel manners of first world war story about repressed passion delivered with surprising sexual candour
Alan Bennett’s new film, directed by Nicholas Hytner, is a quiet and consistent pleasure: an u…
‘I’ve played a lot of sneery bastards’: Roger Allam on bad singing, big paydays and Elgar’s level of ‘gitacity’ ⊖⊖
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He launched a thousand memes as the beleaguered Tory MP in The Thick of It, and starred in the original production of Les Misérables. Now the actor is making not-so-sweet music in the Alan Bennett-sc…
5 months ago
DAVID JONES: I'm a sceptic... but after seeing British-born teen Carlo Acutis become a Gen Z saint, I almost believe in miracles ○
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a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail
Choral music wafted across a square replete with cardinals and bishops, yet we might have been at a Bruno Mars gig, given the selfie-taking millennials in the vast crowd.
The Choral review – Ralph Fiennes makes pleasant music in low-volume drama ○
Toronto film festival: the actor is a reliably committed presence in this gentle Alan Bennett-scripted first world war tale which might have worked better on stage
There are simple Sunday afternoon pl…
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