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For some time now, the Lennox Berkeley Society<\/a>\u00a0has been promoting the composers music by offering a special prize<\/a> at the Oxford Music Festival, so it was interesting to\u00a0come across this in the Daily Telegraph<\/strong><\/a> today:<\/p>\n Few concerts have such specialist value as this programme devoted to English composer Lennox Berkeley\u2019s complete works for\u00a0classical<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>guitar \u2013 probably the first time they had been gathered together in one sitting. But then such programming is typical of the Royal Academy of Music, whose consistently stimulating concerts \u2013 many of them free to the public, and mixing students with major artists \u2013 present sometimes-overlooked treasure on London\u2019s musical scene.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n The article, which is a glowing review of the students at the Royal Academy, ends with the words “…these players found power and drama everywhere.” <\/em>Well done, folks!<\/p>\n Read more of the article\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n Interesting to note that three of the past prize winners of the aforementioned Lennox Berkeley Society Award for Guitar<\/a> were past members of the National Youth Guitar Ensemble.<\/a><\/p>\n The Society also offers grants to promote Berkeley’s music here<\/a><\/strong>, if any of you are so inclined.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" For some time now, the Lennox Berkeley Society\u00a0has been promoting the composers music by offering a special prize at the Oxford Music Festival, so it was interesting to\u00a0come across this in the Daily Telegraph today: Few concerts have such specialist … Continue reading