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DRAMA IN THE MUSIC

'English National Opera's revival of its production of Handel's "Semele" and its performances of "Jephtha" led me to wondering about the role of dramatic presentation in Handelian oratorio and what the composer would have thought about these works being staged.'

Robert Hugill muses on the staging of Handel's oratorios

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TO EVERYTHING THERE IS A SEASON

'In the city, a man and a woman ran a music school. The man handled the school's business affairs and the woman gave piano lessons. The woman, Miss Laudon, taught Art and Truth in her lessons and the man, Mr Eschenbach, gave her the most promising students.'

Jenna Orkin of wtceo.org tells a story based on her high school piano teacher.

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