


October 31: Happy Halloween. | Witches’ Sabbath. Tam o’ Shanter. Sorcerer’s Apprentice. Psycho.
LPO/Ed Gardner; Oct 2021. Malcolm Arnold’s Tam o’ Shanter. Decca recording. Taken from SXL vinyl. My first recording of the Dukas. 1960...
Two o’clock on this Sunday morning: the time has gone ‘fall back’ by an hour in the UK, so the dark nights will now arrive earlier! Cue Private Frazer…
John...
On this Friday the Thirteenth, Many Happy Returns to Phil. Lakmé. Madama Butterfly. La traviata.
Sabine Devieilhe & Marianne Crebassa; Les Siècles/François-Xavier Roth. Maria Callas (La Scala) Mark Elder...
It might be a quiet weekend on the Column, but, if it is, don’t panic Captain Mainwaring.
