Many Happy Returns to John Casken, 73 today. Video of his Madonna of Silence, with Katy Jones (trombone) & the Hallé conducted by Jamie Phillips; world premiere given on February 28, 2019.
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Happy birthday, John. I hope the weather is amiable where you are (you may perhaps be having some blessed rain, unlike us desert-parched Bedouins down here). Think of us on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday….