Sad news – Brendan O’Brien, leader of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra from 1968 until 1997, has died.
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Sad time. Many lovely solos in the orchestral works.
I have a very nice photograph of Brendan with composer George Lloyd on the platform at Bournemouth’s Winter Gardens.