Summary
The first thing that gives cause for anxiety is the tone, not only of the words of the drama, but also of the breathless page that [Philip Wells] writes by way of introducing a work which one wouldn't expect to feature children in a big way; but it does. 'When it came to writing about the future of the human spirit, as [Thomas Becket] would surely have us reflect upon [sic] if he spoke to us now, I felt compelled to ask the children for their own ideas, as they are blessed by being poor in spirit...
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Murder in the Cathedral
King Canterbury Cathedral
There can't be many more tantalising prospects for an operatic composer than writing an opera about the murder of Thomas Becket in Canterbury Cathedral in 1170 and then conducting performances of it there. That is w...See the full content of this document
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