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Play the piano at the City of London Festival

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This year’s City of London Festival kicked off in quirky style with a piano salute to Australian composer Percy Grainger. The festival’s street pianos, dotted across the Square Mile for anyone to play, were brought together for a celebration of … Continue reading

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Music at St Martin-in-the-Fields

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As music venues go, the crypt at St Martin-in-the-Fields has a few eccentricities. There are the massive stone pillars, for one thing (the very definition of ‘restricted view’), and the heavy and looming arches; there are the gravestones and memorials, … Continue reading

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City of London Festival 2010

Helped along by some glorious weather, this year’s City of London Festival is in full swing. There’s the Britten Sinfonia at Mansion House, jazz in Guildhall Yard, samba on the steps of St Paul’s Cathedral and 21 pianos to play … Continue reading

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