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Holland Park Opera: season 2010
Friday, 28 May 2010 12:02:08 BST
As the first rays of summer warm the English countryside, the outdoor music season emergences from the wings and takes centre stage. Now in its 14th year, Opera Holland Park is gearing up for another season of interesting and eclectic live performance in one of London’s prettiest parks.
©Richard Thomas 2006
On this day: 11th April
Sunday, 11 April 2010 10:37:40 BST
© Mark Kamin (Dec, 2006)
11 April 1888 – opening of the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. The inaugural concert featured 120 musicians and 500 choristers, performing works by Beethoven, Bach, Handel and Wagner. The building had been finished in 1886 but a stream of bizarre concerns ranging from the provision of street lighting and the necessity of filling in a small canal delayed the grand opening for almost two years.