He built a close rapport with stars of classical music including Leonard Bernstein and in one year alone his department screened 22 operas
He built a close rapport with stars of classical music including Leonard Bernstein and in one year alone his department screened 22 operas
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Former BBC head of music and arts, he brought the joy of classical music to the general public over decades
In the 1970s he was the driving force behind the York Early Music Festival and the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival
He played china mugs, bells, rattles and car horns for everyone from Alfred Hitchcock to Benjamin Britten – and once got Laurence…
He played china mugs, bells, rattles and car horns for everyone from Alfred Hitchcock to Benjamin Britten – and once got Laurence…
Alan Yentob, who died on Saturday at the age of 78, possessed an improbable but nearly infallible instinct for what would appeal…
‘I was just astonished at the number of people who, often quite aggressively, would accuse me or Dennis Potter of changing their…
