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Recording Elgar with Britten and a page-turning fiasco: James Clark

Jim Clark (Leader of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and leader at the Memorial Concert speaks of Sir David Willcocks as a father figure who taught him how to be a musician. He reflects on his experience recording Elgar’s Dream of Gerontius with Benjamin Britten and King’s College Choir. And what could possibly go wrong when turning the pages for the organ voluntary for Sir David?

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3 minutes