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From Bassoon to Baton – Peter Whelan’s Unconventional Musical Journey

The former bassoonist is passionate about the music of his homeland, particularly from the period when George Frideric Handel visited Ireland and premièred his best-known work, Messiah. These interests have led to a career as a highly regarded interpreter of early music.

Chris Potter – Learn from the Greatest to Become One of Them

Chris Potter’s is the textbook example of the perfect 20th-century jazz career. After a few youthful missteps, the 1990s already saw him play with the greatest, and since then, his unstoppable creative drive has made him a towering saxophonist of his generation, who has over a hundred albums and a string of five-star collaborations to his name.

From Bach to Our Time – Five Hundred Years of the Most Beautiful Music for Easter

Perhaps only Christmas has a richer musical heritage than Easter: it is both a celebration of contemplation and the resurrection of Christ, as well as a sign of the arrival of spring. Along with the classics—Bach’s Passions, the symphonies of Haydn and Mahler and an oratorio by Liszt—we would now like to recommend some rarities.

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