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Gwydion Brooke

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described Brooke as "the finest bassoonist she's ever known, an artist of the first rank". Composer
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Lutyens, Maconchy, Williams and Twentieth-Century British Music: A Blest Trio of Sirens
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bassoon concerto with Beecham and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, and the
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and a member of its "Royal Family" of wind instrumentalists, along with
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Mathias, Rhiannon (2016). "Maconchy: An Impassioned Argument".
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Hyperion Records, notes to CDH55101 by Christopher Palmer, 1991
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Index

bassoonist
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Jack Brymer
Terence MacDonagh
Gerald Jackson
Joseph Holbrooke
Sir Thomas Beecham
Walter Legge
Philharmonia Orchestra
Mozart
Weber
Malcolm Sargent
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Christopher Palmer
Thea King
Elizabeth Maconchy
The Proms
"Gwydion Brooke: Virtuoso bassoonist who played for the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and the Philharmonia Orchestra (Obituary)"
The Times
"Gwydion Brooke: Bassoonist in Sir Thomas Beecham's 'Royal Family' (Obituary)"
The Independent
Hyperion Records, notes to CDH55101 by Christopher Palmer, 1991
"Prom 06"
ISBN
978-1317103004
Categories
1912 births
2005 deaths
English classical bassoonists
20th-century classical musicians

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