Handy with a baton and bow

April 10th, 2014, 1pm

It was 15°C with clouds and visibility OK. The breeze was light.

Yet another blue plaque in Marchmont Street, this time for the famous conductor and cellist Sir John Barbirolli. Well, famous if you’re above a certain age and/or into classical music!

I vaguely recall that when I was young my parents had a tape of the Hallé Orchestra playing something or other - quite possible something by Elgar - which could well have been conducted by Barbirolli.

The house where he lived between the ages of 14 and 30 is now occupied by the Brunswick Centre.


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Adrian Tribe

A follower of Jesus Christ, a husband and father, a Kentish Man (not a Man of Kent), a commuter to London

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