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Valentina Lisitsa’s fine new box-set is a bargain for more than eleven hours of music

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Valentina Lisitsa’s fine new box-set featuring almost all of Tchaikovsky’s solo piano music is a bargain for more than eleven hours of music By David Mellor for Event Published: 22:01 GMT, 13 April 2019 | Updated: 22:01 GMT, 13 April 2019 Valentina Lisitsa              Tchaikovsky: Complete Works For Solo Piano  … Read more

Husband with dementia has finally been able to reconnect with his wife – using a ‘Music Memory Box’

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A dementia-striken husband who doesn’t speak has been able to reconnect with his wife with the help of a ‘music memory box’. The Music Memory Box is a kit which families fill with significant objects such as photographs which also plays songs.    Steve Garrity, 82, and his wife Monica, 74, of Bristol, use the innovative … Read more

A stay in Salzburg for under £100 a night could be music to your ears

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If you love music, you’ll love Salzburg.  First, it’s Mozart’s birthplace which is a treat for lovers of classical music as the city hosts daily concerts and a big summer festival.   Then there’s The Sound Of Music connection as Salzburg was also the setting for the 1965 film about the Von Trapp family, starring Julie … Read more