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Kenneth Alwyn; this originated during his time at RAM, when he credited himself as such due to a rule
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led to a collaboration for Moore's final UK concert tour in March 1992. Alwyn conducted the BBC Concert
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for which he received particular acclaim: "Shaped by
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In recognition of his long-standing work to bring the work of
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in 1942. He later discovered that he had been christened at the same church where
Coleridge-Taylor had been married and that they had attended the same school and had lived on the same street. Alwyn included
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magazine (July 1997, page 116) and it was reviewed in the July 1997 edition (page 118). It was chosen by Robert Seeley as one of his six recordings of the year for the 1997
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magazine (September 1991, pages 34 and 110). The recording was also reviewed in a later edition of the same periodical (October 1991, page 70)
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Music of Richard Addinsell including Warsaw Concerto
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1564:"BBC - (none) - Stage and Screen - Kenneth Alwyn"
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101:Conductor • composer • writer
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1160:: The Essential Miklos Rozsa
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1810:(HMV 1960) was reviewed in
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1475:Friday Night Is Music Night
1390:Chichester Festival Theatre
1293:Best of British Light Music
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1507:Personal life and death
1413:The Best of Ian Wallace
1192:The Flame and the Arrow
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907:Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
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484:The Pirates of Penzance
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158:Kenneth Alwyn Wetherell
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1480:The Song of Hiawatha
1432:Affairs of the Heart
1340:Royal Artillery Band
1321:A Tribute to the Few
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