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2 unusual facts about Robin Milford


Olive Willis

The composer Robin Milford taught at the school, while Myra Hess gave piano recitals and played with the school orchestra.

Robin Milford

In September 1931 his oratorio A Prophet in the Land Op. 21 was performed in Gloucester Cathedral as part of the Three Choirs Festival - the work was somewhat overshadowed by the splash made by William Walton's Belshazzar's Feast performed the same year.


Christopher Finzi

He made several recordings in his capacity as a conductor, including a performance of Gerald Finzi's Dies Natalis and music by Robin Milford and Edmund Rubbra.


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