Out and About

Our guide to be the best musical places to visit in the UK and Ireland
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Debussy
Oliver Condy discusses Debussy with pianist Lucy Parham and Downton Abbey’s Brendan Coyle
26/11/2012
Charles Jennens
Oliver Condy finds out about the man who provided the texts for some of Handel's greatest works
21/11/2012
The barn at Charleston Manor
Visit an idyllic chamber music festival in the Sussex Downs
08/06/2010

Out and About

Leif Ove Andsnes
Visit the station that provided the backdrop for David Lean's ever-popular romantic film, which was accompanied by Rachmaninov's Second Piano Concerto
The Grand Hotel, Eastbourne
Take a trip to the hotel where Debussy completed his orchestral masterpiece La mer  
Kenilworth Castle
The unexpected inspiration behind an Italian opera
The Musical Museum
Explore an intriguing collection of automatic instruments
Ocean Hotel, Isle of Wight
Stay in the hotel visited by Richard Strauss
Chopin's Piano
Home to pianos played by Liszt, Chopin and Elgar
Bodo
If you're heading North this year, says Neil McKim, then Norway has more than its fair share of chamber music festivals. Here's five of the best
Head to the street that saw the premiere of Handel's most popular work
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