Sir Nicholas Kenyon | My Music: ‘We desperately need performance to bring music to life, and the last year has proved that so vividly’

Tuesday, June 8, 2021

Sir Nicholas Kenyon The author, broadcaster and Barbican Centre Managing Director on the impact of music on societies past and present

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