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the arts desk


                                                      12 June 2024
               theartsdesk at the 2024 Aldeburgh


               Festival - romantic journeys, cosmic

               hallucinations and wild stomps


               Revelation of a master baritone and a new masterpiece at the heart of
               a packed weekend
               by David NiceWednesday, 12 June 2024
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               Pianist Julius Drake and baritone Andrè Schuen in an epic recital of Schumann and LarcherAll images ©
               Aldeburgh Festival

               It may be unusual to begin festival coverage with praise of the overseer rather than
               the artists. Yet Roger Wright, who quietly leaves his post at Britten Pears Arts this
               July after a momentous decade, is no ordinary Chief Executive. I’ve never heard
               anyone say a bad word about him; he has been a beacon during difficult times for
               the arts in the UK, and especially during lockdown; and he leaves the Aldeburgh
               Festival in best ever shape, just as he did the BBC Proms before it.
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