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As English as they come; CULTURE CLASSICAL The English String Orchestra is relaunching itself with one of the most respected interpreters of English music at its helm. Christopher Morley went to meet him.(News)

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From: The Birmingham Post (England)
Date: 20070419
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Byline: Christopher Morley

After a sad period marooned in the doldrums and at risk of sinking without trace, the English Symphony Orchestra is undergoing a rebirth with the appointment of the much-respected Vernon Handley as its new principal conductor.

Handley has for decades been renowned as a persuasive advocate of British music, both well-known (Elgar) and neglected (former master of the Queen's Musick, Sir Arnold Bax, for one), and his LP recordings dating from the 1960s have done much to contribute to the general resurgence of interest in British composers.

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