Tag: Rambert
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Leonard Salzedo Birthday post
Leonard Salzedo 24th September 1921 to 6th May 2000 It’s wonderful that in the month of my father’s birth, his 5th String Quartet was brilliantly played by the Halcyon Quartet at the first concert of the Thames Concert series 26/27. Artistic director of Thames Concerts, Ben Costello, is a champion of Leonard’s music. String Quartet…
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Christmas 2023
Looking for Christmas memories in my father’s autobiography, I am struck not by the happier ones but by the wartime ones with their mixture of horror and hope. 1944 – Flying Bombs In September 1944, the V2s began to hit London. Called Flying Bombs, they were long range ballistic missiles. On a terrifying night, Leonard…
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Leonard Salzedo says no to Marie Rambert but why does she let him off?
The Fugitive The Fugitive, Leonard Salzedo‘s first ballet, was being rehearsed by Ballet Rambert in May 1945 as the Second World War in Europe ended.Marie Rambert, a leading light in ballet all over the world, who had danced for the Diaghilev company in Russia and now ran her own London-based company Ballet Rambert, felt things…
