by Andrew Gillett | Aug 26, 2026 | Blog, Uncategorized
On 10th December 1941, Royal Marine bandsman Robert Braga, grandfather of Haldon violinist Lindsay, found himself fighting for survival when the battleship he was serving on, HMS Prince of Wales, was sunk by Japanese bomber aircraft. The attack must have been a... by Andrew Gillett | May 27, 2025 | Uncategorized
The sorceress Armida was the subject of Joseph Haydn’s 1784 opera, one of his favourite works. The tale of Armida falling in love with the sleeping crusader Rinaldo at the point of killing him, and transporting him to her enchanted garden seems to have sparked the...
