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Delta Mainline

Britain's long story of psychedelic rockscapes gets a new chapter with Delta's deeply reverbed epics. The group recalls sounds of Richard Ashcroft and his Verve dirges, but with less of the brooding romance and more emphasis on sonic layering. Biography
Mid-winter 2003. Six frustrated souls retreat to an abandoned 18th Century farmhouse loaded with instruments and record collections. After long, hazy nights and short days, the revelation of Delta Mainline was written.

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City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

The orchestra was founded as the City of Birmingham Orchestra in 1920, with Edward Elgar conducting its first concert in September of that year. The programme included Overture: Saul by Granville Bantock, a strong supporter of the orchestra's foundation. Adrian Boult was chief conductor from 1924 to 1930. The CBO became a full time organisation in 1944, changing its name to the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra in 1948. The composer Andrzej Panufnik was chief conductor from 1957 to 1959.

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Paul McCreesh

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White Heath

Described in the Guardian as 'experimental alt-rock', White Heath are relative newcomers to the Edinburgh scene who are often found playing in venues such as Henry's Cellar Bar, the Ark and the Forest Café. In April 2008, only four months after first playing together as a five-piece, they supported signed Georgia based group ‘The Low Lows’ on their European tour. In August 2008 they provided the backing music for award winning Edinburgh Fringe Festival hip-hop act, ‘Mud Sun’ at their end of festival farewell show.

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Masaaki Suzuki

Masaaki Suzuki is an organist, harpsichordist and conductor, and the founder and musical director of the Bach Collegium Japan. He was born in Kobe to parents who were both Christian and amateur musicians. He studied composition and organ at the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, and was later taught harpsichord and organ by Ton Koopman and Piet Kee at the Sweelink Conservatory in Holland. In 1993 he began teaching at Kobe University, and founded the Bach Collegium in 1990. The group began giving concerts regularly in 1992, and made its first recordings three years later.

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