Aldeburgh Festival
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The Aldeburgh Festival of Music and the Arts is an English arts festival devoted mainly to classical music. It takes place each June in the town of Aldeburgh, Suffolk and is centred on Snape Maltings
Snape Maltings concert hall
The interior of the Concert Hall
Imogen Holst
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Imogen Clare Holst was a British composer, arranger, conductor, teacher, musicologist and festival administrator. The only child of the composer Gustav Holst, she is particularly known for her educati
Aldeburgh Festival
…artistic directors remained Britten, Pears and Crozier; in 1955, Britten and Pears were in sole charge, then the following year they were joined by Imogen Holst, who remained a member of the Artistic Directorate until her death in 1984. After Britten's own death in 1976, the artistic direction of the festival…
Imogen Holst, photo by George C. Beresford
The house in Barnes where the Holst family lived between 1908 and 1913
Gustav Holst circa 1920, drawn by William Rothenstein
Royal College of Music