Author: Derek Blyth

Derek studied music at the Universities of Aberdeen and Durham. He saw his first Ring Cycle in the early 1970s and has been passionate about Wagner ever since. Having given many talks to and led many study days for the Manchester Wagner Society, they invited him to be Vice-President in 2014 and then to be President in 2018. He has always aimed to be and active office bearer, not just a figurehead.
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Art is What Matters Here? Richard Wagner and Wilhelm Furtwängler

Derek Blyth

Art is What Matters Here? Richard Wagner and Wilhelm Furtwängler. Roger Allen Monday 10th February 2020 at 18.30   Roger Allen will discuss the controversial life and career of Wilhelm Furtwängler as conductor of Wagner’s operas during the years of the Third Reich and in post war Europe. The lecture will include appraisal of historic… Continue reading Art is What Matters Here? Richard Wagner and Wilhelm Furtwängler