Classical Music
Northern Irish composer Howard Ferguson died, shortly after celebrating his 91st birthday, forty years after his last significant work. Hong Kong-born Raymond Yiu produced his first major orchestral work, Tranced. Other new works by British composers included Edward Gregson's violin concerto, commissioned by the Hallé Concerts Society and premièred in Manchester the following February.
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