Richard Pennycuick wrote:

>Onslow (1784-1853) ...  There appears to be little of it available on CD.

There is an excellent CD of three of his string quintets (IIRCm like
Schubert's they use two cellos) by L'Archibudelli on Sony.

>In passing, Len mentioned that the replacement quartet at the concert he
>attended travelled from Aldeburgh to Leamington by train between afternoon
>and evening concerts.  Having myself once attempted a similar feat which
>met with spectacular failure, I am lost in admiration!

I recently attended a St. John Passion whose tenor had flown in from
Toronto at < 24 hours notice, learning two of his arias on the flight...

Deryk Barker
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