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[caz963]

I've just learned of the sudden death of Richard Hickox, at the age of only 60.

The name might not mean a lot to many, but Richard was one of the UK's leading conductors and a champion of British music. I worked with him quite a lot in the early 90s when I was in charge of PR at Chandos Records, then his principal recording company. He was a lovely man - quietly spoken, incredibly intelligent, utterly passionate about music - and he never seemed to stop working.

A great loss to the British classical music scene.

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[caz963.livejournal.com]

Yeah, Richard worked with the LSO a fair bit. He was the principal conductor of the London Symphony Chorus for a while, too.

[digitalred93.livejournal.com]

I'm near convinced that you and my Dad met at some time either tangentially or otherwise. :-)