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The Unveiling Party of the Alan Bush Portrait Bust, 11th February 2009 |
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Members of the Workers' Music Association with Rachel O'Higgins. |
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Nicholas Walker played two piano pieces by Alan Bush at the party. |
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Dr. Timothy Bowers speaking at the unveiling party. |
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Daughters and grand-daughters of Alan Bush. |
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Professor Marc Racz, Deputy Principal of the Royal Academy of Music, speaking at the party. |
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Andonis Violaris and family with Maeve O'Higgins. |
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Party-goers at the unveiling. |
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The Bust of Alan Bush by Ian Walters. |
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Alan Bush |
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Alan Bush in his study at Radlett. |
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Alan Bush, aged about 18. |
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Alan Bush in uniform, during his time at Millbank Hospital, 1942-44. |
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Alan Bush aged 46 in Poland, November 1947. |
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Alan Bush, Doctor of Music, London University, 1968. |
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Alan Bush composing in his study in Radlett. |
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Alan Bush in his eighties. |
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Alan Bush, Radlett, 1971. |
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Alan Bush on holiday in Italy. |
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Alan and Nancy Bush in Magdeburg after a performance of Wat Tyler in 1959. |
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Alan and Nancy Bush, 1978. |
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Alan Bush and his daughter Rachel O'Higgins on arrival in British Guiana, August 1959. |
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Alan Bush at Radlett aged 69. |
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Alan Bush in his late 80’s, playing the piano in the Music Room in Radlett. |
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Alan Bush at Weimar, 1958. |
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Alan Bush in Weimar in the 1960s. |
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Alan Bush in the garden at Radlett. |
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The London Labour Choral Union at the 1st International Workers' Music Olympiad, Strasbourg, 1935. |
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Alan Bush conducting the Pageant of Cooperation, Wembley Stadium, 2nd July 1938. |
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Alan Bush conducting the Pageant of Cooperation, Wembley Stadium, 2nd July 1938. |
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Alan Bush and Alan Rawsthorne at a concert during USSR tour, 1963. |
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Alan Bush conducting the Workers' Music Association Choir singing at Lidice in 1947. |
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Aldeburgh 1981: Alan Bush with Hazel and Maureen Smith. |
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Alan Bush with German Workers' Choir, Germany, 1931. |
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Alan Bush at the 23rd Annual Workers' Music Assocation Summer School, Wortley Hall, 1969. |
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Alan Bush at the Workers' Music Assocation Summer School, Wortley Hall, circa 1950. |
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Alan Bush conducting a Prague Radio broadcast, October 1947. |
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Alan Bush conducting in Halle. |
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The Alan Bush Centenary Concert - Wigmore Hall, 1st November 2000 |
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The artists at the Centenary Concert. |
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The artists at the Centenary Concert. |
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Wat Tyler - Keynote Opera Society, Sadlers Wells, June 1974 |
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Wat Tyler (John Noble) and John Ball (Richard Angas). |
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John Ball (Richard Angas) and Wat Tyler (John Noble). |
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Wat Tyler (John Noble) and his wife Margaret (Valerie Masterson). |
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Archbishop Sudbury (Martin Lawrence), The Queen Mother (Laura Sarti) and King Richard II (Joseph Ward). |
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Wat Tyler (John Noble) and King Richard II (Joseph Ward). |
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King Richard II (Joseph Ward). |
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Men of Blackmoor - Leipzig, October 1959 |
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Act 1 Scene 1 - Sarah taunting the soldiers. |
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Act 2 Scene 1 - Fletcher trying to persuade Sarah. |
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Act 3 Scene 1 - Geordie and Daniel. |
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The Sugar Reapers - Tartu Opera House, Estonia, U.S.S.R, 1969 |
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Act 1, Scene 1 – Joseph Lucas and friends. |
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Act 1, Scene 2 – Johnny and Joseph Lucas. |
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Act 1, Scene 2 – Johnny and Sumintra. |
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Act 1, Scene 2 – Johnny and Sumintra. |
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Act 1, Scene 2 – Ganesh Maraj and Sumintra. |
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Act 1, Scene 2 – Johnny and the Sugar Reapers. |
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Act 1, Scene 2 – Ganesh Maraj, Johnny and the Sugar Reapers. |
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Act 1, Scene 3 – African Kwe-Kwe dancers. |
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Act 2, Scene 1 – Joseph Lucas, Ganesh Maraj and the Sargeant. |
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Act 2, Scene 2 – Indian dancer. |
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Act 2, Scene 2 - The police seize Johnny. |
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Act 2, Scene 3 – Sumintra, Mrs Lucas, Joseph and African girl outside Georgetown Prison. |
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Act 2, Scene 3 – Choir (villagers) and Sumintra outside Georgetown Prison. |
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After the premiere – the producer, Kaarel Ird and the composer. |
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Joe Hill - World Premiere: Deutsche Staatsoper, Berlin, September 1970 |
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The librettist, Barrie Stavis and Alan Bush. |
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Erich Siebenschuh (Joe Hill) rehearsing with Alan Bush. |
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Erich Siebenschuh (Joe Hill) (baritone) takes a curtain call. |
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Act 1, Scene 4 – Henry Weber threatens to shoot Joe. |
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Act 1, Scene 6 – Joe is arrested on a trumped up murder charge. |
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A scene from Joe Hill: The Man Who Never Died. |
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Joe Hill in his prison cell. |
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Act 2, Scene 6 - Joe Hill's execution. |
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Miscellaneous |
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The cast of 'The Ferryman's Daughter' performed at Chase Terrace Middle School, Burntwood, Staffordshire in December 1978. |
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