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Rediscovering Dame Moura on piano
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Fame is the product of talent, but it also has a lot to do with
circumstances of time, of geography and with spending a lot of money
to achieve publicity.
To most people in America's general musical public, the British
pianist Dame Moura Lympany is unknown because it has been more than
35 years since she lived here and toured annually. Nevertheless, for
more than 60 years she has been a beloved artist in her native
England, and for decades she has been prominent in France; recently
Jap...
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The magical keyboard of Dame Moura Lympany
The Boston Globe
; DAME MOURA LYMPANY presented by the Bank of Boston Celebrity Series At: Symphony Hall yesterday afternoon. Dame Moura Lympany plays the piano so well that you forget that's what she's doing, except when she chooses to remind you. Most of the time she seems to be telling stories, painting pictures,
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DAME MOURA LYMPANY, PIANO RACHMANINOFF: PRELUDES Erato, 2 CDs
The Boston Globe
; A highlight of Dame Moura Lympany's Boston debut last season came when she offered two Rachmaninoff Preludes as encores. Back before World War II, she made the first complete recording of the set of 24; a decade later she redid them for LP. Earlier this year, at 77, Dame Moura recorded the Preludes
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A British pianist's mastery of the musical moment
The Boston Globe
; My great theory," says Dame Moura Lympany, "is that if you want to do something, you should do it. You only regret the things you haven't done." Dame Moura is now 76; in 1989, the great British pianist celebrated the 60th anniversary of her professional concert debut. "Now all of my friends are
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Molto grandissimo on the piano Piano recitals Wigmore Hall, London Robert Cowan
The Independent - London
; Pianistic grandeur ruled for Wednesday's double-bill at the Wigmore Hall. First, at 6pm, we heard Dmitri Alexeev in Chopin - smooth-toned, studied, occasionally mannered and often thrilling. Then, two hours later, Dame Moura Lympany brought a seas oned mastery to a programme that ranged from Haydn
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CORRECTION
The Boston Globe
; CORRECTION: Because of an editing error, a graphic in last week's Arts Etc. listed Dame Moura Lympany's upcoming concert under the wrong month. Her piano concert, presented by the Bank of Boston Celebrity Series, will be Oct. 9 at Symphony Hall.
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