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In Reply to: RE: Further Help posted by Tom B. on March 04, 2017 at 10:16:17
Heavens!!Fancy not knowing the details of every building in small English villages and hamlets :-)
I'll explain. The building is called The Maltings. It is not a church but is what it says - a building constructed so that barley grain could be spread out over the floor until it started to germinate. This process is called malting and converts the raw grain into something that can be used to brew beer (or make whisky futher north in Scotland).
The Maltings is situated in the hamlet of Snape which is close to Aldeburgh (pronouned Aldburra), the home of Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears who converted The Maltings when it ceased to be used for for brewing purposes into a concert hall (opened 1967) mainly to provide a venue for part of the Aldburgh Festival which up until then had mainly used local churches. It turned out to have some of the finest acoustics in Europe.
As you say the hall promptly burned down (1969) and had to be reconstructed (in time for the next festival). Fortunately the acoustics more or less remained intact and The Maltings has been used ever since for concerts and recording. More recent recordings include the wonderful Beethoven quartet cycle by the Belcea String Quartet and many piano recordings e.g. by Dame Mitsuko Uchida and Alfred Brendel.
I also have to say that it and its situation amongst Suffolk reed beds is incredibly beautiful to my eyes.
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".....Dame Mitsuko Uchida ...."
I didn't realize she'd been so honored. I sure love most all her Mozart recording/performances. I have Anda on DGG vinyl doing all of the piano concertos and Dame Uchida doing them all on disc/HD.
Regards, Tom B.
Yes indeed. It's Sir Andras Schiff as well these days in case you missed that one. Both are naturalised Brits so can use the title.
Yours truly of course remains a humble subject of the Queen. Maybe they will honor me for services to indolence? :-)
Regards
Pete
Excellent post as always, Sr. PAR, and you got me to want a look at those Reed Beds. An unfamiliar landscape is usually a treat and this one doesn't disappoint.
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