What sort of first night party would you choose to celebrate the Glyndebourne premiere of your latest opera? Champagne reception? Black tie dinner? Sir Harrison Birtwistle plumped for a barn dance. So much for elitist modernism . . . Elvis Costello will be performing a duet with his father, Ross MacManus, one of the original members of the Joe Loss Orchestra, in the Jewish Music Festival's Joe Loss Tribute at the Barbican this Sunday . . .
Elvis Costello will be performing a duet with his dad, Ross MacManus, one of the original members of the Joe Loss band, in the Jewish Music Festival's Joe Loss Tribute at the Barbican this Sunday . . . What sort of first night party would you choose to celebrate the Glyndebourne premiere of your latest opera? Champagne reception? Black tie dinner? Sir Harrison Birtwistle has plumped for a barn dance. So much for elitist modernism . . .
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