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THE Mara! Big Band is coming to Newcastle. The Big Band is an expanded version of the dual ARIA-winning Mara! Quintet, which ...

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The three E flat concertos receive bold, characterful readings, and one hopes that Mozart would have giggled at Frank-Gemmill ...