Extraordinary Livia Gollancz, 96, remembers playing through the Second World War

 

norman lebrecht

August 02, 2017

Daughter of an eponymous publisher and later his hugely successful successor, Livia recalls the years when she played third horn in the London Symphony Orchestra and principal in the Halle.

Her memory is pinpoint.

Watch.

 

 

photo: Anne-Katrin Purkiss

 

https://slippedisc.com/2017/08/extraordinary-livia-gollancz-96-remembers-playing-through-the-second-world-war/