Katharina Wolpe....

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  • salymap
    Late member
    • Nov 2010
    • 5969

    Katharina Wolpe....

    or Katarina as she used to be called. HS mentioned that recordings of hers were played in the interval of last night's concert and as I knew her very slightly years ago I looked her up on Wiki.
    In the late 1960s she called at my place of work, sometimes with Lawrence Leonard or Malcolm Arnold, to chat with my boss. I assumed that with a composer father she had a privileged musical background but I couldn't have been more wrong. She was separated from her birth parents as a small child and experienced life in Germany as the worst possible time. I can't quote it all but if you don't know her inspiring story look her up on Wiki.

    A lesson for me - never take people at 'face value'. I shall attempt to find her interval programme on iPlayer if I can.
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