Rowland Thomas

Rowland Thomas is a writer and musician based in Leeds, UK. He has written on music, visual art and film for The Coelacanth Journal, Photo Icon magazine and State of Art newspaper, among other publications.
Isolation Odyssey: Behind the Scenes with a Lockdown Orchestra
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Isolation Odyssey: Behind the Scenes with a Lockdown Orchestra

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/ 20 May 2020

Scattered throughout the world, members of Opera North's orchestra share how they are enduring the loss of live performance and companionship during the COVID-19 lockdown. They also share a mood-lifting, online isolation performance of a work that everyone knows but not always for the same reasons.