City Son Paying Homage ; Sir Bobby Robson Preferred 'a Bit of Frank' but Surely He Would Have Been Chuffed for His One-Time Neighbour Who Is to Have a World Premiere in Durham Cathedral. David Whetstone Meets Composer Robert Smedley.

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THE next concerts by Orchestra North East will feature music by Vaughan Williams, Rimsky-Korsakov and ... Robert Smedley.

At The Sage Gateshead on Friday, one of the three expressed delight at being in such exalted company.

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City Son Paying Homage ; Sir Bobby Robson Preferred 'a Bit of Frank' but Surely He Would Have Been Chuffed for His One-Time Neighbour Who Is to Have a World Premiere in Durham Cathedral. David Whetstone Meets Composer Robert Smedley.

"Vaughan Williams is a huge influence on my music and Rimsky- Korsakov, for me, is one of the greatest orchestrators of that period (late 19th Century)," enthused Robert.

The October concerts - in Durham Cath...

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