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Scotland’s association with the brother of Peter is down to an early 8th century Bishop of Hexham.
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An 18th century bon viveur and virtuoso violinist, Thomas Erskine is currently being ‘rediscovered’ by the classical music industry.
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As the storm raged around him, raindrops fell like music on the pianist’s heart.
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Three fishermen let their tongues run away with them, and were left counting the cost.
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Handel called it ‘Air and Variations’, but by Charles Dickens’s day everyone knew it as ‘The Harmonious Blacksmith’.
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Handel’s anthem sets to glorious music words sung at English coronations for over a thousand years.