I’m sorry to share the news that Sir David Willcocks has died. He may have been the senior lion of English music. With Sir Colin Davis, Vernon Handley, and even Richard Hickox gone, I can’t think of anyone else. Of course, the big choral works were a specialty. I will honor him soon on “The Lost Chord.” R.I.P.
His obituary in The Guardian:
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/sep/17/david-willcocks
An appreciation in The Telegraph:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/classical-music/sir-david-willcocks-appreciation/