Previous posts for June 12th are found here: Richard M. Sherman (2019) and Jim Nabors (2020)
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Oliver Knussen (12 June 1952 – 8 July 2018) was a widely played and much admired British composer and conductor.
Early Riser; or, Morning Disaffirmations
Aged 15, Knussen stepped in to conduct his symphony's première at the Royal Festival Hall, London, after István Kertész fell ill.--- Wikipedia
Oliver Knussen created a scene
By conducting the world premiere
Of a symphony written when he was fifteen,
For the musical world to hear.
It’s stories like this that leave regular folk
With a feeling that something is lacking;
That our petty achievements are mirrors and smoke,
And the best that we do only slacking;
That our journey through life is a kind of joke,
And we shouldn’t have started unpacking!
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