Charles Farncombe
English conductor
Died when: 86 years 336 days (1043 months)Star Sign: Leo
Charles Frederick Farncombe (29 July 1919 – 30 June 2006) was an English conductor.For London audiences, the conductor Charles Farncombe was primarily associated with the productions of the Handel Opera Society, which he helped found and of which he was musical director for the whole of its 30-year existence, from 1955 onwards (in 1977 it was renamed Handel Opera).
He was subsequently conductor of the fundraising concerts of the .His work outside Britain covered a wider range of repertory, though still with an emphasis on vocal music, while near his home in Monmouthshire he founded and directed an annual festival of music and drama remarkable in its scope.
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