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- ↑ RSNO/Danzmayr|Classical music|The Guardian
- 1 2 Helen Bauer, Young People's Guide to Classical Music (New York: Amadeus Press, 2009): p. 241. ISBN 9781574671810.
- ↑ British Music Collection: Simon Rackham
- ↑ Max Richter spring-cleans Vivaldi's The Four Seasons|The Guardian
- ↑ ArtTalk: Christine Southworth, composer , retrieved 2014-01-12
- ↑ Allmusic Biography: Michael Torke
- ↑ Musically At Home in the Land of Fountains and BBQ - Postclassic
- ↑ Allmusic Biography: Michael Vincent Waller