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The violinist received an OBE, released an album, and performed Delius’s concerto at the Proms, writes Nicki ffrench Davis

WHILE most of us were holidaying in August, in Wexford they were building the sets for this year’s Festival Opera.

MUSIC NEWS: For a man knocking on the door of his seventh decade (his birthday is Jun 18), Paul McCartney is showing no signs of slowing down.