Kathleen Ferrier fund led way for cancer study

LEADING THE RESEARCH Professor Daniel Hochhauser, the Kathleen Ferrier Chair of Oncology and (inset) a plaque in her memory at University College Hospital, London

3:45pm Friday 20th April 2012

IT was only after her death at the age of just 41 that her fans were told that Kathleen Ferrier had been receiving radiation treatment for cancer for two years.

Kathleen Ferrier's legacy lives on

5:00pm Thursday 19th April 2012

The legacy of Kathleen Ferrier includes developing some of the country’s finest young singers.

Society keep Kathleen Ferrier's memory alive

Sylvia Alexander, chairman of the Kathleen Ferrier Society.

4:59pm Thursday 19th April 2012

THE Kathleen Ferrier centenary this weekend will have a special poignancy for members of the society created to celebrate the life and work of East Lancashire’s most famous singing star.

X Factor star: My debt to Kathleen Ferrier

Rhydian Roberts won the Ferrier Bursary in 2004.

4:56pm Thursday 19th April 2012

FORMER X Factor runner-up Rhydian Roberts has revealed that winning a prestigious award named after Kathleen Ferrier set him on the road to stardom.

Superstar singer Kathleen Ferrier was loved by all

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11:51am Wednesday 18th April 2012

Kathleen Ferrier will forever be remembered as the girl from Blackburn Telephone Exchange who became an international singing star. To mark the centenary of her birth on Sunday, features editor JOHN ANSON, takes a look at the life and legacy of one of East Lancashire’s most extraordinary characters.

Composer: 'Kathleen Ferrier was a special talent'

Conductor Carl Davis has praised the singer.

12:00pm Wednesday 18th April 2012

ONE of the world’s leading conductors has described Kathleen Ferrier as “a human torch who burns brightly even today”.



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