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A Nice A Week: 1 — Keith Emerson Wants Classical Music To Survive

Richard Green, New Musical Express, 1 November 1969

ONE OF the highspots of Keith Emerson's career occurred only a fortnight ago, when the Nice played with the London Symphony Orchestra at Croydon's Fairfield Halls. The reception was, to say the least, tumultuous and much of the credit for this outstanding success must go to Keith, who did the arrangements and wrote the new 'Five Bridges Suite'.

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