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Adrian Ramsay and Ellie Chowns, in tone, style and emphasis personify the previously big C and still small C conservatism of their patches.

From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2025

“That’s the small c. But the big C in my life is Christianity.”

From Slate ● Dec. 23, 2019

In wrestling with the profound loss of control that comes with the big C, the familiar — even if it’s a familiar feeling of agony — is also alluring.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 14, 2018

She popped into Rome’s St. Mary Magdalene Church, knelt before Camillus’ crypt and opened up about her twin bouts with the big C.

From Washington Times ● Feb. 22, 2017

And when he is simply expressing himself, as at the beginning of the Unfinished, and in the first and last movements of the big C symphony, he often does it on the same large scale.

From Old Scores and New Readings Discussions on Music & Certain Musicians by John F. Runciman


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