Let’s face it. We’re on our own.
Sir Simon Rattle to DCMS’ Oliver Dowden: “We are poised and ready for collaboration, to urgently save our industry and its thousands and thousands of jobs.” I read Sir Simon Rattle’s Times interview first thing on Sunday morning in bed as soon as I woke up. Take it from me this is not the best…
A member of my musical family has passed away; an opportunity to take stock presents itself.
I’m a little late to the Dowden interview in the Evening Standard. This late discovery doesn’t change the view expressed in the previous post. If anything the interview only backs it up. Julian Glover’s interview is a positive profile piece, seeking to project Dowden as the nice guy. The kind of Everyman the arts world…
The story we tell about how classical music adapts is vital to its very survival in the short, mid and long term.
If memory serves me correctly, 2020 is the first time the 72-year-old Aldeburgh Festival won’t be going ahead. No surprises why. COVID. This is notable because of the oft-told story of Benjamin Britten’s annual jamboree. Fire at Snape Maltings Concert Hall back in 1967 on the eve of that year’s festival might have threatened proceedings.…
Musicians are reassuring us audience members that they’re continuing to play as they await our return to the auditorium.
I can’t remember the last time the words ‘a live stream’ had been quite so an exciting prospect. In the run up to it I wasn’t entirely sure why, but it was exciting enough to insist of moving my laptop, phone and notebook to the sofa to watch on the ‘Big Screen’ downstairs in the…