Britten Sinfonia’s residency is the latest in a run of work across the East of England that demonstrates the ensemble’s…
classical music isn’t difficult. it’s just music.
independent writing about classical music, books, and tv
NEWS, REVIEWs, & LATEST
Concerts, albums, and video reviews. Familiar, unfamiliar, plus stuff fresh out of the packaging.
Thoroughly Good Parish Circular: Five Images (That Won’t Leave Me)
True connection requires the one thing modern culture avoids: the willingness to surrender our attention to long-form live experience….
Planning the BBC Proms amid the BBC’s £500m Cuts
Future Proms? Fewer international orchestras but big chorus stuff protected (for now) apparently…
Thoroughly Good Parish Circular: Thetford, Grimes and Reconciliation
In a week of unrest in a Norfolk town, a fiftieth-anniversary memory, and the difference between reaching for reconciliation and…
BBC Radio 3’s RAJAR Q2 2026: Breakfast Up, Unwind Up, Core Radio 3 Down
Core Radio 3 is down on its previous quarter, though its ‘brand extension’ sees a modest increase….
Podcast 237: Three Choirs 2026 at Gloucester with Grace Evangeline-Mason
A scrapbook in sound: voices, reflections and field recordings from Three Choirs Festival 2026 in Gloucester — a postcard from…
Review – Beethoven’s Mass in C at Three Choirs 2026
Let’s not split hairs over a wobbly fugue, this was jaw-dropping stuff from Sam Hudson, the Philharmonia and the Three…
Review – Songs Of the Sea – Three Choirs 2026
Stellar performances from Three Choirs Festival Youth Choir who thrived in Gloucester Cathedral’s generous acoustic…
Podcast 236: Cellist Guy Johnston on Britten’s Cello Symphony
Guy Johnston on Britten, the Proms, and neuroscience…
thoroughly good classical music podcast
Interviews with composers, musicians and producers about the music they love.
237: Three Choirs 2026 in Gloucester with composer Grace Evangeline-Mason – Thoroughly Good Classical Music Podcast
- 237: Three Choirs 2026 in Gloucester with composer Grace Evangeline-Mason
- 236: Guy Johnston on Britten’s Cello Symphony
- 235: Pianist Beatrice Nicholas
- 234: Laura Bowler and the Cheltenham Music Festival's Composer Academy
- 233: Belly of the Beast at Aldeburgh, Spitalfields and Edinburgh
- 228 Repeat: Aldeburgh & Snape, 50 Years After Britten's Death
- 232: Adrian Brendel on Tree of Strings
- 231: Bergen International Festival's Lars Petter Hagen
- 230: Franco Fagioli
- 229: Christophe Rousset on Lully, Mozart, and playing with rules
Classical Music | TV | Books
Reviews, insights, and opinions about classical music. Supporting the industry with digital content, leadership training, and consultancy.