Dame Shirley Williams tells the story of Britten in a talk given during the Southbank’s Rest is Noise
Thoroughly Good is interested in meeting in pub gardens from Monday 12 April.
Classical – whatever the format or the content – is more than entertainment. It’s art. It’s also community.
Thoroughly Good Radio launches on Friday 21 May 2021 at an innovative open-air COVID-safe street festival not that far from Blackheath.
It’s taken a pandemic to empower a subsection of the classical music world to create the content they’ve long wanted to see on their screen.
Davey: “The advert is not saying classical music is dull, embarrassing or only for old people.”
Serota: “research clearly illustrates that black or black British musicians are underrepresented at every stage of the training pipeline and workforce.”
Minister of State for Digital and Culture appears to report a funding increase for some British orchestras by a factor of ten.
International Women’s Day is triggering more than just a desire to celebrate, but to think, specifically about personal responsibility.
It seems a little odd to be celebrating Scala Radio’s second birthday this evening online via Teams. I was grumpy partly because of the hopelessness of BT Openreach, partly because the internet has been so flakey today and partly because the precariousness of present working conditions was exposed to me. A coaching session very nearly…