Category: News
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News – Invitation to community participants for orford premiere of errollyn wallen opera ‘A Christmas Miracle’
A new community opera by Master of the King’s Music Errollyn Wallen drawing on texts collected but not set by Britten, premieres at Orford Church and on Orkney in the run-up to Christmas this year.
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News – South London ensemble appoints Marin Alsop as President
A South London orchestra founded by conductor Chloé Van Soeterstède has announced the appointment of Marin Alsop as its Honorary President.
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News – Paavo Järvi and the LPO: shrewder than disruption
In appointing Järvi, the LPO has made the case for experience that the rest of the classical music industry currently feels slightly embarrassed about making.
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News – Cheltenham appoints Laura Bowler to head up Composer Scheme
Cheltenham’s composer scheme suggests the usual trade-off between experimentation and engagement may be overstated.
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New Classical Music Chart Published
Ta Da! The first new Classical Music Chart from the Official Charts Company is dominated by a reassuring presence, but underneath is found a predictable mix of orchestral sounds that stretch the definition of classical a great deal.
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Humphrey Burton (1931 – 2025)
Reduce classical music’s exposure and you don’t merely rearrange a schedule — you relegate an art form. No television executive ever defends that kind of decision.
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Class Ceiling: Data, discomfort and barriers
A day-long conference staged by Revere Arts on access in classical music revealed systemic blind spots, uncomfortable truths and the barriers still shaping who gets to belong.
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77TH ALDEBURGH FESTIVAL MARKS 50 YEARS SINCE BRITTEN’S DEATH
A preview of the 2026 Aldeburgh Festival: six world premieres, a major Pelléas et Mélisande, modernist centenaries, and a revitalised Britten–Pears artist-development vision marking fifty years since Britten’s death.
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Ulster orchestra’s new chief conductor announced
Ulster Orchestra names Anna Handler as Chief Conductor. A strategic appointment — and a moment for the orchestra to assert its identity more boldly.
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Ivors Classical Awards 2025 – Vidal, Grime, and Clyne secure key awards
The Ivors Classical Awards are never really about trophies. They’re about how an industry sees itself: noble, embattled, faintly addicted to the romance of struggle. Last night at the BFI, that story was told again — with a few new plot twists.