Category: News
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News – Owain Park’s new gig
Owain Park is named Chief Conductor of the BBC Singers, marking a renewed commitment to the ensemble’s future after a turbulent period — and reaffirming the value of integrity, collaboration, and musical craft.
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Broad and telling: what the BBC’s new collaboration with the EBU might be signalling
Billed as pioneering, the BBC’s EBU collaboration hints at strategic changes in classical music broadcasting.
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News – Ulster Orchestra bets on loyalty with Michael Collins appointment
A three-season appointment deepens an already well-established connection. Does it also hint at longer-term possibilities?
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Campaigning for music: UK orchestras go door to door in new audience drive
Free taster tickets offered to potential audience members across the UK, but not everyone thinks it’s a good idea.
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Here’s why it makes sense that BBC Proms and BBC Radio 3 is not available internationally
Radio 3 and the BBC Proms has to be paid for by something for goodness sake
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Royal Over-Seas League Gold Medal Finalists announced
Four finalists are now confirmed for the Royal Over-Seas League Gold Medal on 18 July in Wigmore Hall, the culmination of the 73rd competition run this year.
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Imogen Holst’s Aldeburgh home awarded Grade II listed status
Imo’s modest retreat with its rich musical legacy—now officially recognised.
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Fairfield Halls: is it being sold or not?
How speculation became ‘fact’: Fairfield Halls uncertain future might not be all we think it is.
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BBC Radio 3’s RAJARs Q4 2024 sees dip in listeners
The next set of RAJARs have been published today — figures that track numbers of listeners to live radio. It comes with a characteristically opaque statement from the BBC Press Office hinting at how listener figures for BBC Radio 3 have gone down since the previous quarter’s results. Social media posts from the radio network…
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Vanessa Reed announced as new RLPO Chief Exec
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Society is delighted to announce that it has appointed Vanessa Reed as its new Chief Executive. She will take up the position on 2 June 2025.