Category: Opinion
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BBC Radio 3’s RAJARs Q3 2024: impressive gains or stable figures?
Radio 3 preempt the RAJAR report for Q3 2024 with a press release that hints at figures that underline more stability than dramatic change.
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Apple Classical Top 100 – the chart that classical musical lovers ‘deserve’
Apple’s new chart of classical music consumption draws on data derived from its own platform.
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Donne’s Equality and Diversity in Global Repertoire report highlights the ongoing gender gap in classical music concert programming
The report calls for a more diverse approach to programming, but are there other factors beyond programming choices that contribute to this gap?
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BBC Proms 2024 programme announced
Composer spotlights, core repertoire, crowd-pleasing classics, and eyebrow-raising pop crossovers, underline a strategy focused on greater audience reach that overly stretches the Proms tagline about it being the greatest classical music festival in the world.
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The CBSO’s experiments with the concert experience
In criticising innovation those who complain are simply reinforcing the need for the innovation in the first place.
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Andrew Davis (1944 – 2024)
There was a refreshing authenticity about him. What you saw on stage and on TV was, it seemed, him through and through. What a way to live a life.
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Trust is key and power destroys it
Bottom line, if you want the profile, play the game. With everyone. Otherwise, eventually, no one will talk about you. At all.
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Edinburgh International Festival 2024 – a ritual that unites us
The 2024 Edinburgh International Festival, running from August 5 to 25, emphasizes audience engagement and affordability, featuring diverse music, theater, and dance, despite the high costs of local accommodations.
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BBC Singers saved with a VOCES8 Foundation partnership
The BBC has announced that the BBC Singers will continue in its present form, its education and community engagement work now ‘supported’ by the VOCES8 Foundation. That a solution has been arrived at that retains talent, and sets up the ensemble for the future is fantastic for classical music in the UK, spurring on campaigners,…