Category: Opinion
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John Gilhooly, Wigmore Hall and the real future of classical music
Wigmore Hall’s £10 million fundraising success prompts a timely reflection on the role of music education in securing the future of classical music. John Gilhooly’s remarks highlight the limits of Arts Council England’s Let’s Create strategy — and where responsibility truly lies.
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Silent album bangs a drum for the plight of musicians at the mercy of ‘tech giants’
Amid AI fears and tech dominance, are musicians’ protests amplifying the right message?
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Opinion – Edward Gardner, Trust and Rules of Engagement
Nothing is really off-the-record. Artists will need to be more on their guard in interviews, assuming they say yes to them at all.
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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.