Category: Opinion
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On marketing concerts: a consistent authentic approach can build communities not alienate
Good content isn’t just a marketing thing. It’s everyone’s responsibility.
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What’s the plan?
The BBC is a good thing. Let’s not fuck with it.
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Er
That thing about the conductor who’s a bit crazy on stage.
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Be authentic, be accurate, and be forgiving
What the big challenge is for a social media producer operating in a field of expertise and what leaders have to do to support them
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Beethoven 2 & 3 from Norrington and the OAE at the QEH, and the Beach Boys
Exhilarating Norrington. Epic Beethoven. Brilliant.
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Vaughan Williams 5, culture wars, and the language we use to talk about music
The slow movement from Vaughan Williams 5 and the thoughts it provokes.
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Beethoven 5 and 7 from Andrew Manze and the NDR Philharmonie
Beethoven isn’t my go-to composer. Never has been. There’s nothing wrong per se about the man’s music. There is melody. There’s drama. In his symphonic works especially the textures in his orchestral writing are highly satisfying. The problem is (or maybe it’s not a problem) I admire the creative achievement in the same way I…
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Vox Luminis performance style demonstrates a special kind of leadership
Direction comes from one person in the chorus not a conductor or director in the centre of the stage.
