Brimming with colour, energy and detail, this new release from Orchid Classics lifts the mood with hope and celebration.
ENO’s performance of Mozart’s Requiem conducted by Mark Wigglesworth with soloists Elizabeth Llewellyn, Sarah Connolly, Ed Lyon and Gerald Finley was originally planned to be filmed in front of a social distanced Coliseum audience. England’s second lockdown put pay to that. Elizabeth Llewellyn undoubtedly shone in the performance with a gentle, delicate sound that felt…
Round 2 recipients of the Cultural Recovery Fund were announced on 17th October – a total of £76m bringing the total given out so far to £334m. Classical music organisations, music education, ensembles and venues who received grants from ACE are listed below. For a full list visit the Arts Council website. For a list…
Listen to RPS Chief Exec James Murphy on the Thoroughly Good Classical Music Podcast discussing this years awards shortlist.
Arts Council England’s announcement about the first recipients of the Cultural Recovery Fund earlier this week has generated a bit of noise. In particular, much ire appears to be levelled at ACE and DCMS for ‘stipulations’ attached to receiving the award, manifest in a requirement that organisations extend thanks, use the hashtag “HereforCulture” and, outline…
The first tranche of grants announced from the £1.57bn Cultural Recovery Fund.
Last night at the Royal Festival Hall with the LPO.
Orchestras need not worry about live, only creating a sense of occasion.
There is a sophisticated aspiration in the way ‘Recreation’ looks that is matched by what is heard.
Talk of viable jobs in the mainstream media today triggered my inner lefty. Or was it my inner liberal? I’m still not clear whether advocating the arts makes me a lefty or a liberal. Either way, the word was a trigger word deliberately placed in press releases, speeches and ‘reports’ intended to enflame and enrage.…