Category: News
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Aurora Orchestra’s principal flute and Creative Director Jane Mitchell wins RPS ABO Salomon Prize
Congratulations to Aurora Orchestra’s principal flute and Creative Director Jane Mitchell who was last night awarded with the Royal Philharmonic Society and Association of British Orchestras Salomon Prize, celebrating an orchestral musicians achievements as nominated by the orchestra they work for. One of those awards you see announced you end up thinking to yourself, “Well,…
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London Philharmonic Orchestra to play concerts in Royal Festival Hall 30 September – 30 December
Always nice to start the day with an invigorating press release. This from the London Philharmonic Orchestra announcing their concert schedule for the rest of the year offers a little bit of hope and possibly even excitement. All thirteen concerts will be streamed via Marquee.TV which if you’ve got one of a range of Connected…
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Nicola Benedetti, Sheku Kanneh-Mason, and Sir Simon Rattle speak to DCMS’ Oliver Dowden about the needs of UK orchestras post-lockdown
Sir Simon Rattle to DCMS’ Oliver Dowden: “We are poised and ready for collaboration, to urgently save our industry and its thousands and thousands of jobs.” I read Sir Simon Rattle’s Times interview first thing on Sunday morning in bed as soon as I woke up. Take it from me this is not the best…
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Oliver Dowden in the Evening Standard
I’m a little late to the Dowden interview in the Evening Standard. This late discovery doesn’t change the view expressed in the previous post. If anything the interview only backs it up. Julian Glover’s interview is a positive profile piece, seeking to project Dowden as the nice guy. The kind of Everyman the arts world…
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The (kind of) 2020 Aldeburgh Festival
If memory serves me correctly, 2020 is the first time the 72-year-old Aldeburgh Festival won’t be going ahead. No surprises why. COVID. This is notable because of the oft-told story of Benjamin Britten’s annual jamboree. Fire at Snape Maltings Concert Hall back in 1967 on the eve of that year’s festival might have threatened proceedings.…
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BBC Proms 2020 season unveiled – live performances late summer plus a treasure trove of archive delights
I have line of sight of the BBC Proms season for 2020. And you know what, as far as I’m concerned, I’m going to be quite happy: archive broadcasts on radio, and BBC iPlayer, plus a cut-down selection of live performances towards the end of the season. The BBC Proms press release doesn’t reveal too…
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Southbank Centre announces closure risk until at least April 2021
I cannot remember the last time I’ve scrolled through my emails all bleary-eyed in bed only to discover in a split second, reading the header for one incoming press release, that I need to get up immediately, reach for the laptop and start typing furiously. The top-line messages make for stark and depressing reading. The…
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Shanghai Symphony Orchestra: first out of the traps
Shanghai Symphony Orchestra’s first concert for a live audience for110 days.
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Pay it forward to St John’s Smith Square and give 500 free tickets to NHS staff
Twenty quid to support a concert hall and gift an experience to an NHS worker
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London Philharmonic Orchestra announce their digital content in response to COVID-19
The London Philharmonic Orchestra is responding to the COVID-19 crisis with a wide variety of free interactive digital initiatives via a new website LPOnline – Connecting through music.