One week provides yet another reminder of how fragile live music performance is in the UK, here with the launch of Britten Sinfonia’s £1m fundraiser.
The project is called “Light Flowing” and focusses on sharing the feeling of lightness, of lifting up with audiences, something close to her heart and relevant given the struggles of the past few years.
Cellist Abel Selaocoe secured the Instrumentalist award, while organist Anna Lapwood won this year’s coveted Gamechanger award. Elsewhere in the ceremony, the Singer category was topped by Anna Dennis (Violet, Aldeburgh Festival 2022), and Martin Brabbins was awarded the Conductor award.
A sparkling list of shortlisted nominees for the 2023 Royal Philharmonic Society Awards.
Hear composer Stuart Hancock’s sparkling score in a live performance of ‘We’re Going on a Bear Hunt!’ with the Countess of Wessex’s String Orchestra
If the running order I have for the 2022 BBC Proms is the one that went to the printers then by my reckoning it’s, in terms of music at least, a return to form for the summer-long classical music festival.
Thanks to the work of Artistic Director and pianist Chris Glynn, Ryedale builds on its growing artistic reputation.
After two years in the planning, bold innovation to build the next generation audience.
Selected cast members joined artistic director Ben Woodward for a selection of excerpts arranged for 18-piece orchestra at Islington Assembly Hall.
People like curated unmediated classical music discovery.