After leading the world’s greatest classical music festival for nearly a decade, David Pickard has decided to step down as the Director of the BBC Proms. He will remain in post until October 2024, overseeing the Proms 2024 and planning for future seasons. David was appointed Director of the BBC Proms in 2015, to fulfil …
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Following a very competitive recruitment process, Bill Chandler has been appointed Director of the BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus and Adam Szabo has been appointed Director of the BBC Philharmonic. Bill Chandler brings a wealth of experience to the role of Director of the BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus. Originally from the USA, Bill was a …
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James B. Wilson’s 1922, celebrating the BBC’s centenary and Laura Karman’sHigher. Further. Faster.(main theme from The Marvels) will be performed alongside traditional Last Night favourites The BBC Proms 2023 season culminates in the celebratory Last Night of the Proms, which takes place on Saturday 9 September at the Royal Albert Hall. This year’s festival finale is led by conductor Marin Alsop, who hosts the …
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Gramophone today [September 8, 2023] reveals the top three recordings in each category of the Gramophone Classical Music Awards 2023. Widely regarded as the Oscars of classical music, the Awards celebrate exceptional recordings of the past year and acknowledge artists, ensembles and record labels that have made outstanding contributions to the classical recording industry. Six nominated recordings …
Following the success of the annual Early Music Days in July and the inaugural Charles Burney Early Music weekend in 2022, King’s Lynn Festival announces the second Charles Burney Early Music Festival, this autumn, from Friday 29 September until Sunday 1st October 2023. Concerts will feature Steven Devine and the award-winning Apollo’s Cabinet. Launching their CD “Charles Burney Baroque Travelblogger” …
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The BBC has today announced that its Maida Vale recording studios have now been sold. Maida Vale Studios has become a much-loved and seminal part of musical history, having been bought by the BBC in 1933. Since then, it has seen the likes of David Bowie, The Beatles, Led Zeppelin and Dusty Springfield record in …
Officially starting in the role on October 1 2023, the appointment builds on Anna-Maria Helsing’s fruitful existing relationship with the orchestra which began in 2020 when she became Principal Guest Conductor. Anna-Maria will next conduct the orchestra on Monday 19 June at Alexandra Palace for This Classical Life: Live! with Jess Gillam. As Chief Conductor, Anna-Maria joins …
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Well established as one of the world’s leading song festivals and the biggest in the UK, the Oxford Lieder Festival has been renamed, and is now called the Oxford International Song Festival. The new name better reflects the organisation’s activities: bringing song and singing to every part of the local and wider community through performance, participation, and learning, …
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In a special partnership, subscribers of The Times and The Sunday Times who are new to Apple Music will be offered three months free access to Apple Music and the newly launched Apple Music Classical app from this Saturday*. As part of the 12-month partnership, new and existing Times readers will also be offered access …
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84 Proms to feature over 3,000 musicians Friday 14 July – Saturday 9 September 2023 The BBC Proms 2023 launches with a programme bursting with opera, oratorio and large-scale choral work and the first ever weekend-long Proms festival rooted in the North-East at Sage Gateshead. A complete performance of Berlioz’s five-act grand opera The Trojans – the first …
