Chris Caspell, 60 not out. Away from taxing matters, music is an important part of his life – as a viola-player, conductor, and entrepreneur. He also sings, mostly in church choirs, and, like Fred Astaire, can dance a little and when his unmissable moustache twirls a Tango with distinction. Thirty-odd years ago Chris and two
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Today, on Saint Cecilia’s Day, we celebrate both the patron saint of music and the life of Benjamin Britten, who was born on this very day in 1913. To mark this occasion, Britten’s Hymn to Saint Cecilia (1942) stands as a fitting tribute to the saint and to the power of music itself. Composed during the early
Following a competitive recruitment process, Jonathan Manners has been appointed the Director of the BBC Singers. Since 2016, Jonathan has been Producer of the group, responsible for their artistic direction and their broadcast output. Under his leadership, the BBC Singers have broadened extensively: they have championed the work of female and culturally diverse composers, partnered
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It is with great sadness that I have just heard that the Classical Source’s former deputy editor, Kevin Rogers, has passed away. I first met Kevin in May 2007. He loved what we were trying to do at the Classical Source, though wasn’t so keen on the design. “More pictures” I remember him saying; and
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Here is a video of award-winning Amy Dickson’s arrangement of Spiegel im Spiegel, written by Arvo Pärt in 1978.
Celebrating the birthday today of composer Arvo Pärt who is 85 today. Read More »
When Dave Finley and I started The Classical Source in 1999 we soon realised that, if the site was to grow it would need to be in a format where the content (i.e. the words) was separate from the design. The only real way to do this properly was if the content was held in
