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September 8, 2023
Marin Alsop conducts the last night – ending an extraordinary summer of music making
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...
September 8, 2023
Gramophone reveals top three recordings in 11 categories for the Gramophone Classical Music Awards 2023
33 recordings now compete to win their category as well as to be named Recording of the Year Winners to be announced at star-studded ceremony on Wednesday October 4 at...
King’s Lynn Festival announces the second Charles Burney Early Music Festival.
September 1, 2023
King’s Lynn Festival announces the second Charles Burney Early Music Festival
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...
Photo: BBC Maida Vale Studios
August 14, 2023
BBC confirms sale of its Maida Vale Studios
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...
Anna-Maria Helsing. Photo ©Kasper Dalkarl
June 16, 2023
Anna-Maria Helsing appointed Chief Conductor of the BBC Concert Orchestra
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...
Oxford International Song Festival - Art:Song - Images, Words, Music. https://oxfordsong.org
June 7, 2023
Oxford Lieder Festival renamed as the Oxford International Song Festival
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...
Apple Music Classical
April 28, 2023
Apple Music Classical arrives for The Times subscribers
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...
BBC Proms 2023
April 20, 2023
BBC Proms 2023 brings the UK together in celebration of classical music with eight weeks of concerts at the Royal Albert Hall, a new weekend festival at Sage Gateshead and Proms in all four nations
84 Proms to feature over 3,000 musicians Friday 14 July – Saturday 9 September 2023 The 2023 Proms features a huge breadth of programming, from Berlioz to Bollywood, large scale...
Kevin Rogers
February 21, 2023
The Classical Source mourns the death of one of its own.
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...
Alan Davey, Controller, BBC Radio 3
September 12, 2022
Alan Davey to step down as Controller of BBC Radio 3
Alan Davey, Controller of Radio 3, BBC Proms, and BBC Orchestras and Choirs has announced that he will leave the BBC in March 2023 after over eight years in post....
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