The Hermes Experiment: redefining the chamber ensemble
The Hermes Experiment’s Anne Denholm and Marianne Schofield set out the ethos of the group and,...
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The Long View | Gardiner’s punch will hit freelance musicians hardest
John Eliot Gardiner’s violence will fell his career, but it could also ruin dozens of freelancers...
The Long View | Who’s to blame for the disaster facing the Humanities?
Universities without the humanities will wreak havoc in our industry, and produce generations of...
Building up music education: We are all responsible
Music Masters CEO Roz De Vile shares her insight on what can make or break music in state primary...
The Long View | ACE and the BBC have saved nothing… except face
Let’s not kid ourselves: little has changed regarding the absurd situation ENO and the BBC ensembles...
The Long View | Who will miss the BBC Singers?
The vast majority won’t miss the nation’s best professional chamber choir, because they were so...
The Long View | Pity the boss of Radio 3
Sam Jackson could be just what Radio 3 needs, but one of the nicest guys in music must ready himself...
The Long View | An Unfit Arts Council
ACE’s counterproductive funding decisions prove the organisation has lost all sense of purpose and...
The Long View | Making rich musicians richer
While some classical artists are still driving übers and stacking shelves, we’re foisting more and...
The Long View | Feeling Royal Peculiar
The Queen’s funeral was unspeakably moving, but deeply confusing for us fashionable, creative types...