The Easter Festival was founded by Herbert von Karajan with his Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra in residence. Things went bellyup a few years back when the Berlin Phil accepted a better offer from Baden-Baden. Next season […]
Peter Biggs resigned as CEO of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra in April, officially ‘for a number of reasons, including health’. It now transpires that he admitted to his board chair ‘grievous errors of judgment’ […]
Shocking survey laid out in the Church Times by the The Royal School of Church Music. Most music in churches in England is unpaid: 92 per cent of choirs, 50 per cent of piano/keyboard players, […]