In today’s birthday honours, King Charles has bestowed well-deserved knighthoods on the church composer John Rutter and the outgoing BrittenPears chief Roger Wright, a former head of the BBC Proms and Radio 3.
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Norwich Cathedral – Photo: JackPeasePhotographyCC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Britten: Hymn to the Virgin, John Tavener: Hymn to the Mother of God, Judith Weir: Ave Regina Cælorum, James MacMillan: The Culham Motets, O Virgo Prudentissima, Palestrina: […]
Stationers Hall In 1683, a group of musicians and music lovers got together as the Musical Society of London and organised a St Cecilia’s Day concert (22 November) for which Henry Purcell wrote Welcome to all the […]
The orchestra has confirmed Ryan Fleur as CEO, replacing Mathias Tarnopolsky, who has gone to the New York Phil. Fleur has acted in an interim capacity since Tarnopolsky left in January. Fleur has been part […]
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