Martha Argerich: No place to Haydn

The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra’s Season of Joy opened last night with Beethoven’s ninth to a packed house. A correspondent writes: ‘The near-capacity audience was bolstered by an offer of tickets for a pound […]

From our agony aunt’s mailbox – another slice of music life in the raw: Dear Alma, A former male leader of a well-respected European orchestra was teaching at a music festival this summer. He is […]

Britten Peard Arts has appointed a career-long artists’ agent to succeed Sir Simon Robey as board chair. Angela Mallinson, 64, has been on the BPA board for five years. She was a founder of the […]