"In the past 20 years the BBC has gone from being rightly proud of its track record as the UK’s biggest employer of classical musicians and commissioner of new music, through various stages of indifference, to something now approaching embarrassment." thetimes.co.uk/article/f501ba…

A warm hello to Finnish musical pioneer Pekka Kuusisto 👋 joining the #SCO with a three-concert residency this week and next! Plus guests Sam Amidon & Allan Clayton Allan Clayton 📌The Queen's Hall #Edinburgh 📌GlasgowConcertHalls #Glasgow 📌 Byre Theatre #StAndrews youtube.com/watch?v=c1FoJG…

And because the UK arts scene isn’t fucked enough, please support the wonderful Britten Sinfonia if you can. Who needs live music in schools, hospitals and concert halls? JUST THE ENTIRE EAST OF ENGLAND Arts Council England Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Amid the noise re Gary Lineker another disastrous move by the BBC in response to the Tory government political pressure and cuts — the abolition of BBC Singers and cuts to BBC orchestras. This is another resonance with 30s Germany — the assault on culture and the arts. 1/2

Join us for another jam-packed week with Pekka Kuusisto and tenor Allan Clayton exploring the weird and wonderful realms of #Britten's Les Illuminations and the delights of Nico Muhly's Violin Concerto ‘Shrink’! #StAndrews #Edinburgh #Glasgow 🎫bit.ly/3Lctnxc

Erling Haaland has been banging in the goals for Manchester City this season. But how does he compare to an egg?

Hmm...I may get turned back at Heathrow for this, but it had to be said. Proud to join over 700 other composers in this infuriating protest.

trying to make sense of the bigness of the Elizabeth Line so obviously had to move it north and make some maps (using correct geodesic transformation to account for shifting it northwards, obvs)

lol spotify why tf would i pay you 1-3 THOUSAND POUNDS to get people to listen to my music when my payback for your expected reach isn't even 1% of that. mugs.

Tune in to BBC Radio 3 tonight, 7.30pm to hear last week's concert with Pekka Kuusisto and Allan Clayton, and relive an exceptional night of music from Nico Muhly, #Britten and #Haydn! #InConcert BBC Sounds GlasgowConcertHalls bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

Here's a little look at German cost of living vs British cost of living, which goes a long way to explain why British people are suffering- despite the UK being ome of the richest countries in the world /1

This front page will be taught in university advertising courses in years to come

"these options" being alternative funding models that have apparently been suggested to them since this deeply thought-out proposal first emerged

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Here’s what the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra looks like minus 20%. Time for another BBC U-turn? #stopthecuts