The decision by the BBC to cut BBC Singers and make a fifth of jobs in its orchestras redundant will have devastating repercussions for the classical music sector and wider music ecosystem.   I asked the Government to join the call on the BBC to reverse this decision 🧵👇   1/6

Our letter to the BBC.

A literal A-Z of brilliance. We BBC Singers are humbled by your support. The thrill of performing new music - ink still wet, copies still warm - is one that never goes away and is cherished by us all. BBC #WeAreTheBBCSingers

Together with fellow representatives of the UK’s freelance professional choral ensembles, we’ve sent this letter to the BBC to express our dismay at the decision to disband the BBC Singers. #WeAreTheBBCSingers

Top Verdiing at The Barbican on Tuesday! #WeAreTheBBCSingers

Respectful, devotional & forelock-tugging. Just three of the terms that could never be used to describe The Scottish Sex Pistols’ Special Coronation Concert on May 5th. Even better than the real thing, come on now, you know you want to….Details at McChuill’s website. 🎸🎤😄

‘What has happened to our nation’s beloved BBC … responsible for some of the greatest classical music broadcasts in history? … That BBC no longer exists… If we don’t wake up soon, there will be no live classical music.’

‘The outpouring of love for the BBC Singers and Orchestras over the past few weeks has been incredible and we know our members are hugely grateful for all the support they’ve received.’ theguardian.com/media/2023/mar…

Bevan's triumphant return in superb new choral work thetimes.co.uk/article/5cd12c…

For the love of humanity, these are people… people like you or I, whose only “crime” was being born in a place that became uninhabitable through no fault of their own. Stop treating desperate and vulnerable people like criminals for needing our help! They have suffered enough…

Yes, a forest. John Berger described the need for poems in such times - and a forest would be the greatest poem we could write. “…by recognition and the promise that what has been experienced cannot disappear as if it had never been.” ‘And Our Faces, My Heart, Brief as Photos'

Happy Christmas

#IanLavender

Two flutes and one absolutely magical Magic Flute. What a night! Thank you, #ENOFlute

We are thrilled to have won Best New Play at this year’s #CriticsCircleTheatreAwards. Hats off to our playwright #JackThorne. #TheMotiveandtheCue

Bruno finding it ‘difficult, difficult, lemon difficult’ at a breezy polling station. #DogsAtPollingStations

Sex and Drugs and Sausage Rolls #ASongOrMovieForSmallPastries

THESE STREETS ARE OUR OWN

Rising to the occasion ✊