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Simon Rattle says Arts Council cuts are doing ‘real violence’ to British music

They are ‘an act of cultural vandalism’ says the famous conductor

Evening Standard

Pen Farthing plans to self-publish a book about his Afghanistan escape

‘Operation Ark... was definitely the right decision’ he said

Evening Standard

CBSO/Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla at the Barbican review: the conductor brought a bright, edgy, in-your-face sound

Gražinytė-Tyla’s whiplash rhythms served the pieces well

Evening Standard

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Katya Kabanova review – Rattle and Majeski capture the rapture and chaos of Janáček’s turbulent love story

The LSO are on ravishing form, perfectly blending the lyricism and intensity of the score, while the whole cast deliver singing of the highest calibre

The Guardian - UK

The best new music to look forward to in 2023

Yo La Tengo, Billy Nomates, Låpsley and Paramore have hotly anticipated albums due out – while the BBCSO puts on an Everest opera and Simon Rattle waves goodbye to the Barbican

The Guardian - UK

‘It’s OK to take risks in concerts because there it’s safe to do so’: Conductor Daniel Harding on his double life as an airline pilot

He’s been on the podium with the world’s leading orchestras but, he says, his new parallel career flying for Air France has taught him things he never learned in 30 years of music making

The Guardian - UK

Scramble for new royal figureheads begins among Britain’s arts organisations

Britain’s creative institutions are poised to compete for the most familiar faces to act as patrons – and maximise potential funding

The Guardian - UK

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The songs chosen by orchestras and choirs around the country as tributes to the Queen

The works of English composers were tribute favourites

Evening Standard

London Symphony Orchestra perform national anthem in tribute to the Queen

The Queen had been a patron of the orchestra since her accession to the throne in 1952.

The Independent UK

Lars Vogt obituary

German pianist and conductor who brought exceptional sensitivity and lyricism to his performances

The Guardian - UK

LSO/Rattle review – final season opens with British programme that sparkles

Elgar’s second symphony, sharp and startling and with its slow movement dedicated to a recently departed monarch, was paired with Frank Bridge and new music by Daniel Kidane for a vivid opening concert

The Guardian - UK

The week in classical: Australian World Orchestra/Mehta; Harrison Birtwistle Day – review

A lifetime’s experience tells as Zubin Mehta graces the Proms along with Australia’s finest, while a stellar tag team of friends and colleagues pay tribute to Harrison Birtwistle

The Guardian - UK

BBC Proms 2022: Prom 49 Simon Rattle conducts Mahler review – life affirming

A night that will not easily be forgotten

Evening Standard

LSO/Rattle review – transatlantic glitz and lithe elegance

Simon Rattle once again showed his affinity with Haydn before a distinct second half featuring a London premiere of John Adams and extrovert Gershwin works

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Your guide to the best summer culture

Adele comes home, Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis goes for broke, the Edinburgh fringe fires on all cylinders, and HBO and Amazon prepare for a fantasy face-off

Evening Standard

BBC Proms 2022 highlights: the best concerts to book at the London festival, from the Gaming Prom to Yuja Wang

Our critic picks the best of a bumper crop of Proms gigs to book now

Evening Standard

LSO/Simon Rattle and Magdalena Kožená, Barbican Hall review: A whirlwind tour through the Seven Deadly Sins

Kožená adriotly balances the two sides of singer-dancer Anna in a performance of Kurt Weill and Bertold Brecht’s final project

The Independent UK

London Symphony, Simon Rattle work with California students

Simon Rattle and the London Symphony Orchestra are on a California tour working with music students at Santa Barbara’s Music Academy of the West

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The Independent UK

Conductor Simon Rattle receives Germany's highest honor

Germany’s president has bestowed the country’s highest honor on British conductor Simon Rattle, the former head of the Berlin Philharmonic who is set to take a new job in Munich next year

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