😍 In need of some pure, unadulterated joy?
Listen to this wonderful recording of Vivaldi's Concerto in D major for Four Violins, performed remotely by some of the musicians of our Orchestra.
#OurHouseToYourHouse
Hi #RishiSunak. I've been thinking about what makes a viable business. Here's a little story for you.
Barbara is a clarinettist. After 20 yrs' training & highly competitive auditions, she won a job in a prestigious London orchestra. As well as playing at the Royal Albert Hall 1/
❤️ We're supporting #LightItInRed, highlighting the impact on freelancers, suppliers and the wider theatre industry of the ongoing closure of theatres around the UK.
To all professionals in the film, television, theatre, entertainment and arts world, join the challenge to post a photo of you in your job. Just a picture, no description. The goal is to flood social media with our profession. Copy the text and post a pic. #SaveTheArts
Dear political leaders, please listen to our Director’s impassioned thoughts on the power of the arts in our national recovery & post-pandemic life, at the end of our month of recitals broadcast to millions.
@OliverDowden@LM_Westminster@Jane_Stevenson_
https://t.co/iPwIfxPpcj
The entire artistic team at the Theatre Royal Plymouth are being made redundant in 3 days. That’s one of the largest, most well attended theatres outside London. A theatre that now has no artists, and they won’t be coming back. Our world-beating cultural landscape is in collapse
Very dissappointing, innacurate & ill-considered to see Composers annexed in the ‘Classical Music Economy Ecosystem’. I suspect this ecosystem wouldn’t’ve existed as the Classical ‘Jamming’ Economy? Composers stand side by side in this fight, please amend #keepthemusicgoing.
Alison Balsom, Nicola Benedetti, Sheku Kanneh-Mason and I were invited, at short notice, to join a virtual meeting yesterday about the future of the music industry by the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, Oliver Dowden.
This is a summary of what we said:
I wish this guy was Prime Minister. Smart, confident, authoritative, empathetic, realistic & with a great grasp of detail. He’s in a totally different league to Boris Johnson or any other Govt minister. @RishiSunak 👇