BACKEvery day the WildKat team scan newspapers, websites and blogs for interesting classical music news, and now we’ve decided to publish our lists so that you can get a classical music news summary each day. If you’ve read anything interesting each day that we’ve missed do feel free to comment and let us know!
Telegraph
WS Gilbert: a theatrical knight suited to the modern day
Raymond Gubbay acknowledges the lasting success of the Gilbert and Sullivan operettas one hundred years after Gilbert’s death.
Independent
Oldest music hall faces demolition after losing £4m lottery fund bid
Wilton’s in east London opened in 1858 and needs extensive renovations.
Guardian
Garsington Opera: a seat near the deer please
Jonathan Glancey describes the pop-up opera house as ‘one of the most thrilling venues in Britain’.
Artistic Director of ENO John Berry talks about the gelling of theatre and music and insists that it is ‘better to risk the boos to gain louder cheers’.
Classical Music
Joshua Bell to be Music Director of Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Joshua Bell and the Academy of St Martin in the Fields have a long-standing relationship dating back to 1988.
Irish National Opera company closes down without ever mounting a production
The company closed down after two years after failing to secure sufficient funding.
The Arts Desk
Alison Balsom is the ‘polar antithesis’ of the stereotypical trumpeter.