BBC Singers axed and a 20% reduction in salaried orchestral posts.

[andrewc]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2023/bbc-new-strategy-for-classical-music


https://twitter.com/jjohnstonmezzo/status/1633101684590223361


https://www.classical-music.uk/news/article/bbc-to-disband-bbc-singers


More cultural vandalism after the Arts Council opera cuts.   

[andrewc]

Good pieces in the Times & Torygraph about the BBC's destructive decisions and the effects on classical music in the UK. 


https://archive.ph/RN1pf  "The decision to axe the BBC Singers is a total assault on classical music"


https://archive.ph/le4uW  "Axing the BBC Singers is a gross miscalculation — executive heads should roll"


Also a petition to sign.   https://www.change.org/p/stop-the-planned-closure-of-the-bbc-singers