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Pet Shop Boys, CBeebies and Military Wives among Proms debuts
Other highlights of this year’s BBC Proms season include the Berlin Philharmonic, Budapest Festival Orchestra, and the return of both Daniel Barenboim and Marin Alsop, announces outgoing director Roger Wright
The Telegraph
As this summer’s BBC Proms programme is announced, Ivan Hewett selects the best concerts
Classic FM
Sometimes our favourite music pops up in the most unlikely places. Discover the most beautiful classical music-inspired street art.
Classical Music Magazine
Music education campaigning steps up as councils pressured out of supporting music
A consultation document on local education funding shows that central government expects local government to cease funding music in English schools from 2016.
Limelight Magazine
The opera star writes exclusively for Limelight about ending her stage career and the good times ahead.
Die Welt
Johann Sebastian Bach – Fetischist der Vierzehn
König David hat Bach berufen: Bei der Zahlenmystik des größten Barockkomponisten lassen sich Wahrheit und Legende längst nicht mehr unterscheiden. Das lehrt effektvoll eine Ausstellung in Eisenach.
Tagesspiegel
Die Pläne der Philharmoniker: Proben für die neue Zeit
Brahms, Schumann, Sibelius: Die Berliner Philharmoniker stellen ihre Saison 2014/15 vor – und gründen ein eigenes Label.
Washington Post
After longest labor dispute in U.S. orchestral history, Osmo Vänskä considers his options
For the musicians of the National Symphony Orchestra, Osmo Vänskä, the Finnish conductor who will lead them in three performances this week, is a welcome returnee, a once-frequent visitor to the Kennedy Center podium coming back for the first time since 2007.
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