The Long View | Dausgaard, Politics, Music and Health
We love a good story about a conductor flouncing off. Like his conducting or loathe it, Thomas...
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The Long View | Do you remember 2002?
We organized music differently twenty years ago. As an industry we’ve changed for better and for...
Jocelyn Lightfoot: We are what we wear
The London Chamber Orchestra’s managing director writes about the orchestra’s ground-breaking move...
Lady Smith OBE: In defence of 'elite'
Lady Elise Smith OBE. founder of the Tetbury Music Festival, responds to this month's Long View,...
The Long View | Elitism State of Mind
Let’s leave ticket pricing to the economists; where elitism exists, it lies deep within ourselves,...
The Long View | Woke-ism and Wagnerism
There is no single unassailable truth when it comes to Wagner – which is the whole messy,...
The Long View | Whose responsibility is diversity?
The madness of the ETO orchestra debacle is what results when stretched organisations are put in...
The Long View | Is naturalism the gem we can salvage from 2020’s slim pickings?
If we must return to business-as-usual, we can at least retain and develop the refreshing naturalism...
The Long View | The conducting profession has changed, even if Riccardo Muti hasn’t
Riccardo Muti isn’t going quietly. In fact, he isn’t going at all.
Being ‘fringe’ should not be about size, but about having artistic freedom
Becca Marriott argues the case for fringe opera, and considers its future in a post-Covid world