Adding insult to injury, the BBC Singers, which will be dissolved as part of the BBC’s new classical music initiative will not even get a Proms send-off. For over 100 years, the Singers have participated in the festivities, but under the new initiative, the group will be disbanded the week before Proms begin. People within and without the classical music {…}

Photo: Mark Allan Citing the need for agility, the BBC has unveiled a new strategy to bolster it’s purpose for classical music, and it’s causing quite a stir. The BBC will invest in choral singing across the UK, but that decision shutters the BBC Singers, eliminating 20 jobs. On the orchestral front, the BBC aims to create agile ensembles. However, {…}