Hi,

I’m Colin Anderson, a writer on music and the editor of Classical Source.

Welcome to my Column, a bit of a blog: news, reviews, things to watch, and other posts to read; a mix of things. I hope you like the contents.

Cheers, Col

Hallelujah! Handel’s chorus from Messiah.

Hallelujah! Handel’s chorus from Messiah.

Having been incapacitated for a few weeks, unable to get to my computer, it has been returned to me by a kind techie friend who moved the whole thing (plus CD player) from the room it was in to the one I am occupying, restricted. I remain limited in what I can do but...

New Strategy for Classical Music Prioritises Quality, Agility and Impact. From which the following: “… therefore the BBC has made the difficult decision to close the BBC Singers (20 posts) and invest resources in a wider pool of choral groups from across the UK.”

New Strategy for Classical Music Prioritises Quality, Agility and Impact. From which the following: “… therefore the BBC has made the difficult decision to close the BBC Singers (20 posts) and invest resources in a wider pool of choral groups from across the UK.”

Pinned post Following last year’s classical review looking at the sector and the BBC’s role within it, the BBC today sets out a new strategy to strengthen its public purpose for classical music, delivering the best music to a wider audience, with a significant new...

Sir Adrian Boult’s Ninetieth-Birthday concert – BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by “my friends” James Loughran, Vernon Handley and Norman Del Mar. April 8, 1979; Royal Albert Hall, London.

Sir Adrian Boult’s Ninetieth-Birthday concert – BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by “my friends” James Loughran, Vernon Handley and Norman Del Mar. April 8, 1979; Royal Albert Hall, London.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPU8I3bqq_U "0:00:00 Pre-concert announcement and message from Sir Adrian 0:03:09 Brahms Symphony No. 4 (conducted by James Loughran) 0:45:21 Vaughan Williams Fantasia on a theme of Thomas Tallis (conducted by Vernon Handley) 1:00:32...

BBC Symphony Orchestra @ Barbican Centre – Sakari Oramo conducts Beethoven’s ‘Eroica’ Symphony and Alice Mary Smith’s Jason Overture, with Jennifer Johnston singing Ravel’s Shéhérazade. Live on BBC Radio 3.

BBC Symphony Orchestra @ Barbican Centre – Sakari Oramo conducts Beethoven’s ‘Eroica’ Symphony and Alice Mary Smith’s Jason Overture, with Jennifer Johnston singing Ravel’s Shéhérazade. Live on BBC Radio 3.

Alice Mary Smith (1839-1884) Friday, December 1, 2023 Barbican Hall, London Sakari Oramo has conducted the 'Eroica' twice before In London with the BBC Symphony Orchestra: in January 2014 alongside Robert Schumann and a Colin Matthews premiere, and during the short...