With government support for the London Concert Hall dropping away, are we entering an era defined by a reliance on philanthropy? Vanessa Thorpe weighs in.
Skirmishes between classical music lovers over a yearned-for new London concert hall, intended to welcome conductor Simon Rattle back to our shores, have grown alarmingly ferocious this year. Should it be a sleek, City-funded adjunct to the Barbican or a new Queen’s Hall, perched dramatically on the edge of the Thames? Accusations of empire-building or, even worse, of a failure to appreciate acoustic science have been... Keep reading on The Guardian
Skirmishes between classical music lovers over a yearned-for new London concert hall, intended to welcome conductor Simon Rattle back to our shores, have grown alarmingly ferocious this year. Should it be a sleek, City-funded adjunct to the Barbican or a new Queen’s Hall, perched dramatically on the edge of the Thames? Accusations of empire-building or, even worse, of a failure to appreciate acoustic science have been... Keep reading on The Guardian