Julian Lloyd Webber says no, London does not have a world-class concert hall, and yes, the Royal Festival Hall has questionable acoustics – but the city doesn’t need to change a thing.
When I was four years old my mother took me to one of those Ernest Read Children’s Concerts that were held at the Royal Festival Hall, in London. The orchestra played The Sorcerer’s Apprentice and I was riveted by the sight of the cellos. I can’t imagine that I was thinking too much about the acoustics that morning – all I remembered was the sound of those cellos and the power of the orchestra as the apprentice went about his mischievous ways.
Sixty years later, we are being told that the RFH is no longer good enough – even though £111m was recently spent on “improving” its notoriously dry acoustic... Keep reading on The Guardian
When I was four years old my mother took me to one of those Ernest Read Children’s Concerts that were held at the Royal Festival Hall, in London. The orchestra played The Sorcerer’s Apprentice and I was riveted by the sight of the cellos. I can’t imagine that I was thinking too much about the acoustics that morning – all I remembered was the sound of those cellos and the power of the orchestra as the apprentice went about his mischievous ways.
Sixty years later, we are being told that the RFH is no longer good enough – even though £111m was recently spent on “improving” its notoriously dry acoustic... Keep reading on The Guardian