Axing of BBC Singers and related cuts

[ahinton]

I tried to post this some time ago but the internet has been intermittent since midmorning and I've been playing catch-up ever since.
This is quite some achievement https://www.theguardian.com/music/20...n-to-axe-choir
Pity that the management(esp. government) reaction will be "only 700 signatures, ignore it", completely overlooking the category from which those signatures originate.

No, it will more likely be "I don't care how many but they're only composers anyway, so nothing to see here..."

https://www.change.org/p/stop-the-pl...he-bbc-singers , on the other hand, has now reached almost 105,000 signatures, most of which are presumably not from composers...

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

Political comments re the BBCS axing should be posted on this thread.

[Hitch]

Slippeddisc.com says it has obtained a copy of a leaked letter sent from the acting co-directors of the BBC Singers to Richard Sharp, chairman of the BBC. Brace yourselves...

https://slippedisc.com/2023/03/leaked-letter-a-toxic-culture-of-fear-and-paranoia-at-the-bbc-from-the-d-g-down/

[Pulcinella]

Slippeddisc.com says it has obtained a copy of a leaked letter sent from the acting co-directors of the BBC Singers to Richard Sharp, chairman of the BBC. Brace yourselves...

https://slippedisc.com/2023/03/leake...-the-d-g-down/

Oh dear: one for Pedants' Paradise.

as Chairman of the BBC, we wanted to write directly to you

'We' are NOT the Chairman.

(Happens all too often: As a valued member of ....., I am writing to invite you to stump up more dosh to support our cause!)

[teamsaint]

Blimey, that is some letter.

Lets hope it has the desired effects.

[oddoneout]

Slippeddisc.com says it has obtained a copy of a leaked letter sent from the acting co-directors of the BBC Singers to Richard Sharp, chairman of the BBC. Brace yourselves...

https://slippedisc.com/2023/03/leake...-the-d-g-down/

I would like to think this would be a merde meet dyson device situation, but it concerns the arts (boo, hiss) and, even worse, a tiny subset of that hated sector, viz classical music, which in today's political climate is eminently ignorable, so messy outcome unlikely.
What I find so very depressing is the depth and breadth of ignorance on display, yet again, by those who are paid public money to know what they are in charge of and make informed decisions. But then it is the MO now from Westminster down so I cannot be surprised.

[EnzoElgar]

Ouch...

https://slippedisc.com/2023/03/leaked-letter-a-toxic-culture-of-fear-and-paranoia-at-the-bbc-from-the-d-g-down/

[Bryn]

Ouch...

https://slippedisc.com/2023/03/leake...-the-d-g-down/

As linked to in #11

[vinteuil]

What I find so very depressing is the depth and breadth of ignorance on display, yet again, by those who are paid public money to know what they are in charge of and make informed decisions...

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/mar/14/classical-music-bbc-orchestras-singers

... as Paul Hughes says, "I no longer know if the BBC is a public service broadcaster; I don’t recognise it any more, or its values. If it no longer exists to do that which others cannot or will not, then what is it for?"

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[Maclintick]

As linked to in #11

Here's an excellent article by Andrew Mellor which illustrates perfectly the BBC hierarchy's aversion to classical music...

https://www.classical-music.uk/opinion/article/the-long-view-who-will-miss-the-bbc-singers

[Serial_Apologist]

Blimey, that is some letter.

Lets hope it has the desired effects.

Absolutely incendiary; and it frankly makes my and others' criticisms on this forum of Radio 3 seem as tame as the vicar at the annual church fete complaining about the barbecue. I fervently hope this letter gets the widest possible public exposure. Let's see what we can do.

[Andrew Slater]

For what it's worth, most of my listings pages now contain a header with a link to the petition and another to 'latest news', currently to the Slipped Disc article about the leaked letter.

[Serial_Apologist]

For what it's worth, most of my listings pages now contain a header with a link to the petition and another to 'latest news', currently to the Slipped Disc article about the leaked letter.

[eighthobstruction]

For what it's worth, most of my listings pages now contain a header with a link to the petition and another to 'latest news', currently to the Slipped Disc article about the leaked letter.

....Andrew will be up Kinder Scout all tomorrow afternoon broadcasting this letter via megaphone....

[Andrew Slater]

I've changed the plan to Winter Hill, followed by Holme Moss