EDITORIAL
Welcome to Classical Music’s Summer 2022 issue! As we embark on the summer festival season, Simon Mundy offers us a guide to unmissable upcoming events, as well as a look back at Presteigne and Ljubljana as they prepare to present their 40th and 70th anniversary seasons. We couldn’t let this summer pass without a nod to the Queen as she marked 70 years on the throne, so Adrian Horsewood explores the Royal School of Church Music’s Platinum Project, In Our Service, with director Hugh Morris and composer Thomas Hewitt Jones.
Here comes the sun EDITORIAL Phone +44 (0) 207 501 6746 Email classical.music@markallengroup.com Editor Florence Lockheart Consultant Editor Rebecca Franks Design Louise Wood/Daniela Di Padova ADVERTISING Head of Sales Amy Driscoll 020 7333 1719 amy.driscoll@markallengroup.com Title Manager Holly Harland holly.harland@markallengroup.com Production Controller Daniela Di Padova daniela.dipadova@markallengroup.com SUBSCRIPTIONS AND BACK ISSUES Phone UK 0800 137207 Overseas +44(0)1722 716997 Email subscriptions@markallengroup.com Subscriptions Manager Bethany Foy UK Print & Digital subscription rates: Annual Card: £80; Annual Direct Debit: £75; Quarterly Direct Debit: £19 PUBLISHING Phone +44(0)20 7738 5454 Managing Director Ravi Chandiramani Publisher Amy Driscoll Director of Marketing Tony Hill Head of Marketing John Barnett Group Institutional Sales Manager Jas Atwal Production Director Richard Hamshere Circulation Director Sally Boettcher Chief Operating Offi cer Jon Benson Chief Executive Offi cer Ben Allen Executive Chairman Mark Allen
Our cover stars, the United Strings of Europe reveal plans for 2022, including performances of works by refugees and asylum seekers as well as a re-imagining of Stravinsky’s Apollo – with jugglers. Artistic director Julian Azkoul talks to Susan Nickalls.
London’s Southbank Centre takes centre stage under our Venue Spotlight, and Keith Clarke gets the scoop on the organisation’s upcoming season in an interview with head of music Toks Dada.
As well as our Musical Chairs guide to movements within the industry, our regular items for this issue include columns from Andrew Mellor, who discusses the BBC ensembles in financial peril, and Jocelyn Lightfoot, pondering the role of genre within classical music.
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The ‘fashion opera’, Hareflight, which premiered earlier this year, is a great example of de•ing traditional genres. I sat down with innovative composer Alastair White to discuss the process and philosophy of designing a genre for our complex 21st-century world.
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Our Funding Focus looks at the pandemic-born Continuo Foundation, which provides project grants to periodinstrument ensembles. Help Musicians also supported musicians struggling during the pandemic, and Toby Deller catches up with its chief executive James Ainscough following the charity’s 2021 centenary to find out what’s in store for this year – and the next one hundred. Warner Classics president Alain Lanceron has been an instrumental figure in the classical recording industry since entering the scene in 1972. He talks to Jon Tolansky about how the industry has changed since then, as well as offering his predictions for the future.
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Finally, revolutionary conductor Sir Roger Norrington talks retirement, reality TV and rotating chairs, as well as passing on his advice for the next generation.
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I must also take this opportunity to thank you for your warm reception to our return to print. It has been wonderful to receive your feedback so please continue to get in touch with your thoughts and suggestions. CM
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