Richard Morrison
@RichmoMusic
Chronicler of the arts and heritage scene as chief culture writer and chief music critic of The Times. And for light relief: obsessed choir director
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27-06-2017 05:30:28
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💥Goodbye, Royal Opera House! As the 24/25 season is announced, Covent Garden's Alex Beard tells Richard Morrison why he's changing his company's name. Plus, important details about curtains. 👇🏼thetimes.co.uk/article/f6ac78…
FULL STORY 🗞️
“Can Britain’s museums remain free for much longer?”
via The Times and The Sunday Times Richard Morrison 👇
thetimes.co.uk/article/0b66a7…
Can Britain’s museums remain free for much longer? Excellent, thought-provoking piece by Richard Morrison
thetimes.co.uk/article/0b66a7…
Fascinating article in today’s Times by Richard Morrison about a remarkable collection of poems from Lancashire written between 1861-1865, compiled by a team at University of Exeter, and including audio recordings: cottonfaminepoetry.exeter.ac.uk
Thought you might like this too Steven George Kenyon !
The education secretary is increasing funding for ‘strategically important’ subjects such as science and engineering, while ignoring the arts.
More from Richard Morrison The Times and The Sunday Times
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#education #education news
“There’s plenty going on — at a psychological level, anyway — in this show. And that’s before you factor in Akhmetshina’s remarkable performance”: Richard Morrison on the new ROH Carmen Times Culture
thetimes.co.uk/article/carmen…
This Saturday at 1pm, we launch a major new BBC Radio 3 series: ‘The Land Without Music?’ with Richard Morrison — featuring Dr Kadiatu Kanneh-Mason Nicola Benedetti James MacMillan and more. This thoughtful piece in today’s The Times and The Sunday Times offers a taste of what’s to come: thetimes.co.uk/article/490fba…
So it’s public now. 😥 My husband is a member of the #Orchestra of Welsh National Opera where it’s proposed they go to part-time contracts as of next April. I have tried to bang WNO’s drum since the Arts Council England cuts, but the attention has been elsewhere...🧵musiciansunion.org.uk/news/mu-respon…
Richard Morrison Thought-provoking article. Bravo. I have a friend who once said to me that artists truly create art that matters to them once they aren't funded by anyone else. I've never forgotten those words (of course this isn't financially viable in most cases, but still food for thought)
💥💥💥 'Let’s Create is a disaster and needs to be reversed.' John Gilhooly lets rip to Richard Morrison thetimes.co.uk/article/cb7cf3…
'You emerged from his recitals like the wedding guest from the clutches of the ancient mariner: sadder, wiser and stunned by a storyteller who stares unblinking into the abyss.' Richard Morrison recalls #MaurizioPollini , alongside The Times and The Sunday Times obituary thetimes.co.uk/article/11d8c1…
Whatever your politics, this piece with Keir Starmer in The Times and The Sunday Times by Richard Morrison is essential reading for anyone who cares about music: thetimes.co.uk/article/keir-s…
And at Wigmore Hall, @richmomusic was left close to tears by five songs by Ilse Weber, the children’s nurse in Terezin who was later murdered (alongside her young son) in Auschwitz. thetimes.co.uk/article/07def9…