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‘That make-or-break feeling? I love it’: can André de Ridder put ENO back on its feet?

Budgets have been slashed, morale is through the floor and the company has been forced to find a second base in Manchester. But the new musical director is up for a challenge. We meet the man with the hardest job in music

The Guardian - UK

King of Kings: Orchestral Transcriptions of Bach by Andrew Davis album review – the late conductor’s first love

Davis’s fastidious and thoroughly musical orchestrations of Bach’s organ works become a touching memorial as Martyn Brabbins steps in to finish the recordings

The Guardian - UK

Total Immersion: Pierre Boulez review – still refreshingly alien

The hands of pianist Tamara Stefanovich executed a mesmerising ballet as the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Martyn Brabbins saluted this revolutionary composer

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Total Immersion: Pierre Boulez at the Barbican review — the BBC at its best

5/5 Martyn Brabbins conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in a tribute to the legendary composer

Evening Standard

The Makropulos Affair review – immaculately paced and gripping opera storytelling

Olivia Fuchs’ production of Janáček’s opera is a remarkable achievement, with Orla Boylan’s riveting performance at its heart. In the pit, Martyn Brabbins is superb

The Guardian - UK

Proms 53 and 54: BBCSO/Brabbins; Beethoven for Three

The Proms’ tribute to Andrew Davis was crowned by a joyous Steve Reich premiere, while the next day saw three outstanding musicians grapple with awkward acoustics

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BBCSO/Brabbins review – a Brazilian mass brings a ray of Rio sunshine

Mellower than its European counterparts, Nunes Garcia’s mass flowed easily under Brabbins’ baton – and the four solo singers basked in its floridity

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BBCSO/Brabbins: Italian Radicals review – politically charged, expressive and technical

Works by Luigi Dallapiccola, Bruno Maderna, Luigi Nono and Luciano Berio got the BBC Symphony Orchestra Total Immersion treatment

The Guardian - UK

ENO strike: staff say they are political ‘pawns’ and fear being forced out

Musicians say many feel they have no choice but to act over cuts and may have to leave industry altogether

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English National Opera announces Manchester as its new home

Opera company was told by Arts Council England last year that it would lose its £12m of its funding unless it moved out of London

The Independent UK

BBCNOW/Brabbins/Godden review – melancholy, defiance and energy from new and old female voices

The first programme in the BBC National Orchestra of Wales’s ‘Grace’ series showcased moving and authoritative music by Grace Williams, Kaija Saariaho and Sarah Lianne Lewis

The Guardian - UK

Danny Boyle reveals he lost key staff member after end of US writers’ strike

The director is part of a team behind Free Your Mind, a large-scale immersive performance based on The Matrix.

The Independent UK

Cuts to English National Opera will lead to its demise, music directors warn

The company plans to axe 19 posts and employ its remaining musicians on part-time contracts.

The Independent UK

English National Opera cuts risk ‘killing off of art form’, warn prominent music directors

Former ENO conductors Edward Gardner, Sir Mark Elder and the Royal Opera House’s Sir Antonio Pappano said cuts would make company ‘an empty shell of its former self’

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English National Opera in chaos after music director resigns suddenly over ‘severe cuts’

Martyn Brabbins quit on Sunday saying proposed cuts will drive a ‘coach and horses’ through ENO’s artistic integrity

The Guardian - UK

ENO’s music director resigns over proposed cuts to musical staff positions

Martyn Brabbins says proposals to axe 19 posts and employ remaining musicians part-time is plan of ‘managed decline’

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At last, Hyperion recordings are streamable. We pick some of the standouts

The British classical label is now part of Universal Music and its superb catalogue is being made available to stream. From Hildegard of Bingen to Hough, Hewitt and Hamelin, we look over some of the greatest recordings now available

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Skalkottas: Violin Concerto; Concerto for Violin, Viola and Wind review – little-known works give glimpses of greatness

Violinist George Zacharias’s belief in this hugely demanding music shines through, but the stylistic differences between the concertos is bewildering

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BBCSO/Brabbins review – last-minute change adds drama to Beowulf premiere

With Charles Styles stepping in to sing the lead at short notice, the BBCSO’s world premiere of Iain Bell’s Wagnerian cantata had an extra edge

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Harrison Birtwistle tribute – music of power and beauty as Sinfonietta remember a great friendship

This London Sinfonietta tribute concert, conducted by Martyn Brabbins, was a poignant occasion that showcased both the excoriating power and tranquillity of Birtwistle’s music

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The Rhinegold review – witty and insightful, Jones’s production delivers an emphatic win for ENO

The Rhine shimmers, the gold dazzles and the gods posture – Richard Jones has by and large gone back to Wagnerian basics for his assured and cogent staging. In the pit, Martyn Brabbins and ENO’s orchestra add lustre

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Aldeburgh festival review – Gavin Higgins’ Faerie Bride brings otherworldly aura to Aldeburgh

Based on the Lady of the Lake, Higgins’ new cantata was lyrical and highly atmospheric, while Graham Fitkin’s works for two pianos were scintillatingly energetic

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