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Classical Music - news archive

This is an archive of news about Classical Music. Some links may no longer work, due to the transient nature of the internet.

Media Guardian: Gramophone classical music magazine embraces the web
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted May 2 2008, 11.38am
Historic publication Gramophone magazine is to publish all its content to the web, creating a searchable archive of issues right back to its first edition, published in 1923. A download and mail order service will follow, making the site a valuable online resource for fans of classical music. (more)

Gramophone to put 85 years of classical music articles online
From Media Guardian. Posted May 1 2008, 11.39pm
By early September, every word ever printed in the magazine will be available free in its searchable online archive (more)

IBA decides not to close classical music station
From Media Network Weblog. Posted January 16 2008, 4.29pm
Classical music radio station Kol Hamusica will continue to operate, despite recent plans to shut it down or merge it with another station, Israel Broadcasting Authority (IBA) Director-General Mordechai Shklar announced yesterday in a meeting of the Knesset’s Education Committee.  The IBA has recently received tens of thousands of letters, emails and phone calls from listeners, urging [...] (more)

Israelis protest plan to close classical music radio station
From Media Network Weblog. Posted January 14 2008, 11.52am
Tens of thousands of people have appealed to the Israel Broadcasting Authority (IBA) against the plans to close the classical music radio station Kol Hamusica. The IBA did not remain indifferent to the protest and is apparently considering keeping the station open.   Tens of thousands of listeners have sent letters and emails and made phone calls to [...] (more)

BBC4 chronicles classical music
From Media Guardian. Posted June 11 2007, 1.00am
10.45am: BBC4 is to air a landmark series about British classical music. By Ben Dowell. (more)

BBC Radio 3 and 4 link up for classical music season
From Media Guardian. Posted January 26 2007, 12.00am
8am: James Naughtie is to front a 60-part series on Radio 4 about western classical music in a tie-in with Radio 3. By Ben Dowell. (more)

Radio 3 denies it is cutting its live classical music output
From Media Guardian. Posted November 6 2006, 12.00am
Changes to BBC Radio 3's schedule next year have been revealed, amid rumours that the station is planning to reduce its output of live music. By Charlotte Higgins. (more)

Radio 3 to reduce volume on classical music
From Breaking Radio. Posted November 5 2006, 2.19pm
The Telegraph is reporting that Radio 3 is to reduce the amount of live classical music replacing it with Classic FM-like sequence programmes. (more)