Musicians accused the BBC of “cultural vandalism” as the broadcaster axed the century-old BBC Singers and announced deep cuts to its orchestras
as a result of a £285m funding gap arising from the last year’s licence fee deal, which froze the level of the mandatory charge for two years. That meant taking “painful decisions”.
There was anger within the classical world as the BBC’s recent Classical Music Review appeared to commit to the ongoing employment of the Singers and its orchestras. The BBC will engage the MU in discussions over the redundancy programme.The BBC Singers were formed in 1924 as the Wireless Chorus. Their first broadcast was on 28 September, when they sung Mendelssohn’s Elijah.
Based at the BBC’s Maida Vale studios, the Singers currently number 20 performers and regularly perform for international audiences.
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