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  Why can’t Classic FM handle Jimi Hendrix?

  Why can’t Classic FM handle Jimi Hendrix?. The radio station’s rigid view of classical music is out of date, argues Meirion Bowen, while Frank Paice applauds Radio 3’s approach and Will Scott finds a link between the rock star and a musician from an earlier era

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  Violinist Nigel Kennedy cancels concert after Classic FM stops Hendrix tribute

  Violinist Nigel Kennedy cancels concert after Classic FM stops Hendrix tributePerformer pulls Royal Albert Hall gig over decision he compared to musical segregation Violinist Nigel Kennedy performing Fete de la Musique on France 2 Live Show / Music Day in Versailles Photograph: Tony Barson/WireImage

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  Elgar: Violin Concerto; Violin Sonata review – sheer beauty and subtle playing

  Elgar: Violin Concerto; Violin Sonata review – sheer beauty and subtle playingRenaud Capuçon/Stephen Hough/LSO/Simon Rattle (Warner Classics)Simon Rattle takes the concerto back to the 19th century and Renaud Capuçon’s partnership with Stephen Hough for the sonata is a meeting of equals More interventionist than many conductors … Simon Rattle. Photograph: Hiroyuki Ito/Getty Images

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  Nicola Benedetti — Elgar Violin Concerto review: Brings engaging personality and formidable technique

  Tackling Elgar’s Violin Concerto, a mighty peak of the repertoire, takes courage.Rival versions include recordings by Nigel Kennedy and the youthful Yehudi Menuhin. But Nicola Benedetti is undaunted and brings her own engaging personality, as well as a formidable technique, to bear in a compelling account.

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  Nigel Kennedy says record company 'jobsworths' drove him to withdraw from classical music

  One of the world’s finest virtuoso violinists has hit out at record company executives who stifle creativity. Nigel Kennedy has revealed that “mental midgets” and “ignorant” jobsworths with little understanding of what it takes to play an instrument drove him to withdraw from the classical world for four years. He told the Sunday Telegraph that in the early 2000s, he found himself unable to work with EMI executives who were more interested in repeating previous successes than allowing artists th

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  Nigel Kennedy pays tribute to cellist Lynn Harrell, who has died aged 76

  Kennedy said he received encouragement from the cellist when he was in a period of 'self exile' from the music industry.

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  Letter: Peter Boizot and the Original String Quartet

  Peter Boizot, founder of Pizza Express. Photograph: Mike Floyd/ANL/Rex/Shutterstock

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  The big interview: Nigel de Jong – I liked being the underdog at Man City. People only knew United, but we wanted to change that

  Why is he called The Lawnmower? What was it like to be part of Manchester Citys transformation?And has he spoken to Xabi Alonso since the 2010 World Cup Final? Your questions answered in July 2018...

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  Classic Brit awards to make comeback after five-year absence

  The musician and television presenter Myleene Klass will co-host the Classic Brits. After a five-year absence the Classic Brit awards, originally founded in 2000 in an attempt to create the same buzz for classical music as the Brits have for the pop industry, will return to the Royal Albert Hall this summer. It will be hosted by the musician and television presenter Myleene Klass and the actor Alexander Armstrong.

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  Biggest Weekend: BBC's 'Glastonbury replacement' for 2018 announces fresh wave of acts

  Niall Horan, J Hus, Craig David and Young Fathers are among the acts added to the already-huge lineup for the BBC's festival The Biggest Weekend.

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