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An internationally renowned conductor chosen for the King’s coronation has blasted the BBC’s decision to scrap its professional choir as a ‘scandal’.
Sir John Eliot Gardiner said the corporation’s bosses ‘don’t give a flying fig’ about British classical music after deciding to axe the BBC singers, Britain’s only salaried professional general choir.
BBC bosses announced earlier this month that the Singers would be replaced with more ‘agile’ ensembles to attract musicians across the country, a decision Sir Gardiner labelled as ‘baloney’.
Speaking to the BBC’s Today programme yesterday, Sir Gardiner said: ‘I am sure [the coronation] will be a real celebration at a time when the powers that be are doing some appalling draconian cutbacks.
‘There’s been a wave of protests over the last months in outrage against the latest
