Martin Cullingford

The splendid staircase - complete with wonderful bannisters - of the Co-operative building, Newcastle, a 1932 Art Deco gem, today a Premier Inn

Moments of lean-in intimacy were probably not everyone's expectations of a work for electric guitar and orchestra, but Mark Simpson's ZEBRA @bbcproms, from a superb @seanstshibe, drew beautifully on the instrument's hypnotic lyricicism, a questing voice woven into a rich tapestry

We discuss the BBC Proms in this week's @GramophoneMag Podcast and reveal our personal picks - look for @seanstshibe and @RandallGoosby from me, and @yunchanlim_, @EstonianPhilCC and much more from my colleagues Hattie Butterworth and Tim Parry gramophone.co.uk/podcasts/artic…

The ⁦@MancCamerata⁩ and ⁦@cloudwaterbrew⁩ have once again collaborated on their ‘Support Your Local Orchestra’ pale ale - look out for it in roughly 200 bars, pubs and shops throughout the country!

Decca launches year-long global tribute to mark Pavarotti’s 90th birthday gramophone.co.uk/news/article/d…

The new edition of @GramophoneMag is out now: we celebrate the centenary of electrical recording, explore the music of Polish composer Grażyna Bacewicz, meet Mexican composer Gabriela Ortiz, reveal the best recordings of Palestrina’s Missa Papae Marcelli - and much, much more!

Sung Mass begins at 10.30am on Sunday morning. We’re just off Oxford Street, near Marble Arch W1H 7AH. Everyone is welcome.

It’s rather wonderful that even in the heart of Venice, as in all of Italy, you can still order a caffè standing at the bar for not much more than a pound

If I could add a piece of functionality to social media, it would be an ‘I haven’t watched today’s stage yet’ button #TDF2025

Flying against the sunset last night

Much as I love London, the view from the Piccadilly Line isn’t a patch on that from the journey to and from Venice’s airport

We are beyond thrilled to announce that the Britten as a Boy statue has been UNANIMOUSLY passed by this afternoon’s @EastSuffolk Council Planning Committee North. Young Benjamin will be gazing out to sea very soon. Thank you to everyone who has supported the project 🙏 ❤️

No, not Italy, but Tottenham Court Road: The Summer Palace, a dramatically immersive (free) installation by Agustin Vidal Saavedra, ⁦@OuternetGlobal⁩

On the very day we've published our 500th episode, we're incredibly proud to learn that the @GramophoneMag Podcast will now be included in the @britishlibrary Sound Archive, preserved as part of the nation's audio and cultural heritage. What an honour! gramophone.co.uk/podcast

Many congratulations to @owainpark on his appointment as Chief Conductor of the @BBCSingers gramophone.co.uk/classical%20mu…

This was great fun to record - thank you for asking me!

Revealing our latest Carlo Talks episode but with a special twist! @GramophoneMag's Editor @MrPhoebus takes the driver's seat and quizzes our AD instead - they talk Label of the Year Award and three recordings Carlo considers essential Opera Rara 🎧: youtube.com/watch?v=nYKcVG…

I was invited 'take over' Carlo Rizzi's Carlo Talks podcast this week, to ask @OperaRara's Artistic Director about @GramophoneMag's 2024 Label of the Year – and to name three Opera Rara recordings which mean something particularly special to him. youtube.com/watch?v=nYKcVG…