The radio station’s rigid view of classical music is out of date, argues Meirion Bowen, while Frank Paice applauds Radio 3’s approach and Will Scott finds a link between the rock star and a musician from an earlier era
I don’t think I’m alone in being dismayed by the decision of Classic FM to prevent Nigel Kennedy from performing a tribute to Jimi Hendrix (Violinist Nigel Kennedy cancels concert after Classic FM stops Hendrix tribute, 20 September).
Their division of audiences for music into those who listen only to so-called classical and others only to jazz, rock and pop, is about 75 years out of date. In my own experience, I once conducted a performance of the Haydn Trumpet Concerto, with the great jazz musician Henry Lowther as soloist.
