The BBC has acted for once sensibly and without fuss in reunifying its two prime classical musical jobs – head of Radio 3 with controller of the BBC Proms. Roger Wright is to combine the Proms with his day job at 3, inheriting the festival from Nicholas Kenyon who is off to run the Barbican Centre. Wright has done much to modernise the network (where I have an eponymous series, interest declared). Not all of his innovations have gone down well in the backwoods; a peppery group of Friends of Radio 3 are inclined to stick pins in his effigy. Expect much spluttering on the message boards. Myself, I’m looking forward to the new broom at the Proms.
The BBC’s press release follows.
