Breaking: Berlin chorus walks out on strike

Breaking: Berlin chorus walks out on strike

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norman lebrecht

July 08, 2014

The Berlin radio chorus walked out today on its first strike in 89 years, forcing the cancellation of a Brahms German Requiem recording.

The chorus has not received a pay rise in ten years and has been out of contract since 1993. Enough was enough.

The strike is indefinite. The radio chorus works regularly with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra.

More here.

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