Gutted: Britain’s best concert hall

Gutted: Britain’s best concert hall

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norman lebrecht

November 05, 2019

This is Birmingham’s Symphony Hall today, its front ripped out by bulldozers.


photo: Graham Young / BirminghamLive

The hall, opened by the Queen in June 1991 and acclaimed as the best acoustic in Britain, is building a new foyer.

But at what cost to its architectural integrity?

 

 

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