Richard Bratby writes on music for
The Spectator, Gramophone and
The Arts Desk and is deputy music critic of
The Birmingham Post, as well as a programme note writer for the CBSO, the BBC, the Royal Opera House and the Salzburg Festival. Formerly an orchestral cellist and a history teacher, he was also concert manager with the CBSO and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic. He is the author of
Forward: 100 years of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (E&T, 2019) and
Classical Music: An illustrated history (NQ, 2021).
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