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Richard Bratby
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, t...view moreRichard 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).view less