Classical Brit Awards 2012

Russell Watson - Lytham Proms 2013 Headliner
performing at the Classical Brit Awards

Last night saw the Classical Brit Awards 2012 (and I believe highlights will be on ITV this Sunday night - after Downtown) ...
Shame our Speke Hall star Russell Watson, who we've also just booked for Lytham Proms 2013 didn't win, but what an honour to be even nominated!!!

I think everyone will be pleased to see Gareth Malone and the Military Wives walk away with an award, what an amazing achievement.

Gareth Malone winning the Brit Award

I would love to add the Military Wives to the line up... I'm sure that they will be a lot easier to get onto the stage than the 300 members of the Lytham Community Choir that were the support act for Alfie Boe this year!

With a wealth of classical talent in the UK it would be great to see the UK embrace the classics more, and produce some more home-grown talent... plus, we need to keep booking up and coming classical stars for the Lytham Proms!!!

 

 

THE WINNERS....

Female Artist

Nicola Benedetti
Italia
Decca

Male Artist

Vasily Petrenko
Shostakovich/Symphony No. 1 & 3
Shostakovich/Symphony No. 6 & 12
Shostakovich/Symphony No. 2 & 15
Naxos
Rachmaninov/Piano Concertos 1 & 4
Avie
Rachmaninov/Symphony No. 3
EMI Classics

MasterCard's Breakthrough Artist Of The Year Award

Miloš Karadaglić
Latino
Deutsche Grammophon

Composer

John Williams
War Horse/The Adventures Of TinTin
Sony Classical

Classic BRITs Single Of The Year in association with iTunes

Military Wives/Gareth Malone
Wherever You Are
Decca

Critics' Award

Benjamin Grosvenor
Chopin/Liszt/Ravel
Decca

Classic FM Album Of The Year in association with MasterCard

André Rieu
And The Waltz Goes On
Decca

International Artist Of The Year in association with Raymond Weil

Andrea Bocelli

Lifetime Achievement

John Williams