BRIGHTON, Bath, Oxford, Newbury, Cheltenham. Chichester, Salisbury, Chipping Campden, Sherborne – some of the towns and cities in the south of England, which will be holding world class music festivals this summer.

No word of Bournemouth, which gives its name to one of the finest orchestras in the country. Why?

GORDON CANN Craigmoor Avenue, Bournemouth