The new Dutch government is proposing to scrap the Netherlands Broadcasting Music Centre. If the plans are passed by the Dutch parliament, the decision could bring the closure of three radio orchestras – the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic, the Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic and the Metropole Orchestra. The Netherlands Radio Choir would also be hit, as well as the music centre's library and education projects.

A petition against the closure has been set up at http://en.mco.nl/mco_page/detail/21053

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