Jan 18, 2021 | Ramblings, Videos
Mariss Jansons died on 30 November 2019 at the age of 76. At the time he was Chief Conductor of the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, which on 15 January last year paid tribute to him with this concert given in the Gasteig, Munich, devoted to Mahler’s Symphony No.2...
Jan 1, 2021 | Concert Reviews, Ramblings
From 10.15 this morning (UK time) I listened (on BBC Radio 3) and watched (BBC Two, sound muted) – not synchronised if only a few seconds apart, DAB arriving first – this latest of the Vienna Philharmonic’s NYD Concerts, which proved to be a tonic, many smiles and a...
Jan 1, 2021 | Concert Reviews, Ramblings, Recording Reviews
I am not one for musical league tables or for pigeonholing musicians, so what follows, while far from arbitrary, is in no order whatsoever; it’s simply as I recalled a particular release that I regard as special I included it below, so something has no doubt...