Many Happy Returns to conductor Sakari Oramo, 55 today.
Many Happy Returns to György Pauk, 84 today.
Christian Thielemann records Bruckner 8 with the Vienna Philharmonic for Sony Classical.
This absorbing and illuminating eighty-one-minute account of the mighty Eighth (as revised and here using Robert Haas’s edition) heralds a Bruckner Symphony Cycle from Christian Thielemann and the Vienna Philharmonic. From the expectant (and unanimous) opening to a...
It is reported that John Eliot Gardiner has contracted Covid-19 and that he is also on the mend. Sir John Eliot recently returned from Paris where he replaced David Zinman for concerts with L’Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France. Best wishes to JEG.
American Classical Orchestra Announces 2020-21 Season (Nov. 17, 2020 – May 15, 2021).
Season Opens with Chaconne, a Virtual Concert Event Featuring 10 Chamber Works and Enhanced Content Filmed at the Harlem Parish Livestreamed Concerts Offer Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante for Violin and Viola and Symphony No. 29 and a Performance of Beethoven’s Symphony...
Many Happy Returns to Midori, 49 today.
It’s two-o’clock on Sunday morning, October 25 – time for “fall back” in the UK, which means longer dark nights… ☹
Yesterday, Saturday October 24, Leonard Slatkin, Directeur Musical Honoraire of Orchestre national de Lyon, was presented with the Prix Charbonnier by the Federation of Alliances Françaises.
Ed Bennett | Psychedelia | NMC.
If you like your music smooth, relaxing and somewhere safely in the background, then maybe Ed Bennett’s output isn’t your cup of tea; if, however, should an adventurous streak be part of your musical makeup then do give the loud, aggressive and mechanical ten-minute...