Vienna Philharmonic New Year’s Concert.
There has been speculation, with Covid uppermost, that the 2021 edition of this transmitted-worldwide event, Riccardo Muti conducting it this time around, will not take place. A glance at the orchestra's website......
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… ☹
