Elgar/Boult – Sir Adrian rouses ‘The Wild Bears’ to end the Second Suite of The Wand of Youth, and electrifies the Fugue of Elgar’s orchestration of J. S. Bach’s C-minor for-organ Fantasia and Fugue (BWV537). Recorded with the London Philharmonic for EMI during ACB’s ‘Indian summer’ in the studio.

Elgar/Boult – Sir Adrian rouses ‘The Wild Bears’ to end the Second Suite of The Wand of Youth, and electrifies the Fugue of Elgar’s orchestration of J. S. Bach’s C-minor for-organ Fantasia and Fugue (BWV537). Recorded with the London Philharmonic for EMI during ACB’s ‘Indian summer’ in the studio.

Sep 27, 2026 | Videos

Post pinned for perpetual Elgarian Enlightenment courtesy of Boult’s baton Link removed for Bach orchestration. Link removed for Suite 2… ‘Wild Bears’ from 14:19. Link removed for Suite 1. IS THERE A CONDUCTOR GREATER THAN ADRIAN BOULT IN THE...
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra & Helsinki Music Centre Choir with tenor Mihails Čuļpajevs – Hannu Lintu conducts Szymanowski’s Symphony No.3 (‘Song of the Night’) and Liszt’s A Faust Symphony. Live Yle Areena webcast.

Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra & Helsinki Music Centre Choir with tenor Mihails Čuļpajevs – Hannu Lintu conducts Szymanowski’s Symphony No.3 (‘Song of the Night’) and Liszt’s A Faust Symphony. Live Yle Areena webcast.

Sep 24, 2026 | Concert Reviews, Outstanding [category w.e.f. January 2021], Videos

Wednesday, September 23, 2026 Concert Hall, Helsinki Music Centre, Mannerheimintie 13 A, 00100 Helsinki, Finland The ambition alone of pairing these two works – Symphonies by name if not in nature – is noteworthy in itself. Even more laudable was the...
Berliner Philharmoniker – Sir Simon Rattle conducts El sombrero de tres picos/The Three-Cornered Hat, Taras Bulba, and Dominik Wollenweber plays Cathy Milliken’s why feather yellow (concerto for cor anglais). Live Digital Concert Hall webcast.

Berliner Philharmoniker – Sir Simon Rattle conducts El sombrero de tres picos/The Three-Cornered Hat, Taras Bulba, and Dominik Wollenweber plays Cathy Milliken’s why feather yellow (concerto for cor anglais). Live Digital Concert Hall webcast.

Sep 20, 2026 | Concert Reviews, Videos

Saturday, September 19, 2026 Berliner Philharmonie, Herbert-von-Karajan-Straße, Berlin Think of starring roles for the cor anglais (English horn in the States), probably the first to mind is the Largo from Dvořák’s Symphony ‘From the New World’, or...
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra – Elim Chan conducts American Suite, Overture, Petrushka, and Claire de Sévigné performs Puzzles and Games from Alice in Wonderland. Live Yle Areena webcast.

Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra – Elim Chan conducts American Suite, Overture, Petrushka, and Claire de Sévigné performs Puzzles and Games from Alice in Wonderland. Live Yle Areena webcast.

Sep 18, 2026 | Concert Reviews, Videos

Claire de Sévigné Friday, September 18, 2026 Concert Hall, Helsinki Music Centre, Mannerheimintie 13 A, 00100 Helsinki, Finland A week ago the FRSO opened its 2026-27 season with Nicholas Collon conducting Szymanowski, Gubaidulina and Prokofiev, which I missed,...
Diary date: Wednesday September 30th at the ODEON Luxe Leicester Square: London Gala Premiere of The Yellow Tie. Biopic about Sergiu Celibidache. General UK release from October 9th.

Diary date: Wednesday September 30th at the ODEON Luxe Leicester Square: London Gala Premiere of The Yellow Tie. Biopic about Sergiu Celibidache. General UK release from October 9th.

Sep 15, 2026 | Column Honoree Sergiu Celibidache, News, Videos

Pinned post “The film explores the remarkable life, uncompromising vision, and tempestuous journey of legendary conductor Sergiu Celibidache [with] John Malkovich [above] and Ben Schnetzer as Celibidache across different epochs of his life, alongside Sean Bean,...
Berliner Philharmoniker – Brett Dean conducts his own music, with soprano Jennifer France, and Debussy/Colin Matthews’s La Cathédrale engloutie. Live Digital Concert Hall webcast.

Berliner Philharmoniker – Brett Dean conducts his own music, with soprano Jennifer France, and Debussy/Colin Matthews’s La Cathédrale engloutie. Live Digital Concert Hall webcast.

Sep 12, 2026 | Concert Reviews, Outstanding [category w.e.f. January 2021], Videos

Saturday, September 12, 2026 Berliner Philharmonie, Herbert-von-Karajan-Straße, Berlin Returned from its latest tour, the Berliner Philharmoniker welcomed one of its own, Brett Dean, once a viola-player in the orchestra’s ranks, and, with his music at the...