Berliner Philharmoniker – Gustavo Dudamel conducts Charles Ives’s Second Symphony and Gabriela Ortiz’s Téenek – Invenciones de Territorio, with Sergio Tiempo playing Alberto Ginastera’s First Piano Concerto. Live Digital Concert Hall webcast.

Berliner Philharmoniker – Gustavo Dudamel conducts Charles Ives’s Second Symphony and Gabriela Ortiz’s Téenek – Invenciones de Territorio, with Sergio Tiempo playing Alberto Ginastera’s First Piano Concerto. Live Digital Concert Hall webcast.

May 13, 2023 | Concert Reviews, Videos

Charles Ives (1874-1954) Saturday, May 13, 2023 Berliner Philharmonie, Herbert-von-Karajan-Straße, Berlin Although completed by 1902, Ives’s Second Symphony wasn’t performed until February 1951 when Leonard Bernstein included it in a New York Philharmonic...
Stokowski supplement: Symphony.

Stokowski supplement: Symphony.

May 13, 2023 | Ramblings, Videos

Probably Symphony’s belated premiere – May 7, 2009 – at the Royal College of Music; RCM Sinfonietta conducted by Robin O’Neill, as below; with my review at the time below that. Symphony performed only once since. Leopold Stokowski’s Symphony...
A week ago, May 6, saw the Coronations of King Charles III & Queen Camilla in Westminster Abbey. Out of necessity, some of the music played was arranged (by Iain Farrington or John Rutter), skilfully, to accommodate the reduced forces. Here are seven pieces from last week recorded as written – Elgar, Handel, Holst, Parry, Vaughan Williams and Walton.

A week ago, May 6, saw the Coronations of King Charles III & Queen Camilla in Westminster Abbey. Out of necessity, some of the music played was arranged (by Iain Farrington or John Rutter), skilfully, to accommodate the reduced forces. Here are seven pieces from last week recorded as written – Elgar, Handel, Holst, Parry, Vaughan Williams and Walton.

May 13, 2023 | Ramblings, Videos, Vinyl

Elgar, Pomp & Circumstance No.4. London Philharmonic/Sir Adrian Boult. Handel, Zadok the Priest. Les Arts Florissants/William Christie. Grande Salle Pierre Boulez, Philharmonie de Paris; undated. Holst, The Planets, iv: ‘Jupiter’. Royal Liverpool...
Three performances of the Toccata & Fugue in D-minor (attrib. J. S. Bach/BWV565) as orchestrated by Leopold Stokowski – conducted by Andrew Davis, Leonard Slatkin and Charles Dutoit.

Three performances of the Toccata & Fugue in D-minor (attrib. J. S. Bach/BWV565) as orchestrated by Leopold Stokowski – conducted by Andrew Davis, Leonard Slatkin and Charles Dutoit.

May 9, 2023 | Guest Contributors, Insights, Videos

Edward Johnson writes… Doubtless due to its inclusion in Walt Disney’s Fantasia, Stokowski’s arrangement of the Toccata and Fugue has become one of the most performed orchestrations of any of Bach’s organ works. In addition to his own several recordings, it has...