Wednesday, 9 September 2015

Why I could not write up Raymond Yiu's Symphony before now

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It's taken me two weeks to write up the Prom where Ed Gardner conducted Britten, Nielsen, Yiu and Janácek.  Listen to the repeat br...
Monday, 7 September 2015

O Fortuna Carmina Burana Prom 69

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O Fortuna ! As the Wheel of Fortune turns...... The BBC Concert Orchestra is Cinderella in the stable of BBC orchestras, relegated to wor...
Sunday, 6 September 2015

Vulture Wally

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Die Geier-Wally , or "Vulture Wally", the novel from 1875 by  by Wilhelmine von Hillern (1836-1916). It's  best known to many...

George Butterworth 100 years ago today

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One hundred years ago today, George Butterworth was still alive. On 5th August 1916, his body lay dead on a battlefield in the Somme. ...
Friday, 4 September 2015

Prom 64 Søndergård BBCNOW

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At Prom 64, Thomas Søndergård conducted the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Like many organisations, orchestras can go throughout a peri...

San Francisco Symphony Tour

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From Juliet Williams in Edinburgh The visit of the San Francisco Symphony under their principal chief conductor, Michael Tilson Thom...
Wednesday, 2 September 2015

Triumphant Triumphlied Brahms Prom 62 OAE

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Brahms Triumphlied triumphed at the all-Brahms Prom 62 at the Royal Albert Hall,  London, with Marin Alsop, the Orchestra of the Age of ...
Tuesday, 1 September 2015

Tanglewood Mahler 8th Andris Nelsons - livestream

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Now available on livestream here , Mahler Symphony no 8 at Tanglewood. Andris Nelsons conducts the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra.  ...

San Francisco Symphony Michael Tilson Thomas Mahler 1

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From Juliet Williams in Edinburgh The visit of the San Francisco Symphony under their principal chief conductor, Michael Tilson Thomas...
Sunday, 30 August 2015

Shockingly modern - Sibelius Kullervo Oramo Prom 58

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Why did Jean Sibelius suppress Kullervo (Op7, 1892) ?  There are many theories why he didn't allow it to be heard after its initial...
Thursday, 27 August 2015

Prom 55 F X Roth SWR SO Boulez Ligeti Bartók

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Photo : Roger Thomas At Prom 55, François-Xavier Roth  conducted the SWR Symphony Orchestra Baden-Baden and Freiburg in their first -...

Kavakos, Yuja Wang Edinburgh Festival

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From Juliet Williams in Edinburgh Edinburgh had the honour today of a return visit from the virtuosic Greek violinist Leonidas Kavak...