The Hradec Králové Philharmonic takes on Josef Bohuslav Foerster’s Second Symphony here: quite the challenge, and one taken with aplomb. We explored Foerster’s First Symphony on Naxos here. Wagner and Debussy are two oft-mentiooed composer […]
The prolific Finnish symphonist and conductor died today aged 80, his son has reported. After an education that he rounded off at Juilliard, Segerstam became chief conductor at Finnish National Opera, and at Stockholm’s Royal […]
Marios Papadopoulos and the Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra The centrepiece of Marios Papadopoulos and the Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra’s 2024/25 season is Bach Mendelssohn Festival focusing on the music of the two composers with concerts, smaller scale concerts and […]