This is utterly remarkable: Elgar’s familiar but always affecting oratorio on original instruments, the centre of which is the Gabrieli Consort and Players! The instrumenrium is carefully researched: and even includes Elgar’s own trombone! There […]
Ecstatic headlines in the Austrian press – ‘cheers for debutant’, ‘exciting music’ – have propelled the Swiss conductor Lorenzo Viotti overnight to the forefront of Viennese attention. The Netherlands Philharmonic chief is now setting off […]
The seasoned Korean conductor Han-Na Chang was due to make her first appearance with the Amsterdam orchestra in 2020, when Covid lockdown forced a posatponement. It has taken the Dutch five years to re-engage her, […]