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Herbert Blomstedt, 97

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Herbert Blomstedt, 97

The Swedish conductor will celebrate his 97th birthday on Thursday with a performance of Bruckner’s ninth symphony.

He will conduct the Bamberger Symphoniker in the first of three concerts, this one at St Florian’s Church, Linz, where  Anton Bruckner was organist and where he is buried.
Happy birthday, Herbert Bllomstedt.
Has any maestro ever worked harder or longer?

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Brass to the fore: this year’s Cumnock Tryst is a tribute to the late Scottish trumpeter John Wallace & a celebration of the tradition of brass band music in the Ayrshire coalfields

Meditations on life, death and Taoist wisdom: Phelim McDermott & Philip Glass’s Tao of Glass, @sohoplace theatre

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Rising to the challenge: Britten's The Rape of Lucretia from Royal Academy Opera directed by Paul Carr & conducted by Lada Valesova

Rising to the challenge: Britten’s The Rape of Lucretia from Royal Academy Opera directed by Paul Carr & conducted by Lada Valesova

A mix of everything: The Celtic Tenors’ eclectic repertoire with harmony-driven music sung by classically trained voices

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