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.
Britten: War Requiem – Stéphane Denève, Ian Bostridge, Roderick Williams, New World Symphony – Adrienne Arsht Center, Miami Britten: War Requiem; Christine Goerke, Ian Bostridge, Roderick Williams, New World Symphony, Stéphane Denève, Florida Singing Sons, […]
It is great to see attention falling on Welsh composer Grace Williams (1906-77). She was a pupil of Egon Wellesz and Ralph Vaughan Williams. The ever-enterprising Lyrita label released a fabulous compact disc of […]
Some part of me wishes this was fiction. Or irony. Press release: Derrick Gee is the Elbphilharmonie’s new Creator in Residence Hamburg, 24 September 2024: The new Creator in Residence at the Elbphilharmonie is […]