Before the various PR flood my inbox with protests, let me specify that the two elements above are not appearing together. Simon Rattle will conduct the Lucerne Festival Orchestra for the first time in his […]
Every once in a while a disc comes along which is so pleasant – and such a pleasant surprise – it brings smile after smile. This disc of orchestral music from the unjustly neglected British […]
The composer Halvor Haug died on June 3. He leaves five symphonies, one of which is titled ‘The Inscrutable Life’. Born in Trondheim, Haug studied in Oslo and Helsinki before concluding his studies in 1970s […]