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Tag Archives: Mozart
Pass the baton: Järvi Academy’s conducting relay
Järvi Academy Youth Symphony Orchestra Pärnu Music Festival, 20th July 2019 Youth is a key factor behind the ethos of the Pärnu Music Festival. The Järvi Academy brings young Estonian musicians together, giving them the opportunity to work with international … Continue reading
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Tagged Boon Hua Lien, Bruch, Dorian Todorov, Edmar Tuul, Eirik Haukaas Ødegaard, Holly Hyun Choe, Honegger, Ian Niederhoffer, José Soares Filho, Kristjan Järvi, Mägi, Mari Adachi, Maria Seletskaya, Mozart, Pärnu Music Festival, Sibelius, Stephanie Childress, Taavi Oramo, Triin Ruubel, Yaroslav Zaboyarkin
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The elixir of love: Blomstedt conducts the Philharmonia in Mozart and Beethoven
Blomstedt/ Philharmonia Royal Festival Hall, 14th April 2019 Perhaps he keeps a portrait in his attic. Or perhaps he quaffs a magical elixir supplied by some Dulcamara-type figure. We do know he doesn’t touch alcohol or coffee. But Herbert Blomstedt … Continue reading
Paradise Regained: a heavenly evening with Aurora
Collon/ Aurora Orchestra Kings Place, 5th April 2019 “Dark with excessive bright thy skirts appear.” This quotation, an evocative description of God from Book 3 of Milton’s Paradise Lost, intrigued composer Missy Mazzoli, who writes “I love the impossibility of … Continue reading
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Tagged Aurora Orchestra, Beethoven, Ben Griffiths, Elgar, Mazzoli, Mozart, Nicholas Collon, Yeol Eum Son
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Spliced: Mozart, Magdalena and the OAE mix it up
Magdalena Kožená; The OAE/ Giovanni Antonini Royal Festival Hall, 4th February 2019 There was more than a touch of déjà vu at work this evening: the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment chopping up a classical symphony and splicing in … Continue reading
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Tagged Giovanni Antonini, Gluck, Haydn, Magdalena Kožená, Mozart, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
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Rugged Mahler, pale Mozart from Dausgaard and the BBC Scottish
Prom 50: BBC SSO/ Dausgaard *** Royal Albert Hall, 19th August 2018 You would imagine that Leonard Bernstein would have been a regular at the BBC Proms. He was a natural communicator and educator, delighting in bringing classical music to … Continue reading
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Tagged Annelien Van Wauwe, BBC Proms, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Mahler, Mozart, Thomas Dausgaard
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