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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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

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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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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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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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