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Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla conducts a riveting Weinberg Third Symphony

Posted on August 23, 2019 by Mark Pullinger

Prom 46: Gražinytė-Tyla/ City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Royal Albert Hall, 22nd August 2019 Mieczysław Weinberg’s centenary hasn’t attracted the most lavish of celebrations at the BBC Proms, but what little that has been programmed has turned out to be … Continue reading →

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Soulful Weinberg from Sol Gabetta and the BBCSO

Posted on August 7, 2019 by Mark Pullinger

Prom 25: Stasevska/ BBCSO Royal Albert Hall, 6th August 2019 The resurgence of interest in the music of Mieczysław Weinberg continues apace. His harrowing opera The Passenger is becoming more widely appreciated; Gidon Kremer has been banging the Weinberg drum … Continue reading →

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Ghostly remembrances: Mieczysław Weinberg championed in Birmingham

Posted on November 25, 2018 by Mark Pullinger

CBSO/ Gražinytė-Tyla **** Symphony Hall, Birmingham, 24th November 2018 Has Mieczysław Weinberg’s time come? With 21 completed symphonies, 17 string quartets, 70 film scores and seven operas (including The Passenger), he was as prolific a composer as his close friend Shostakovich, but Weinberg … Continue reading →

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