"Brahms v. Radiohead" Mashup Rocks the Philadelphia Orchestra
Curtis alum Steve Hackman returns to lead the Philadelphia Orchestra with Brahms v. Radiohead, a unique — and controversial — mashup.
Source: phillymag.com
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Source: whattheythink.com
Refugees, and a residency by the Philadelphia Orchestra, at the heart of Edinburgh International Festival
Season marks return to normality following Covid
Source: gramophone.co.uk
Osmo Vänskä and the Minnesota Orchestra: a celebration of our Orchestra of the Year and their Music Director
A celebration of our Orchestra of the Year, the Minnesota Orchestra, and their Music Director Osmo Vänskä, featuring interviews and reviews
Source: gramophone.co.uk
Ferrández, RPO, Petrenko, RFH review – music defying oppression
Powerful Shostakovich and driven Walton are apt expressions of these terrible days. Classical review by Bernard Hughes
Source: theartsdesk.com
Sibelius: The Symphonies and Tapiola review – Mäkelä veers between the outstanding and prosaic | Jean Sibelius
The prodigious young talent has an exclusive recording contract with Decca but his debut – a Sibelius symphony cycle – is frustratingly uneven
Source: theguardian.com
C.F. 'Kip' Winger's First Symphony Offers a Coded Message of Sonic Joy | Features
Giancarlo Guerrero leads the Nashville Symphony in the world premiere of the piece at the Schermerhorn
Source: nashvillescene.com
Bruckner: Symphonies Nos 1 and 5, etc review – Nelsons' buoyant reading lets the lyricism flow | Classical music
The conductor’s latest journey through Bruckner (and Wagner) is typically extrovert, allowing the music to flow naturally
United States Christian Thielemann Unless Andris Nelsons Fifth Symphonies First Symphony Fifth Symphony
Source: theguardian.com
Review: Two Years Later, a Beethoven Cycle Reaches Its Finale
Delayed by the pandemic in 2020, then again in January, the Philadelphia Orchestra brought a long-awaited Ninth Symphony to Carnegie Hall.
Source: nytimes.com
Anton Lukoszevieze surveys some key works by a Black American composer who was at the heart of the European avant garde
Source: thewire.co.uk