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The finest soup I ever tasted was served in Kamakura City, Japan, in 1992. After climbing a mountain to a shrine that held a lock of Buddha's hair, I descended to Kamakura and walked to its Great Bronze Buddha. By the time I had taken my fill of the image's 730-year-old wonders and the countless picture-taking tourists at its base—a mild precursor to "the world is a backdrop for my ego" snappers of the smartphone age—I noticed that my stomach was growling.

Not one to take all the spotlight, Søndergård said he chose Richard Strauss was because it “highlights the orchestra in a way that takes actually a lot of focus away from the conductor.”

Classical music fans will be licking their lips at the treats in store as part of the recently announced Nottingham Classics 2023-2024 season.

High romantic and vivid orchestral sounds contrast with Coult world premiere. Classical review by Robert Beale

Featuring Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring, Debussy's Jeux, Variations by Beethoven, Mozart, Schumann and Webern, and Jessye Norman's unreleased masters