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Monday, January 11, 2021 Simon Rattle to take up the reins of the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and Chorus in 2023 The BRSO's Ulrich Wilhelm and Sir Simon Rattle sign the contract (photo: BR) Sir Simon Rattle has been appointed Chief Conductor of the Munich-based Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and its Chorus with effect from the 2023-24 season. The initial contract is for five years. He will step down from his role as Music Director of the LSO in 2023 and assume the title Conductor Emeritus. Rattle has enjoyed a close relationship with the Bavarian orchestra since 2010,...
And the bands played on: the best classical releases of 2020 Andrew Clements Opera and concert life has been forced into suspended animation for much of this year, but the classical recording industry has pressed on regardless, with little obvious slowing in the rate of new releases. By and large, the trends of the previous few years continued: the proliferation of smaller niche labels continued to come up with the more interesting repertoire while the output of leading brands became steadily less adventurous. Studio recordings now tend to be much rarer than those taken from l...
Newly discovered composition of Beethoven. — A German paper states that a MS. unpublished symphony of Beethoven has just been discovered behind the panel of a room which was undergoing repairs and that a music seller has offered a large sum of money for it. There are no further references to this spurious work. While it’s true that Beethoven’s Für Elise wasn’t discovered until 40 years after his death, no symphony has been added to the catalog of his works since his death in 1827. So no one is expecting to be surprised by a rediscovered, major work in his 250th anniversary year.