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After the extraordinary musical developments of Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven the composition of a symphony became a daunting challenge, for many years the ultimate challenge for any composer. Many rose magnificently to that challenge, not least Brahms, Mahler, Sibelius and Shostakovich
Championed at a young age by Sibelius himself, the brilliantly imaginative Rautavaara has gone on to prove himself a worthy successor to the great man, says Hilary Finch
Big box sets, a symphonic swansong in miniature and contemporary music for piano trio Reviews by Graham Rickson
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DSO music director Fabio Luisi will lead 100 musicians in the Mahler First Symphony.
By MICHAEL ANDOR BRODEUR | The Washington Post | Published: March 11, 2021 I look up and behold the ornately ornamented ceiling of Detroit's Orchestra Hall, a place I've never actually been. I look down and my legs have vanished, replaced by a single black pole terminating into a tripod. I look all around and find every other seat in the hall empty, though I'm told that at least 10 of us are in attendance. And onstage in front of me, I see the 19 socially distanced members of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra tuning their instruments in complete silence - that is, until I pop in my ear buds.