Final Recording.
Claudio Abbado conducts Brahms, Schoenberg and Beethoven With the musicians that he loved, the late Claudio Abbado opened for the final time the LUCERNE FESTIVAL in the summer of 2013. Only a few months …
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James Levine Concert.
James Levine. I remember a visit I made to the Aspen Music Festival some years ago. I always enjoyed my time there, because I could “overdose” on music! Many previous students regularly still return …
Haitink’s Birthday.
Bernard Haitink’s 85th Birthday Next week, Bernard Haitink conducts the New York Philharmonic for a two-week residency in celebration of his eighty-fifth birthday. The first of two programs gives us selections from the so …
Andris Nelsons.
Andris Nelsons conducts Richard Strauss In this year of Richard Strauss’ 150th birthday, it seems natural that the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (CBSO) under conductor Andris Nelsons should add a candle to Strauss’ …
Barenboim’s Bruckner.
Anton Bruckner: Symphony No. 7 In Anton Bruckner’s 7th Symphony, the listener encounters music characterized by great spaciousness and profound solemnity. This is music which speaks of grief and lamentation, but also of their …