by Kenneth Woods | Dec 11, 2015 | A view from the podium
The current issue (January-March 2016) of Musical Opinion Magazineleads off its concert coverage with Christopher Morley’s rave review of the ESO’s October 10 premiere of Donald Fraser’s orchestration of the Elgar Piano Quintet. The ESO’s recording of this “worthy...
by Kenneth Woods | Dec 10, 2015 | A view from the podium
I was saddened this week to learn of the sudden retirement of conductor Nikolaus Harnoncourt at the age of 86. (For more detail see The Strad and the New York Times news items, and this tribute from the Berlin Philharmonic) Harnoncourt has long been a bit of a Marmite...
by Kenneth Woods | Dec 10, 2015 | News and Reviews
From the December-February issue of Classical Music Magazine, Christopher Morley picks the ESO’s performance of Donald Fraser’s orchestration of the Elgar Piano Quintet as his Premiere of the Year. Congrats to all the wonderful composers and ensembles mentioned in...
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