Sir Roger Norrington and Edward Gardner. Jirí Belohlávek marks his final year as Chief Conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra by leading it through four Proms, including the Last Night.
Sir Roger Norrington: It’s an extraordinary thing how an experienced and charismatic conductor can completely transform the sound of an orchestra. Simone Young: There’s a very precise science ...
Carl Maria von Weber - Oberon, J306 Franz Schubert - Symphony No. 9 in C major 'Great', D 944 Benjamin Britten - Matinées musicales, Op 24 Ralph Vaughan Williams - Pastoral Symphony ...
In its purposeful symphonic thrust and unsentimental objectivity, Sir Roger Norrington's interpretation of Elgar's First Symphony is basically in the Boult tradition, if without that master's innate, ...