All Entries Tagged With: "BBC"
Star Search Gets Bloody
In today’s Guardian, conductor Hilary Davan Wetton joins the pack in slagging off the BBC’s Classical Star program. He doesn’t say much that hasn’t been pointed out elsewhere and the concert listing at the end makes even the most liberal dispenser of doubt-related benefits a wee bit suspicious.
The most notable bit of [...]
Can Someone Please Pass The Kleenex?
There looks to be a bit of a meme going around related to music that makes one misty-eyed. After a little thinking, it seems that, for Miss Mussel, the culprit is Mahler, followed by Brahms.
Mahler’s Second Symphony was the most recent instance. The TSO performed it in the spring and the [...]
The Real Deal
“I’m not a creator. It’s the composer who is the creator. I aim to focus on the way to deliver the message, according to the music, as humbly as possible, though that’s not the right word because a conductor can never be humble.”
Tim Ashley interviews BBC Phil conductor Gianandrea Noseda in today’s Guardian. Miss Mussel [...]
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