Sicklist: Mirga’s out
mainThe Birmingham music director will miss tonight’s concert.
Her replacement is the BBC Manchester music director Omer Meir Wellber.
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What’s the programme ?
Wasn’t Wellber the favorite to get the job before Mirga was hired?
Look what rubbish is written on CBSO website re: this concert –
“Bartók’s explosive Third Piano Concerto should bring the house down.”
Huh ? It’s probably the least explosive piece B. ever wrote !
https://cbso.co.uk/event/bartok-and-bruckner
Maybe the writer was thinking of Prokofiev 3rd piano…