Maestro, 92, signs on to record two symphonic cycles

Maestro, 92, signs on to record two symphonic cycles

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norman lebrecht

May 31, 2020

Herbert Blomstedt, in an engaging conversation with Alan Gilbert, announced that he has committed to record two sets of symphonies with the Leipzig Gewandhaus orchestra – the nine symphonies of Schubert and Franz Berwald’s four. The two composers, he explains, were born within the same year.

On his time in lockdown, he says, ‘I’ve been studying new scores that I’m planning to perform next season.’

Watch the distanced conversation here.

 

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