The veteran conductor Hebert Blomstedt, on tour with the Chamber Orchestra of Europe, takes a keen interest in heavy metal.
He is conducting the COE in Cologne tonight and Dortmund tomorrow, followed by Luxembourg and Dresden.
The programme is Berwald’s 4th symphony and Mendelssohn’s third.
The composer Michael Tippett referred to him as…
Statement by the Berlin Phil: It is with…
The sad death of Sir Andrew Davis brings…
The International Malko Conducting Competition has ended in…
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Well, as another not quite so long-lived conductor said: “Retirement is all very well, so long as it doesn’t get in the way of ones work”. (Bernard Haitink).
How do you call great conducting in our time?
“Toxic masculinity”.
An enormously appealing human being and a superb musician.
One wonders what sort of angry curmudgeon would give Max’s comment a thumbs down.
I’ve sadly not heard Blomstedt live in more than 35 years (San Francisco, with Ida Haendel playing Sibelius), but to watch him in action on numerous recent concert broadcasts is to witness pure joy, from all parts of the concert hall. I’d give my left arm to hear him lead Bruckner 8 before I leave this earth.
Amazing at his age. Iam much younger than him.
It takes me 10 minutes to open my wallet.
We should raise a toast to his good health.
See you in the bar in 10 minutes! 🙂
I have a friend who is 95; a retired professor of Engineering. He’s still the sharpest tool in the shed.
Reminds me of the 90 year old man that
Went to the Doctor. And asked him is it okay
To get married. The Doctor said you are 90
Why do you wish to get married. The man
Replied that my parents keep nagging me.
Sarah Willis – I think someone’s up for a horn challenge…
Holding Helen Vollam’s alto trombone I’m guessing.
Håkan Björkman’s alto! Håkan is holding my instrument, and I took the photo!
Nicholas Eastop.
Isn’t he 96? He was born in 1927.
What was the occasion for posing with trombones?
It‘s called „taking a picture”.