Simon Rattle, on turning 70
OrchestrasThe big day is next Sunday.
He tells Fiona Maddocks:
‘It’s a total cliche to say music keeps you young. I still feel like a teenager, though my knees may have a different opinion. I always thought there would come some mythical time when wisdom settles on you. This is absolutely not true. I’m still learning new things. It takes longer. I’m about to do Janáček’s The Excursions of Mr Brouček to the Moon. It’s completely nuts. I’m finally getting the hang of it. And there are still things I feel are beyond me. Bach’s B minor Mass, Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis…’
More here.
Still time to send him a birthday card.
The LSO ordered in a cake.
Post show links to celebrate Sir Simon Rattle’s 70th Birthday after he conducted the LSO who performed
Pierre Boulez Éclat,
George Benjamin’s lyrical world premiere to celebrate Sir Simon Rattle’s 70th birthday-Interludes and Aria from Lessons in Love and Violence (with soprano-conductor Barbara Hannigan, singing the aria) and Johannes Brahms Symphony No 4 in the Barbican Hall on Thursday 9 Jan. 2025.
Photos by Mark Allan
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