The Antwerp Symphony Orchestra is the symphony orchestra of Flanders and is based in the Queen Elisabeth Hall in Antwerp.
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2023-09-26 18:38:00
Harding Out, Chan In
Elim Chan(Photo not credited in SFS press release)Daniel Harding has withdrawn from his scheduled San Francisco Symphony appearance next month; he will be conducting the Cleveland Orchestra on their tour of Israel. Franz Welser-Möst has withdrawn from that tour for medical reasons.Elim Chan, chief conductor of the Antwerp Symphony Orchestra, will conduct these concerts, retaining Holst's The Planets and substituting Britten's Les Illuminations (with tenor Andrew Staples) for Ralph Vaughn Williams's On Wenlock Edge.The dates are October 26-28, 2023.
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Philippe Herreweghe was born in Ghent, Belgium and studied at both the university and music conservatory there, studying piano with Marcel Gazelle. During this period he started conducting and founded the Collegium Vocale Gent in 1970. He was invited by Nikolaus Harnoncourt and Gustav Leonhardt, who had noticed his innovative work, to participate in their recordings of the complete cantatas of J.S. Bach. Herreweghe continually seeks out new musical challenges, and has been very active performing the great symphonic repertoire, from Beethoven to Stravinsky. Since 1997 he is directing the Antwerp Symphony Orchestra as principal and guest conductor. He has
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2021-08-20 12:23:00
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No.5 in C minor – Ural Philharmonic Orchestra, Thomas Zehetmair (HD 1080p)
Ludwig van Beethoven's Symphony No.5 in C minor, Op.67, conducted by Thomas Zehetmair and performed in Yekaterinburg by the Ural Philharmonic Orchestra at the 2020 Be@thoven Festival.Beethoven's Fifth is amongst the most well-known symphonies of all time. Its opening, four-note motif made history in and of itself – Ludwig van Beethoven reportedly saying of it "Thus, fate knocks at the door!". This bon mot gave rise to the popular name "Fate Symphony" for Beethoven's Fifth. The Symphony No.5 also stands out formally, however – within its traditional four-movement structure, for the first time the emphasis is shifted from the first movement to the final movement, resulting in a mounting intensification across the entire work, culminating in a triumphant finale. This effect is underscored by the amplification of the instrumentation in the fourth movement – Beethoven additionally utilizing the trombone, contrabassoon, and piccolo. Beethoven made his first notes for this […]
2021-05-20 05:51:00
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By Karl W. NehringHilary Hahn: ParisChausson: Poème; Prokofiev: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No. 1; Rautavaara: Deux Sérénades. Hilary Hahn, violin; Mikko Franck, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France. Deutsche Grammophon 483 9847.This new release from the talented American violinist Hilary Hahn is a delight from start to finish. Although the album title and orchestra might lead you to assume a program featuring all French composers, that is not the case here, for in addition to the French composer Ernest Chausson (1855-1899) we have also music by the Russian composer Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953) and the Finnish composer Einojuhani Rautavaara (1928-2016). Hahn reveals her deep affection for and kinship with the City of Light in an essay in which she explains that in addition to her many other connections with Paris, her violin was made in Paris way back in 1865 by a famed luthier whose shop has in the 21st century […]
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