Dr Hannah Baxter

Karina Canellakis on Wagner’s Die Walküre (Act I)

Published on 1st July 202020th June 2021 / Dr Hannah Baxter Posted in Notes from the Podium Members Only Continue reading

(Photo: Mathias Bothor 29th May 2020 Karina Canellakis is the newly appointed Chief Conductor of the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic...

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Scott Wilson on Teaching Conducting

Published on 1st July 202031st May 2021 / Dr Hannah Baxter Posted in Notes from the Podium Members Only Continue reading

Photo: Priti Shikotra 14th April 2020 London-based Australian conductor Scott Wilson held the positions of Zander Fellow with the...

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Issue 12: Strictly and Stravinsky

Published on 9th April 20209th April 2020 / Dr Hannah Baxter Posted in Public Continue reading

In what feels like a different world to the last time I wrote one of these introductions, I’m really […]

Dave Arch on Strictly Come Dancing

Published on 9th April 202012th September 2025 / Dr Hannah Baxter Posted in Public Continue reading

(photo: Gavin Wallace) 21st January 2020 Dave (or David) Arch is a British pianist, conductor, arranger and composer who […]

Ormsby Wilkins on Stravinsky’s Apollo

Published on 9th April 202023rd November 2022 / Dr Hannah Baxter Posted in Notes from the Podium Members Only Continue reading

3rd February 2020 A native of Sydney, Australia, Ormsby Wilkins joined American Ballet Theatre as its Music Director in...

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Issue 11: Around the British Isles

Published on 2nd January 20202nd January 2020 / Dr Hannah Baxter Posted in Public Continue reading

Happy New Year and Decade to you all. All the interviews in this issue are on pieces written in […]

Fabien Gabel on Debussy’s La mer, trois esquisses symphoniques pour orchestre

Published on 2nd January 202015th June 2021 / Dr Hannah Baxter Posted in Notes from the Podium Members Only Continue reading

(photo: Stéphane Bourgeois) Telephone Interview 11th October 2019 Hailed as ‘boldly evocative’, Fabien Gabel is recognized internationally as one...

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Gemma New on Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 3 ‘Scottish’

Published on 2nd January 202026th July 2021 / Dr Hannah Baxter Posted in Notes from the Podium Members Only Continue reading

(photo: Roy Cox) Telephone Interview 29th October 2019 Sought after for her insightful interpretations and dynamic presence, New Zealand-born...

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John Andrews on Sullivan’s Haddon Hall

Published on 2nd January 202022nd May 2021 / Dr Hannah Baxter Posted in Notes from the Podium Members Only Continue reading

Telephone Interview 28th November 2019 John Andrews is Principal Guest Conductor of the National Symphony Orchestra, Conductor-in-Association with the...

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Issue 10: Italian Opera

Published on 3rd October 20193rd October 2019 / Dr Hannah Baxter Posted in Public Continue reading

Welcome to Issue 10 – we are now in double figures! For this issue we have travelled along the […]