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Issue 15: Conflict and Collaboration
Happy New Year! I’m delighted to welcome you to Issue 15, which is comprised of three in-depth interviews, one […]
Thoughts on Conducting during the Pandemic
The Maestro: Benevolent dictator or collegial facilitator?
Issue 14: Contrasts in the 1930s
An essential element in every conductor’s education is learning to understand music in its historical context. Rachmaninoff’s Symphony No. […]
Benjamin Zander on Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9
Issue 13: Lockdown Lucky Dip
Welcome to Issue 13: Lockdown Lucky Dip Hello there. I hope you’re all keeping well, and sane… It seems […]
Issue 12: Strictly and Stravinsky
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
Issue 11: Around the British Isles
Happy New Year and Decade to you all. All the interviews in this issue are on pieces written in […]