Happy New Year! I’m delighted to welcome you to Issue 15, which is comprised of three in-depth interviews, one […]
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Thoughts on Conducting during the Pandemic
by Nurhan Arman After having conducted two virtual concerts with Sinfonia Toronto I want to share my experience and […]
The Maestro: Benevolent dictator or collegial facilitator?
(photo: Robert Workmann) by John Andrews Ivan Hewett recently defended the image of the ‘tyrannical male maestro’ against a […]
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
17th March 2020 Benjamin Zander is the conductor of the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra and the Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra. […]
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
(photo: Gavin Wallace) 21st January 2020 Dave (or David) Arch is a British pianist, conductor, arranger and composer who […]
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 […]
Issue 10: Italian Opera
Welcome to Issue 10 – we are now in double figures! For this issue we have travelled along the […]