Video of the Day – Jansons Resigns from the Royal Concertgebouw
This past week Mariss Jansons, 71, announced his resignation from the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, effective at the end of next season. Jansons has been the…
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Video of the Day – Peter Sellars discusses Bach’s St. Matthew Passion
For Easter Week 2014 what better time to discuss Bach’s St. Matthew Passion. In recent years conductor Simon Rattle and director Peter Sellars have collaborated…
Video of the Day – Van Zweden Gets a Call From the VPO
Last year Jaap van Zweden got a call from the Berlin Philharmonic to fill in for an ailing conductor. He did and made his debut…
Video of the Day – The Solti Archive
In 2011 Lady Solti donated her late husband’s scores and papers to Harvard University. The Sir Georg Solti Archive is now a treasure trove for…
Video of the Day – Dudamel Conducts Revueltas
Gustavo Dudamel was recently in Canada conducting several concerts with the Los Angeles Philharmonic. By most accounts these concerts devoted to symphonies by Corigliano and…
Video of the Day – Nelsons First Rehearsal with the Boston Symphony
Latvian-born conductor Andris Nelsons seems to be everywhere these days, and everywhere he goes he leaves a positive impression. Here is a conductor who is…
Video of the Day – Anne Akiko Meyers Plays the Vieuxtemps Guarneri del Gesu
Great violinists can make music out of practically any instrument. But it certainly helps if that instrument is a Strad or a Guarneri, or something…
Video of the Day – Alan Gilbert Conducts Mahler
Alan Gilbert is the music director of the New York Philharmonic but he is also the principal guest conductor of the NDR Symphony Orchestra in…
Video of the Day – Menuhin Competition Austin 2014
For the first time ever the Menuhin Violin Competition is being held this year in the United States. The current competition began last Friday in…
Video of the Day – Sid Caesar (1922-2014): In Memoriam
Like so many kids growing up in North America in the 1950s, my life was hugely enriched by Sid Caesar’s comedy on television. He was…
