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Tom Sutcliffe explores the importance of acoustics and the evolution of building design in the enjoyment of music. The academic Fiona Smyth tells the story of the groundbreaking work undertaken by scientists, architects and musicians, who revolutionised this new science in the 20th century, in her new book Pistols in St Paul's. Trevor Cox, Professor of Acoustic Engineering at the University of Salford, updates the story, revealing the very latest scientific breakthroughs and why certain music venues capture the purity of sound. And the saxophonist Jess Gillam gives a personal view on what playing with different acoustics entails. Gillam is playing in two Christmas concerts, 19th + 20th December, with the CBSO at Symphony Hall, Birmingham – one of the best-designed music venues in the country. Producer: Kay Hickman

We're back!!! We've missed you all….but what a way to kick off this season of TIAB than with none other than Artistic director and founder of Classical Pride Uk Oliver Zeffman.Oliver is an internationally renowned conductor, working frequently with orchestras including the CBSO, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse, Orchestre national d'Île-de-France and Ulster Orchestra. Oliver founded Classical Pride in 2023 with an inaugural concert by the CBSO at the Barbican. This year it has been extended to 5 concerts starting with Classical Drag and culminating with Oliver making his LSO debut at the Barbican in a concert celebrating LBGTQ+ artists and composers hosted by Nick Grimshaw (find ticket links below).We took Oliver on a walk around central London to chat all things Pride plus future plans, lockdown films, TV recommendations and where he gets his batons from!!In true TIAB fashion this trip was littered with complications including technical issues, reversing forklifts and a bird poo incident…What other way would we want to make our comeback?! To find out more and book tickets for Classical Pride 2024 click here; www.classicalpride.ukinstagram.com/classicalprideukSUPPORT THREE IN A BAR ON PATREONJoin our Members' Club for a bonus podcast feed plus many more rewards.Click here: https://www.patreon.com/threeinabarInstagram @threeinabarpodTiktok @threeinabarpodThree In A Bar on YoutubeAnything you'd like to share with us? Any guests you'd love to hear or anything you'd like us to do better? Drop us a line at hello@threeinabar.com Click here to join the Members' Club on Patreon! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Knife is Salman Rushdie's memoir about surviving a near-fatal knife attack in August 2022 and the long, painful period of recovery that followed. Ben Power's adaption of the Dickens novel Our Mutual Friend – London Tide – which features songs that he co-wrote with PJ Harvey, has just opened at the National Theatre in London. Baby Reindeer is a new Netflix drama written by and starring Richard Gadd who drew directly on his own shocking experience of being stalked. All three are reviewed by Tahmima Anam and John Mullan.We also hear from tenor Ian Bostridge on mobile phone use in concert halls and why he stopped a performance of Britten's Les Illuminations with the CBSO last night.Presenter: Tom Sutcliffe Producer: Corinna Jones

As the CBSO prepares for a summer of tours to Aldeburgh, Japan, and the BBC Proms, the orchestra's new Chief Conductor Kazuki Yamada speaks to presenter Tom Service about the joy of music and the goosebumps he experiences while conducting. Tom travels to the South Downs to speak to Australian director Barrie Kosky about a new production, opening this weekend at Glyndebourne, of Poulenc's Dialogues des Carmélites. He's joined by sopranos Golda Schultz and Sally Matthews, as well as conductor Robin Ticciati, to talk about the story of sixteen nuns who meet their death at the hands of the French Revolution. Amid rehearsals at the Royal Opera House, Music Matters hears about the World Premiere of a new ballet, Untitled 2023 – a collaboration between the Royal Ballet's resident choreographer Wayne McGregor and composer Anna Thorvaldsdottir. They discuss the somatic relationship between body, dance and music, and why listening to Thorvaldsdottir's compositions is not a passive experience. And one hundred years after its premiere at the Aeolian Hall in June 1923, Tom speaks to the writer and broadcaster William Sitwell about his great-aunt Edith Sitwell's creative relationship with the composer William Walton – a collaboration which resulted in the entertainment, Façade. He's also joined by writer and researcher Lucy Walker. Together they discuss the work's nonsensical parody of popular music, jazz, and poetry and knotty issues it presents to contemporary audiences.

I knew from having met Kazuki Yamada before that chatting with him would be fun. As we are both members of the "CBSO family" now, it was doubly nice to spend some time with this very warm and giving person! I heard how the choir conductor at his school gave him his very first chances, I found out what item he always has in the pocket of his concert tails, and I discovered why he founded his own orchestra at university and why it was given its extremely strange name If you would like to discover a whole lot more about conductors and conducting, why not subscribe at https://www.patreon.com/amiconthepodium, and, for a monthly fee starting from just £5 a month, you can access two new series of interviews, group Zoom meetings with other fans of the podcast and myself, a monthly bulletin about the podcast and my own career as well as articles, photos, videos and even conducting lessons from myself. If you listen via Apple podcasts, please do leave a rating and review - it really helps the podcast get noticed and attract more listeners. If you want to get involved on social media, you can via Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/amiconthepodium) or Twitter (@amiconthepodium). This interview was recorded on 20th April 2023 via Zoom.

The world's most innovative leaders teach their teams one thing first.With the this you can unlock the potential of your team and create a culture of innovation. I host Dr. Janet Ahn, President and Chief Behavioral Science Officer at MindGym, who shares her leadership vision to create the most innovative company in the world. She explains the simple leadership action she takes every day to accelerate creativity and the success of her organization.Stop wasting your time on ho-hum leadership techniques, and discover this powerful perspective of unleashing the potential of your team. You and your company need to consider this strategy and won't want to miss it!Janet is a sought-after speaker and subject matter expert at both academic and industry conferences. Her work has also been featured in various media outlets such as Axios, Women's Health Magazine, NPR, American Educator, Business Insider, CBS, and USA Today.She has a Bachelor's degree from Barnard College and a Master and PhD from NYU.LinkedIn Profile https://www.linkedin.com/in/janet-n-ahn-phd-705b7796/Company Link: https://themindgym.com/What You'll Discover in this Episode:What she discovered in her Growth Mindset research under Dr. Carol Dweck's $2.5 million National Science Foundation Grant. What leaders need to know most about MindGym.Two big success lessons she learned from her parents.Why it's important to set high goals.What it's was like as a first generation college student from an immigrant family. Advice for introverted executives. How to increase your team's loyalty. -----Connect with the Host, #1 bestselling author Ben FanningSpeaking and Training inquiresSubscribe to my Youtube channelLinkedInInstagramTwitter

Composer Dobrinka Tabakova talks to Tom Service about her artist residency at The Hallé in Manchester. She discusses her love of melody, the thrill of writing for youth orchestra, the importance of understanding the character of the musicians she writes for, and how meeting composer Iannis Xenakis when she was 14 shaped her musical path. Tom visits the site of the new Shireland City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Academy in West Bromwich, which opens in September 2023. As the first state school in the country to be established in collaboration with an orchestra, the academy is built around a central performance space which will also be open as a venue in evenings and throughout the year for the wider Sandwell community and beyond. Tom takes a tour of the site with CBSO Chief Executive Stephen Maddock, Principal Designate David Green and architect Claire Mantle to find out more. Emily MacGregor joins Tom to talk about her new book ‘Interwar Symphonies and the Imagination: Politics, Identity and the Sound of 1933' which explores how symphonies in Europe and America reflect and shape the politics of their time, and how they resonate with us today. The book looks at symphonies by composers such as Kurt Weill, Hans Pfitzner, Roy Harris and Florence Price which were written or premiered in 1933 – a year in which Hitler came to power in Germany and the Great Depression reached its peak in the United States. We explore the past, present and future of immersive performances with David Owen Norris who takes us on a whistle-stop tour of how composers and musicians have played with sound and space throughout the centuries. Tom also visits the d&b Audiotechnik demo facility in Stroud to find out about the latest technology being used to create immersive audio performances in halls, theatres and opera houses across the world.

I have probably known Jamie Phillips for more of his life than any other conductor I have interviewed! I knew, therefore, that he would be perfect to chat with and interview. We discussed when and why you should stop entering conducting competitions, I discover what the "golden rule" was when he attended CBSO rehearsals as a child, and I find out what sporting event he has been training for! If you would like to discover a whole lot more about conductors and conducting, why not subscribe at https://www.patreon.com/amiconthepodium, and, for a monthly fee starting from just £5 a month, you can access two new series of interviews, group Zoom meetings with other fans of the podcast and myself, a monthly bulletin about the podcast and my own career as well as articles, photos, videos and even conducting lessons from myself. If you listen via Apple podcasts, please do leave a rating and review - it really helps the podcast get noticed and attract more listeners. If you want to get involved on social media, you can via Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/amiconthepodium) or Twitter (@amiconthepodium). This interview was recorded on 5th July 2022 via Zoom.

Join James Burns with Steve Galloway as they talk about the death of Queen Elizabeth II, the reveals and updates from last weekend's D23 Expo, and share interviews with Stephen Bell, a Conductor with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (CBSO) and Adria Arjona, Bix Caleen in Star Wars: Andor. Email us at podcast@jedinews.com with your comments, views and opinions to be a part of the show. 

Paula Downes reads her Grandfather and Andrew Downes' father Frank's book, Around the Horn, which tells the story of the Classical Music Industry from the point of view of a professional Horn player. Born 1921, died 2005, his fascinating orchestral career spanned the demise of the silent cinema, municipal seaside orchestras, the RAF Central band during World War II, orchestral playing in pre and post-war Britain, and the rise towards a Royal title for the Birmingham Conservatoire. Chapter 15 leads to Frank's appointment to Hornist of the BBC Midland Light Orchestra in 1953, with whom he recorded The Archers theme tune, to be broadcast on Radio 4 multiple times a week until 1992, when it was re-recorded. It also covers Frank's move into teaching at the Birmingham School of Music. Paula has chosen to end this episode with the third movement of Andrew Downes' Centenary Firedances, since the loud noises in this piece (originally composed to be performed with fireworks) evoke the loud noises Frank and his CBSO colleagues had to make on their instruments on their way back from a gig, in order to be rescued from a train carriage, which had been forgotten about and shunted down a dark tunnel late at night at Birmingham New Street Station!  This work was written for the Centenary of Birmingham celebrations in 1989. Find out more here: https://www.andrewdownes.com/Orchestral.html#SYMPHONIC

Jonathan Bloxham and I have known each other for 6 years now and I knew he would be perfect to interview - we get along very well and I knew he would be open, honest, and interesting as he has a real passion for what he does. As an example of that, he was very open about his experiences as Assistant Conductor with the CBSO, I discovered how a nightmare set of circumstances meant that his debut at Glyndebourne was very memorable indeed, and we discuss accents, not musical accents either! The festival that Jonathan is the founder of, Northern Chords, can be found here - https://northernchords.com/ If you would like to discover a whole lot more about conductors and conducting, why not subscribe at https://www.patreon.com/amiconthepodium, and, for a monthly fee starting from just £5 a month, you can access two new series of interviews, group Zoom meetings with other fans of the podcast and myself, a monthly bulletin about the podcast and my own career as well as articles, photos, videos and even conducting lessons from myself. If you listen via Apple podcasts, please do leave a rating and review - it really helps the podcast get noticed and attract more listeners. If you want to get involved on social media, you can via Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/amiconthepodium) or Twitter (@amiconthepodium). This interview was recorded on 20th April 2022 via Zoom.

Last month, I recorded a podcast interview with Chief Executive of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Stephen Maddock. In this discussion, we talked about how Stephen got into the world of arts management and what led him to the esteemed post he's in today. We also discuss what makes the CBSO distinctive, the role of the orchestra within the city of Birmingham, artistic programming and challenges of Stephen's position. Stephen's bio: https://cbso.co.uk/profile/stephen-maddock. Podcast recorded 15 February 2022 at the CBSO Centre, Birmingham; posted 8 March 2022. Music by Helena and Annabelle Lee. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/talking-classical-podcast/message

Welcome back to the podcast! (Welcome back Davina, that is) Producer/arranger/multi-instrumentalist/composer/cat lover Fred Thomas is my guest this episode. We spoke about his musical journey, which includes growing up in a household of a former CBSO concertmaster, making music playlists to fall asleep to, as well as how the key to learning lots of musical instruments is learning how to "cheat". Fred also spoke about his pandemic experience, as well as what he'd like to be if he weren't a musician. If you fancy supporting the podcast, you can do so here: ko-fi.com/asitcomespod. Leave me a nice review or rating on Apple Podcasts! Follow and like the podcast on Facebook and Instagram @asitcomespod   Featured track: Overture no.3 BWV1068 ‘Air' Fred Thomas   Find out more about Fred's work, including his new album 'Three or One' Instagram: @fredthomasmusic Facebook: @fredthomasukmusic Fred's YouTube Channel Twitter: FredThomMusic Smartlink: https://fans.link/fred thomas music    Three Or One: https://ECM.lnk.to/ThreeOrOneFP Find Fred on Bandcamp, Spotify or Apple Music

Stephen Maddock, OBE, Chief Executive of the CBSO, on his experience working at the helm of one of the country's leading arts organisations plus their exciting project to open a new school in Sandwell – one of the most deprived local authority areas in England - offering an academic secondary education with a strong musical focus. More information about Stephen and the CBSO can be found here: https://cbso.co.uk/ If you enjoy this conversation, please subscribe, check out our other great episodes, and even better leave us a review. You can also follow us on social media and sign up to our mailing list at https://polyphonyarts.com/mailing-list for updates and news about Music Works and Polyphony Arts. Music Works is generously supported by Allianz Musical Insurance, the UK's No. 1 musical instrument insurer.

Stephen Maddock OBE, Chief Executive of the CBSO, shares his views and advice on the recruitment process and how to build your career in the arts in a post-Covid world. More information about Stephen and the CBSO can be found here: https://cbso.co.uk/ If you enjoy this conversation, please subscribe, check out our other great episodes, and even better leave us a review. You can also follow us on social media and sign up to our mailing list at https://polyphonyarts.com/mailing-list for updates and news about Music Works and Polyphony Arts. Music Works is generously supported by Allianz Musical Insurance, the UK's No. 1 musical instrument insurer.

Paula Downes reads her Grandfather and Andrew Downes' father Frank's book, Around the Horn, which tells the story of the Classical Music Industry from the point of view of a professional Horn player. Born 1921, died 2005, his fascinating orchestral career spanned the demise of the silent cinema, municipal seaside orchestras, the RAF Central band during World War II, orchestral playing in pre and post-war Britain, and the rise towards a Royal title for the Birmingham Conservatoire. Chapter 14 is about Frank's appointment to Principal Hornist of the CBSO in 1949. Paula has chosen to end this episode with the second movement of Andrew Downes' Concerto for Piano and Symphony Orchestra, which was premiered at Birmingham Town Hall, which Frank mentions during this chapter.  This work was written for pianist Duncan Honeybourne with the Central England Ensemble, conductor Anthony Bradbury, Leader Anna Downes and Lead Violist Cynthia Downes. This recording is of the premiere on March 1st 2009. Find out more here: https://www.andrewdownes.com/Soloists-with-Orchestra.html#PIANOSYMPHONY

A nosy trombonist (Melissa Brown) chats to fellow brass professionals about their careers, how they got there, and what music they'd happily put in the bin. In this episode Jeremy Bushell (4th horn CBSO, horn teacher Royal Birmingham Conservatoire) tells us about his experiences with, and teaching around, performance anxiety, he tells us about how his career has developed, and he tells us about his love of squash. All episodes recorded during COVID-19 lockdown via video call programmes. There are occasional technical glitches - please bear with us! Facebook: Bold as Brass Podcast Instagram: @boldasbrasspodcast Show artwork: Stuart Crane Music credit: Upbeat Forever by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5011-upbeat-forever License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

This is a special miniseries on Vimy Ridge to celebrate 150 years of Permanent Artillery since the formation of A and B Batteries, Royal Canadian Artillery.  This episode looks at Flash Spotting, the work of Andrew McNaughton and the role of the CBSO. We look at the development of the 'dark art' of artillery and in particular Counter Battery fires. Check out the show notes for the podcast for all of the information that we cover in this episode as well as the images and other details that didn't make it into the podcast.

This time on Things Musicians Don't Talk About, we meet Ellie Consta, the founder of Her Ensemble. We talk about the struggles of lockdown, life as a musician, and her growing discomfort with the classical music world as it stands today. These issues together lead her to set up Her Ensemble, the UK's first women and non-binary orchestra, which is taking the classical music scene by storm.Thank you to Ellie for all of the incredibly important work that she is doing, and for speaking to us so honestly and openly.London based violinist, arranger and director Ellie Consta leads an exciting and varied musical career performing in a range of musical genres. Ellie's versatility and diverse range of interests and influences means she appears regularly with world renowned orchestras, ensembles and chamber groups, as well as world class artists and bands. Recent highlights include performing for Louis Tomlinson, Pixie Lott, Tom Walker, Laura Marling, and Jack Savoretti, as well as arranging music for Wilma Archer, Flyte, Litany and Caitlyn Scarlett. Since graduating from the Royal College of Music with a first class Honours MPerf degree, Ellie has been offered contracts with the CBSO and ESO, as well as working regularly with the LPO, Spira Mirabilis, Britten Sinfonia, the 12 Ensemble, United Strings of Europe and leading Guy Barker's Big Band. She was also a member of the European Union Youth Orchestra for four years and is currently on trial for a sub-principal position with the BBC Symphony Orchestra. Most recently, Ellie founded Her Ensemble, the UK's first women and non-binary orchestra who made their debut this month at Battersea Arts Centre. Since forming in November 2020, the group have already recorded a feature film score for BBC Scotland, performed alongside Pixie Lott and LITANY and been featured by The Strad, Scala Radio and Help Musician's UK. 

Paula interviews world-renowned jazz guitarist and bassist, Fred Thelonius Baker.  Fred was a student at Birmingham School of Music (now Royal Birmingham Conservatoire) from 1979, and studied composition with Andrew Downes. Andrew went on to invite Fred to teach at Birmingham Conservatoire in 1989, which led to Fred being a major part of Andrew's new School of Composition and Creative Studies from the early 90s. Fred has been a permanent teacher/lecturer in accoustic and bass guitar there ever since. In the mid 90s, Andrew composed his Concerto for Guitar, Electric Bass Guitar and Strings for Fred playing Electric Bass with Simon Dinnigan playing Acoustic Guitar. They recorded it for CD in 1999 with string players from the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Fred and Simon also arranged Downes' Piano Sonatina, Movement 2 for Electric Bass and Acoustic Guitar and also recorded this for the CD. All of these works are played throughout the episode. More information on the works and the CD can be found here: https://www.andrewdownes.com/Soloists-with-Orchestra.html#GUITARSTRINGS Fred Thelonious Baker is a Jazz guitarist and bassist from the English village of Tibshelf, Derbyshire. Born in 1960, Fred was given a ukulele when he was four by his father. Indeed, Fred's parents were a major influence in the beginning of his musical journey. A year later, he was given his first guitar and went on to learn the Classical guitar. During his mid-teens, Fred also began an interest in the bass guitar, an instrument with which he has since become synonymous. After studying at Chesterfield College, Fred went on to study at Birmingham School of Music (now Conservatoire) where he gained a GBSM and ABSM in teaching and performance. Around this time, at the invitation of Sir John Dankworth and Cleo Laine, Fred began teaching at Wavendon All Music Summer School. Since then, Fred has taught and given masterclasses at many universities, music colleges and music Summer schools including Guildhall School of Music & Drama, Berkeley College of Music, USA, St Petersburg Conservatory, Russia, London Brunel, Huddersfield, Sheffield, and Derby Universities. Since 1989, he has been a permanent teacher/lecturer in acoustic and bass guitar at Birmingham Conservatoire. Fred has performed all over the world as a session musician and soloist with a variety of musicians and ensembles including Courtney Pine, Nigel Kennedy, Billy Cobham, the CBSO, Fairport Convention, Robert Wyatt, Harry Beckett, Horace Parlan, Soft Machine, John Etheridge, Pip Pyle, Ric Sanders, Karen Street, Joe Sachse, Tony Levin, Phil Bates, Clive Bunker, Elton Dean, Simon Dinnigan, Geoff Eales, Liam Genocky and Phil Miller. As both a jazz guitarist and bassist, Fred has appeared extensively on many recordings. "Spinal Tap" from his solo accoustic guitar CD, Life Suite, will be played on this episode. Fred is currently working on the legacy of the late Phil Miller: https://philmillerthelegacy.com  

In this bonus episode of The Culture Bar podcast, we are sharing something a little bit different with you; a compilation of responses to a special bonus question we asked some of our guests from previous episodes. We asked this post-interview question: ‘How will technology influence arts and culture?'. These informative, insightful ideas, predictions and thoughts have been edited together so you can hear how music and arts experts think digital and tech will impact the sector, and what this might look like.   You will hear opinions from: Professor Anatol Lieven of Georgetown University in Qatar, from our first episode ‘The Green New Deal and the Arts', thinking about technology in the context of architecture, sustainability and public spaces. Arts development and fundraising experts Diana Williams, Simon Fairclough from CBSO, and Charlotte Appleyard from Royal Academy of Arts appeared in our second episode ‘Sponsorship in a Pandemic', and talked about the need for a blended approach of live and digital. Guests Nadia Race Director of International Engagement at the British Museum, Roy Luxford Planning and Operations Director from Edinburgh International Festival and Rafi Gokay-Wol Director of Touring at HarrisonParrott talked in-depth about technology and culture in episode Number 3 'International Cultural Exchange', and gave us an international perspective on tech and the arts. Our fourth podcast ‘Tech, COVID and the Future' was exactly about this topic and explored in-depth by Till Janczukowicz from Idagio, Ben Hogwood from Naxos, and Silvia Pietrosanti from Pentatone, and provided insights into how tech gives greater access to new audiences and breaks down barriers. Choral experts Paul Evans, Canon of Ely Cathedral, Sofi Jeannin Chief Conductor BBC Singers and Music Director of the Maîtrise de Radio France, and Tido Visser Artistic Director of Netherlands Chamber Choir from episode Number 5 'How can sacred music be relevant in a secular society?' discussed how we need to increasingly think about music as a visual medium.  Finally, in episode Number 10 ‘Oil & Water: Can Art and Digital Mix?' mixed media artist Laura Hendricks and Assistant Art Gallery Curator Wells Fray-Smith from Whitechapel Gallery reflected on how technology can help communicate artworks to audiences.  The Culture Bar is a podcast series created by HarrisonParrott focussing on conversations in culture and the arts. Find us on Spotify, iTunes, Google Podcasts, YouTube, Podbean, Deezer, Stitcher, Pocket Casts and all good podcatcher sites. Use #theculturebar or follow us on Twitter @_TheCultureBar to keep up with our latest releases. A special thank you to Robert Cochrane as the composer of the theme tune music, and Merlyn Thomas our editor.

After quite a few requests from listeners as to when I might interview myself, to celebrate the podcast reaching Episode 50, I asked CBSO Chorus Director, Simon Halsey, to interview me instead. Simon and I discussed what it means to be "part of the CBSO furniture", I am frank and honest about some of my early conducting trips away from the UK and I tell the complete story about standing in for Andris Nelsons at very short notice and how that led to an extremely memorable concert with Jonas Kaufmann in Baden Baden! If you would like to financially support the podcast, why not subscribe at https://www.patreon.com/amiconthepodium, and for a monthly fee starting from just £5 a month, you can access two new series of interviews, group Zoom meeting with other fans of the podcast and myself, a monthly bulletin about the podcast and my own career as well as articles and much more. Alternatively, if you would prefer to make a one-off donation, go to https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/a-mic-on-the-podium and any donation you make will be greatly appreciated and help the podcast live on into the future. This interview was recorded on 11th September 2020 via Zoom.

Dr John Rigby studied orchestral conducting at the University of Huddersfield and the Royal Northern College of Music. He gained his PhD from King's College London having researched the cultural resonances of Franz Lehár's ‘Berlin' operettas during the Weimar Republic. He also holds an honorary Doctor of Arts from Edge Hill University in recognition of his work in musical theatre and conducting.As a musical supervisor his credits include: JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT (Palladium); SCHOOL OF ROCK (London, US Tour, Australia, Korea); THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (25th Anniversary UK and US Tours); JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR (World Arena Tour & DVD); LES MISERABLES (Korea); MISS SAIGON (London, cinema release & DVD); THE PRODUCERS (UK Tour) and THE KING AND I (UK Tour). As a musical director his West End credits include: Christopher Wheeldon's AN AMERICAN IN PARIS (Dominion & cinema release) BEAUTIFUL AND DAMNED (Lyric); THE DROWSY CHAPERONE (Novello); THE KING AND I (Palladium); THE LAST EMPRESS (Apollo, Hammersmith); MARGUERITE (Theatre Royal, Haymarket); LES MISÉRABLES (Palace & Queens); THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (Her Majesty's); PETER PAN (Savoy); THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE (Savoy); THE PRODUCERS (Theatre Royal, Drury Lane) and SINATRA (Palladium). Additionally, he was musical director for the German productions of MISS SAIGON (Stuttgart) and STARLIGHT EXPRESS (Bochum). He also recently conducted and supervised the workshops for Andrew Lloyd Webber's 2018 reworking of STARLIGHT EXPRESS at The Other Palace, London.His opera credits include: Judith Weir's THE BLACK SPIDER(Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival); CARMEN JONES (Royal Festival Hall); CAROUSEL (Opera North); DIE FLEDERMAUS (Opera Holland Park); MADAMA BUTTERFLY (Lyric Opera, Dublin); and most recently CHESS (English National Opera).John is extremely active on the concert platform as both a conductor and presenter and the numerous orchestras he has worked with include: the Berliner Symphoniker, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC Concert Orchestra, City of London Sinfonia, CBSO, Dublin Concert Orchestra, Hallé Orchestra, Ulster Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, London Concert Orchestra, Manchester Concert Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, RSNO, Scottish Concert Orchestra, RTÉ Concert Orchestra, RTÉ Symphony Orchestra and the orchestras of both Welsh National Opera and Opera North. He has appeared as a conductor of BBC Radio 2's FRIDAY NIGHT IS MUSIC NIGHT and is also conductor of the famous CLASSICAL SPECTAUCULAR concerts for Raymond Gubbay. He recently conducted the sell-out concerts of 2 CELLOS at the London Palladium and the Royal Albert Hall, as well as ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER'S 70th BIRTHDAY CONCERT with the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra.Future plans include supervising the Russian premiere of CHESS in Moscow in October 2020, Andrew Lloyd Webber's new musical, CINDERELLA, which will open in London in spring 2021, and the return of JOSEPH to the London Palladium in summer 2021.He has been awarded an honorary Doctor of Arts from Edge Hill University in recognition of his work in musical theatre and conducting.

It’s Episode 40 and Seb and Verity return to their orchestral roots this week to chat to viola player and presenter Amy Thomas. Amy has been a member of the CBSO since 2009 and during #lockdown1 she turned her hand to presenting a series of behind the scenes videos for the orchestra. She is also a member of the Stringcredibles Quartet who specialise in performing, training and running protects for young people.Conversation covers trialling for orchestras (both as trialer and trialist) and lockdown videos with her trumpeter husband, Alan Thomas. Think high production value, tense moments and a rug on the kitchen table with baked bean tins giving the illusion of movement!Amy talks about her extensive costume habit; on stage, in the lockdown videos, and running dressed as full banana. They also discuss their love/hate relationships with YouTube including Dan TDM, Stampy Cat, and an old man painting his fence. Seb and Verity ask Amy about her behind the scenes interviews and quizzes, discovering a disturbing fact about Simon Rattle along the way. They give her a taste of her own medicine with a quick fire quiz which she is disappoingly good at!Email the show at: threeinabar@gmail.com!SUPPORT THREE IN A BAR ON PATREONThis Show is purely funded by our patrons. Join our Members’ Club for a bonus podcast feed plus many more rewards.Click here: https://www.patreon.com/threeinabarMEZZO PIANO PATRONSLeonie HirstAnita PhilpottLinksInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/amy_everestTwitter: https://www.twitter.com/amyeverest/CBSO: https://cbso.co.uk/The Stringcredibles: https://www.thestringcredibles.com/Weinburg Symphony No. 3: https://open.spotify.com/album/0ypDENHRVMeYalGof0C6NY?si=vLAm0bw2Sra2x8M_fhzZLwStampy Cat: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uD683DmkCkwTo sponsor the CBSO runners in their challenge, raising money for Help Musicians Charity use this link: https://www.justgiving.com/team/CBSO Click here to join the Members' Club on Patreon! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Sakari Oramo has been a friend since he became the Music Director of the CBSO in 1998. We reminisced about his 10 years in Birmingham and found out what "Bluffer's Guide" he wished had been written to prepare him for his time in the UK and I found out who called him "a terrible goose"! Two friends catching up and chatting about the past, the present and the future....

durée : 01:28:57 - Le CBSO et Simon Rattle : la musique en fête à Birmingham (5/5) - par : François-Xavier Szymczak - « Last, but not least » : le dernier épisode de notre série, mais pas le moindre ! - réalisé par : Céline Parfenoff

durée : 01:28:11 - Le CBSO et Simon Rattle : la musique en fête à Birmingham (4/5) - par : François-Xavier Szymczak - En 1990, Sir Simon Rattle fête les dix ans de son mandat à la tête du CBSO - réalisé par : Céline Parfenoff

durée : 01:28:54 - Le CBSO et Simon Rattle : la musique en fête à Birmingham (3/5) - par : François-Xavier Szymczak - A mi-mandat, l’année 1990 fut exceptionnelle pour Sir Simon Rattle et le CBSO. - réalisé par : Céline Parfenoff

durée : 01:29:02 - Le CBSO et Simon Rattle : la musique en fête à Birmingham (2/5) - par : François-Xavier Szymczak - Suite et fin des années 80, toujours en compagnie de l’Orchestre Symphonique de la Ville de Birmingham et de son directeur musical, devenu en 1987 « Sir » Simon Rattle. - réalisé par : Céline Parfenoff

durée : 01:29:27 - Le CBSO et Simon Rattle : la musique en fête à Birmingham (1/5) - par : François-Xavier Szymczak - Les anglophones l’appellent CBSO (City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra), et le 5 septembre 1920 Sir Edward Elgar dirigeait le tout premier concert de cette formation à laquelle nous consacrons cette semaine d’Arabesques. - réalisé par : Céline Parfenoff

Paula Downes reads her Grandfather and Andrew Downes' father Frank's book, Around the Horn, which tells the story of the Classical Music Industry from the point of view of a professional Horn player. Born 1921, died 2005, his fascinating orchestral career spanned the demise of the silent cinema, municipal seaside orchestras, the RAF Central band during World War II, orchestral playing in pre and post-war Britain, and the rise towards a Royal title for the Birmingham Conservatoire. Chapter 3 tells of the declaration of World War II, his first gig with the now CBSO, working with Adrian Boult and Malcom Sargent, air raids and fear. This episode ends with Andrew Downes' Symphony No.2, 1st movement since it depicts the fear and melancholy Frank experienced during this terrifying period. There are also sections that sound like air raids and bombs with angular strings, wailing ostinatos and loud percussion; and there is a sense of hope in parts, which depicts the excitement of performing such great music alongside such great musicians.

A nosy trombonist (Melissa Brown) chats to other brass professionals about their careers, how they got there and what music they'd happily put in the bin. In this episode our first French horn guest, Elspeth Dutch tells us about how her musical career started with a violin, about her job with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and what she'd play if she didn't play the horn. All episodes recorded during COVID-19 lockdown via video call programmes. There are occasional technical glitches - please bear with us! Facebook: Bold as Brass Podcast Instagram: @boldasbrasspodcast Submit Q&A questions via Facebook, Instagram and LibSyn! Show artwork: Stuart Crane Music credit: Upbeat Forever by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5011-upbeat-forever License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

In this episode, we'll be hearing from Michael Seal, Associate Conductor of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, and now, podcaster. Michael has been creating a new podcast over the lockdown period called A Mic on the Podium. This is a series of fascinating conversations with his conductor colleagues, in which they openly discuss their journey into music, the art of conducting and their experiences of the profession. Check it out! We discuss the inspiration behind Michael's podcast and what he's been doing during this free time. We also learn about his background as a violinist and conductor, and hear some of his thoughts on the craft of conducting. Michael offers some really useful advice to young conductors towards the end of this discussion. Many thanks to Michael for talking especially for this podcast! Published 7th July 2020; interview recorded 12th June 2020. michaelseal.com amiconthepodium.podbean.com Michael Seal is the Associate Conductor of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (CBSO), a unique appointment which recognises his work as Assistant Conductor, and the special relationship he has built with the orchestra. His in-depth knowledge of orchestras from an insider's position (he was a violinist with the CBSO early in his career) gives him a unique perspective and he quickly builds rapport and trust with the orchestras he works with. His energy and enthusiasm are infectious and he has built a reputation for outstanding results, delivered with great charm and often on a typically British tight rehearsal schedule. Michael has worked with many of the UK's finest orchestras, frequently being invited as guest conductor with the BBC orchestras and Royal Liverpool Philharmonic orchestras, as well as the Academy of St.Martin in the Fields, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra and Ulster Orchestra. Internationally, he has conducted the Brussels Philharmonic, Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, KBS Symphony Orchestra, Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Odense Symphony Orchestra, Joensuu City Orchestra, Orquesta Académica del Instituto Superior de Arte del Teatro Colón, Orquesta Filarmónica de Buenos Aires and both RTÉ Concert and National Symphony Orchestras. Michael has a special bond with the CBSO Youth Orchestra, conducting them on numerous occasions, and being involved with them since their foundation. His love of opera led to critically acclaimed performances of Puccini’s Il Trittico at the Birmingham Conservatoire. He has also assisted both Sakari Oramo and Andris Nelsons in opera performances of Peter Grimes, Carmen, Der Rosenkavalier, Lohengrin, Tristan & Isolde and The Flying Dutchman. He recently made his debut with the Malaysian Philharmonic, Trondheim Symphony and WDR Funkhausorchester, as well as returning to RLPO, LPO, RSNO, Buenos Aires Philharmonic and Bournemouth Symphony Orchestras. He will also play an integral role in celebrating the 100th birthday of the CBSO in 2020/21.

Joining David today is Monday's LIOF Live recitalist, Sean Montgomery. Following studies at Salisbury Cathedral and the Royal Academy of Music, Sean joined the music technology industry and is now European Product Director for the Roland Europe Group. We hear about Roland's role in developing MIDI, as well as Sean's guest appearance with a prog rock band and the CBSO in Birmingham's Symphony Hall!

The young British conductor, Alpesh Chauhan, was born and raised in Birmingham where he was first spotted and nurtured by the CBSO. I find out how those early days shaped his career, what he learned from talking to orchestral players and why rehearsing in a second language can sometimes be rather embarrassing!

I've long been fascinated with the classical music world, every since I was poleaxed by the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra under Simon Rattle. So it was always been an ambition of mine to sit down with a classical musician and get some perspective for the Lives in Music series. I owe a debt of gratitude to a great Birmingham muso, R. John Webb (aka Ryan Webb, late of Rhino and the Ranters), who suggested I talk to... Foxy. Foxy is a pal of his from Moseley, the proudly boho part of Brum.   'Foxy who?' I ask. 'Oh, I don't know his real name. But he's Classical' says Ryan.  'That can cover a lot of things. Which orchestra?' say I. 'Oh, the Rattle one' came the reply. That started my pursuit. In due course we met up in one of Moseley's nicer coffee joints and talked for hours. Clearly, I was being sized up. But in due course, Foxy, who will absolutely not tell me why he has that nickname, agreed to be interviewed. And the result is what you have here. Very precise detail is what Mark goes for.  We covered an enormous range of topics. But as always in this series, if you put forty or fifty years into your craft, then you have the stories and experience. The conversation gave me a chance to look at the life of a musician in a BIG outfit. Orchestras can run to 90 or more, so touring a band like that is a bit more than assembling a road crew. The logistics must be a nightmare.  The Prince of Wales in Moseley, Birmingham has played a considerable part in this podcast episode. The Prince is a Moseley musicians' watering hole, with a long history of live music, and in whose snug we captured most of the conversation. Mark made mention of a benefit which took place in 2005. This was for the legendary Steve Ajao, who is still playing now, and whose podcast episode is here. I am indebted to Reed Alan, who filmed part of the benefit performance, and who has kindly allowed me to embed a video clip in the companion blog post for this podcast episode. Head here to watch the clip of Foxy, some 15 years ago, live in the beer garden, playing for Steve.  The Lives in Music podcasts celebrates people who have spent a lifetime in music. They may be famous; they may be people who have spent their lives working in the background for the love of it. But they all have stories. The intro and outro music in this series comes from the great bass player Mike Hatton, who you can hear interviewed in series 1, here. 'Everything Changes' is included in his excellent 2019 album 'Bassic Salvation'.  Subscribe! Subscribe to the Podcast through your podcast host to automatically download each episode to your chosen device. These will then land with you first, before everyone else hears about it.  If you would prefer email updates each time a podcast episode (or blog post) is published, you can subscribe to the mailing list. Head here and scroll down to the signup form.    

"Piccolo playing is a piece of cake providing you have the diaphragm control, technique and ability to control your embouchure.." In 'Talking Flutes' this week, Clare talks via Skype from her home in Hove, Sussex to Janet Richardson, Principal Piccolo of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Janet has worked with orchestras throughout the country including BBC Symphony Orchestra, RPO, Philharmonia Orchestra, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, CBSO, RLPO, BBCSSO, SCO, BSO, Scottish Opera. Her performances have included regular appearances on television, Radio 3, Classic FM and multiple CD recordings with RSNO and multiple concerto performances such as Vivaldi piccolo concerto with RSNO in 2005, Bach Brandenburg 4 in 2004 and Mozart flute and harp with Edinburgh Symphony Orchestra 1990. In addition to teaching on degree courses at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland since 1992 Janet Richardson has delivered masterclasses around the UK and also in Europe. With an upbringing in Oldham, close to Manchester, Janet began her flute studies with Trevor Wye while reading for her degree at University of Lancaster. Postgraduate study at RNCM led to piccolo tuition from Pat Morris which rapidly led to invitations from orchestras in the North West of England, Scotland and London. From this point her performing emphasis shifted to piccolo and to the post of Principal Piccolo with Royal Scottish National Orchestra in 1984.  'Talking Flutes' and 'Talking Flutes Extra' are podcast productions by the TJ flute company.  For more information www.trevorjamesflutes.com  

In this episode of the BBC Music Magazine podcast we introduce our August issue, which stars the great Italian opera composer Giacomo Puccini. A stunning new recording of Weinberg symphonies is our Recording of the Month, and we also give you a taster of your free cover CD, featuring works by Ravel, Debussy and Lili Boulanger. It's been a busy month in the world of news, and we bring you details about BBC Cardiff Singer of the World and new initiatives from the CBSO and Tanglewood. Plus we bring along three of our favourite new recordings to share. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Donald Macleod is in conversation with Thea Musgrave as she celebrates her 90th birthday. Donald and Thea begin by discussing her dream of becoming a composer, and the dreams that have inspired her works. Born in Edinburgh, Thea left her medical degree for music, winning a composition prize which took her to Paris to study with Nadia Boulanger. A dream about a subversive clarinettist helped formed the idea for her breakthrough commission from the CBSO, the Concerto for Orchestra. They talk about her early electronic experimentation, and her idea of the dramatic abstract, where she experiments with spatial configurations of players and acoustic possibilities. Thea is also one of Britain’s most prolific living opera composers, bringing to the stage stories of figures like Mary Queen of Scots, Harriet Tubman, and Simón Bolívar. In 1970 she was offered the post of Guest Professor at the University of California at Santa Barbara and has lived and made her life as a composer in the States ever since. Donald asks her about her approach to teaching and encouraging young composers. They look at the importance of visual art in Thea’s life and imagination, leading to significant compositions inspired by Edward Hopper and J. M. W. Turner. Finally, Thea reflects on the continuing pleasure she derives from composing, as well as her on-going friendships with players, and she stresses the vital part that music plays in all of our lives. Music featured: Driving in the Highlands (Excursions for piano duet) Four Madrigals Rorate Coeli Impromptu for flute and oboe Concerto for Orchestra Niobe for oboe and pre-recorded tape Concerto for horn and orchestra Wild Winter I The Peace Chorus (Mary Queen of Scots, Act 1) The Seasons Helios - Concerto for oboe and orchestra On the Underground, Set 2: The Strange and the Exotic Night Windows for oboe and piano Turbulent Landscapes for orchestra On the Underground, Set 1: Sometimes Songs for a Winter’s Evening Two’s Company – a concerto for percussion and orchestra Presenter: Donald Macleod Producer: Rosie Boulton for BBC Wales For full tracklistings, including artist and recording details, and to listen to the pieces featured in full (for 30 days after broadcast) head to the series page for Thea Musgrave: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0000kg9 And you can delve into the A-Z of all the composers we’ve featured on Composer of the Week here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/3cjHdZlXwL7W41XGB77X3S0/composers-a-to-z

Chris Roe joins us in our final episode of series one to chat about his life as a film, television and advertising composer.  We also chat about what concerts we’ve been to and various things we’ve been up to as summer winds down (may include copious amounts of Mario Kart), as well as concluding with a rather juvenile weird gig.  Thank you for your support throughout our first series, and please stay tuned for series two!   Mentioned in this episode:   Chris Roe’s website with showreel and #Friday50: http://chrisroemusic.com/ https://www.facebook.com/chrisroemusic/   Bernstein’s On The Town at the BBC Proms: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0bhj9g9   Spitfire documentary: http://www.spitfiredocumentary.com/   Pianist Yulianna Avdeeva’s concerts with The Hallé and CBSO: https://www.avdeevapiano.com/index.php/concerts-20.html   Warsaw International Festival of Contemporary Music: https://warsawtour.pl/events/61st-international-festival-of-contemporary-music-warsaw-autumn/   Prom 47 feat. Venables’ Venables Plays Bartok: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0bf4kvq   Useful forums for film composers: https://shootingpeople.org https://www.mandy.com/jobs/uk/crew   MU Wikipedia edit-a-thon for Women Composers: https://www.musiciansunion.org.uk/Home/Events/2018/Sep/Wikipedia-Edit-a-Thon-to-Highlight-Women-Composers   Children of the Snowland screening: https://sl.fievent.com/e/children-of-the-snowland-screening-and-q-a/17753923   The Multi-Story Orchestra plays Schumann’s second symphony and Living Programme Notes: https://www.multi-story.org.uk/events/

Recorded at Barbican, Jon Jacob is joined by pianist and composer Andrew James Johnson, and author, coach and art lover Debs Henry-Pollard for a conversation spanning piano lessons, Wagner and the CBSO. Andy's new album Winter's Heart is out now and available via Spotify. Show Notes Breakfast: bacon and spinach Introductions Andy’s CBSO work experience Orchestral manager job interview Marin Alsop’s womens conductors masterclass Audience members with conductors scores How does the music make you feel? Andy’s piano teacher The Tristan chord Budapest Opera Festival Comprehensive vs. Grammar School Andy’s new album: The Winter’s Heart Which composer would you want to have met? What one disc would you fight to keep? Cultural Recommendation: V&A Ocean Liner’s Exhibition Cultural Recommendation: Bluthner Piano Day, 29 March 2018 Andy’s first piano

Stephen Maddock OBE is the CEO of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. After 19 years as the CEO, you'd think there's not much Stephen hasn't seen but he explains the uncertainty of leading a world-class orchestra that relies on a mix of government funding (which has been slashed in the last few years), charitable donations and commercial income.

Stephen Maddock OBE is the CEO of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. After 19 years as the CEO, you’d think there’s not much Stephen hasn’t seen but he explains the uncertainty of leading a world-class orchestra that relies on a mix of government funding (which has been slashed in the last few years), charitable donations and commercial income.

Recorded at Barbican, Jon Jacob is joined by pianist and composer Andrew James Johnson, and author, coach and art lover Debs Henry-Pollard for a conversation spanning piano lessons, Wagner and the CBSO. Andy's new album Winter's Heart is out now and available via Spotify. **Show Notes** Breakfast: bacon and spinach Introductions Andy’s CBSO work experience Orchestral manager job interview Marin Alsop’s womens conductors masterclass Audience members with conductors scores How does the music make you feel? Andy’s piano teacher The Tristan chord Budapest Opera Festival Comprehensive vs. Grammar School Andy’s new album: The Winter’s Heart Which composer would you want to have met? What one disc would you fight to keep? Cultural Recommendation: V&A Ocean Liner’s Exhibition Cultural Recommendation: Bluthner Piano Day, 29 March 2018 Andy’s first piano

I programmet diskuteras bl.a. musik av John Pickard, blockflöjter med Venedig-anknytning, pianomusik av Tjajkovskij samt Elgars oratorium Gerontius dröm med Barenboim på pulten. Måns väljer Cluytens. Söndag den 24 sept 12.00 14.00 I panelen David Björkman, Evabritt Selén och Tony Lundman som tillsammans med programledaren Johan Korssell betygsätter följande skivor: PETER TJAJKOVSKIJ Pianosonat nr 2 G-dur, Årstiderna Nikolai Lugansky, piano Naïve AM 215  RECORDARE VENEZIA Musik av bl.a. Vivaldi, Marini och Galuppi Barokkanerne Ingeborg Christophersen, flöjt LAWO LWC 1114 JOHN PICKARD Symfoni nr 5, Sixteen Sunrises, Concertante Variations, Toccata BBCs walesiska symfoniorkester Martyn Brabbins, dirigent Bis BIS 2261  EDWARD ELGAR Gerontius dröm Catherine Wyn-Rogers, Andrew Staples, Thomas Hampson Staatsopernchor, Berlin, RIAS Kammerchor, Staatskapelle, Berlin Daniel Barenboim, dirigent Decca 483 1585 Referensen - Elgar: Johan jämför med och refererar till en inspelning där Benjamin Britten dirigerar Londons symfoniorkester. Solister: Yvonne Minton, Peter Pears och John Shirley Quirk tillsammans med Kings College Choir och Londons symfoniska kör. Skivmärke Decca. Måns val Måns Tengnér väljer och spelar valda delar ur en box som innehåller 65 CD, The Complete Orchestral Recordings, med dirigenten André Cluytens alla inspelningar utom opera. Utgiven på Erato.  Andra i programmet nämnda eller rekommenderade inspelningar: Vivaldis Il gardellino med Matheus-ensemblen ledd av Jean-Christophe Spinosi samt med flöjtisten Maurice Steger tillsammans med Il Barocchisti på Claves. Tjajkovskijs Årstiderna med Michail Pletnjov på Virgin Classics. Elgars Gerontius dröm med Sarah Connolly m.fl och BBCs kör- och symfoniorkester ledda av Andrew Davis på Chandos; Janet Baker m.fl. tillsammans med bl.a. Hallé-orkestern och kör allt under John Barbirolli på EMI; med bl.a. Gladys Ripley, Huddersfield Choral Society  och Liverpools filharmoniker allt under Malcolm Sargent på Testament; Helen Watts m.fl. samt Londons filharmoniska kör och New Philharmonia orchestra dirigerade av Adrian Boult på EMI; Jane Irwin m.fl, Birminghams symfoniska kör- och symfoniorkester ledda av Sakari Oramo på CBSO samt med bl.a. Yvonne Minton, Londons symfoniska kör- och symfoniorkester allt under Benjamin Britten på London (Referensen). Inget Svep denna vecka

Tom Service asks conductor Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla about her plans for the City of Birmingham Orchestra, looks at the slave trade with composer Thierry Pécou, and explores the rarely-performed opera-oratorio, Le vin herbé. Tom visits Symphony Hall to talk to the exciting young conductor Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla about her ambitions for the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and music education in Birmingham. He also discusses the challenges faced by the CBSO with Chief Executive Stephen Maddock following recent funding cuts from Birmingham City Council, plus an update from Julian Lloyd-Webber, Principal of the Birmingham Conservatoire, on the progress of their cutting-edge new building which is due to open its doors to students in September this year. Tom also talks to the French composer, Thierry Pécou, about Outre-mémoire, written for his friend, the pianist Alexandre Tharaud, which delves into the heavy history of the Carribbean island of Martinique and its slave trade, from where Pécou's own family is descended. Plus, as Welsh National Opera prepare to stage a performance of the rarely-performed opera-oratorio, Le vin herbé, Tom finds out why this work was pivotal in the compositional career of its creator, the Swiss composer Frank Martin, and puts forward a case for why we should hear more from this unique voice of 20th Century music. He talks to Nigel Simeone, who is an expert champion of Frank Martin's music, plus the director and conductor of Welsh National Opera's production of Le vin herbé, Polly Graham and James Southall.

Youtube | Droid podcast | iTunes podcast | Direct link In this Wee Chat, which took place backstage at the great Philharmonic Hall of Liverpool, Alison talks to Mike Seal, who is an Associate Conductor for the CBSO (the prestigious City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra), and he also conducts for other top orchestras. Mike talks about how he gets the most from his players, how he helps them feel more confident, what […] The post Wee Chat with Mike Seal, conductor appeared first on Wee Chats With Brilliant People.

Rising star conductor Andrew Gourlay on picking up tips from Claudio Abbado as trombonist in the Mahler Jugendorchester, conducting CBSO and his appointment as Music Director at Orquesta Sinfonica de Castilla y Leon

Violinisten och kontratenoren Dmitri Sinkovsky både sjunger och spelar Vivaldi, BBC:s kör och orkester framför musik av E. Elgar och Sofia Nyblom möter den georgiska violinisten Lisa Batiashvili. I panelen sitter Bengt Forsberg, David Björkman och Johanna Paulsson som tillsammans med programledaren Johan Korssell betygsätter följande skivor:SINKOVSKY PLAYS AND SINGS VIVALDI De fyra årstiderna, Cessate omai cessate, kantat Dmitri Sinkovsky, violin, countertenor och dirigent La Voce Strumentale Naïve OP 30559EDWARD ELGAR Gerontius dröm, Sea Pictures Sarah Connolly, Stuart Skelton, David Soar BBCs Symfoniorkester och kör Andrew Davis, dirigent Chandos CHSA 5140SERGEJ PROKOFJEV ARAM CHATJATURIAN Pianokonserter Nareh Arghamanyan, piano Berlin-radions symfoniorkester Alain Altinoglu, dirigent Pentatone PTC 5186 510ANDRZEJ & ROXANNA PANUFNIK Stråkkvartetter nr 1, 2, 3 m.m. Brodsky-kvartetten Chandos CHAN 10839Sofia möter Lisa Batiashvili Sofia Nyblom träffade den georgiska violinisten Lisa Batiashvili under hennes Stockholms-besök i november då hon framträdde som solist i Sibelius violinkonsert tillsammans med Kungl filharmonikerna.Andra nämnda eller rekommenderade inspelningar- Andrzej Panufniks och Witold Lutoslawskis  stråkkvartetter som jämförelse med Tippett-kvartetten på Naxos. - Andrzej och Roxanna Panufniks musik på samma utgåva, solopianomusik inspelad på Bis. - Prokofjevs tredje pianokonsert med Martha Argerich tillsammans med Berlins filharmoniker och dirigenten Claudio Abbado på DG; Lang Lang och Berlins filharmoniker dirigerade av Simon Rattle på Sony; Alexander Thoradze tillsammans med Mariinsky-teaterns orkester ledda av Valerij Gergijev på Decca. - Chatjaturians pianokonsert med pianisten Alicia de Larrocha och Londons filharmoniker  under Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos på Decca; Moura Lympany och Philharmonia Orchestra ledda av Walter Süsskind på Decca samt med William Kapell som solist tillsammans med Bostons symfoniorkester under ledning av Sergej Koussevitsky på Dutton. - Elgars The dream of Gerontius med solister och Londons symfoniorkester allt under Benjamin Britten på Decca; bl a tenoren Jon Vickers RAIs symfoniorkester, Rom dirigerade av John Barbirolli på skivmärket Archipel; bl a Janet Baker och Halléorkestern under John Barbirolli på EMI samt bl a tenoren Justin Lavender och Birminghams symfoniorkester ledda av Sakari Oramo på CBSO.

Option Block 353: Crazy Combos and the Great Open Interest Debate Trading Block:  A volatile day on the street - S&P got as low as 1952. VIX cash ticking up nearly one handle. Gold a big mover today - to the delight of Uncle Mike Tosaw. It's time for the Trading Patterns guessing game again - this time with GLD!  Lumber Liquidators (LL) gets crushed, down over 20% today. Options volume already 10x ADV on new that they are cutting 2014 earnings outlook. Sprecher calls for market-wide purge for order types. Chicago Fed joins the HFT conversation calling for curbs.  Odd Block: Calls roll in Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO), closing combos trade in CBS Outdoor Americas Inc. (CBSO), call buyers trade in Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. (GT), dividend trade calls trade in Freeport McMoRan Copper (FCX) Xpress Block: A reminder at IdeaHub for futures is out. Please be aware that firms are trying to rein in exposure fees.  Mail Block: Listener questions and comments Question from Nico Belle: Am I correct in assuming that open interest refers to the number of contracts that are available for exercise on a particular strike and not just the trading volume seen on the strike? Question from Rick: What does the term spot refer to? Also how is change calculated? These terms are used with unusual activity. Thank you, Rick Question from T Jon: Hey all stars - great show Mark and the gang. Please say hi to Uncle Mike, the rock lobster and the viceroy for me. I enjoy all of their segments including the strategy block. On a recent episode Uncle Mike referred to selling put spreads to help finance the cost of a longer term put. Can he explain his methodology for this strategy - if he buys a six month ATM put is he also selling ATM put spreads against it for a straight up calendar? Or is he selling OTM put spreads and going for diagonals? What frequency is he doing this on - weekly? Monthly? Does he ever combine the short put (spreads) with a short covered call essentially turning it into a long term put vs a short term strangle (plus)? Question for viceroy as well - what is your favorite question you've ever been asked at one of your seminars? Mark - thanks again for this great show. Your network will always have a home on my iPhone. Around the Block: On Thursday: weekly jobless claims, May wholesale inventories as well as Fed talk: Stanley Fischer, Vice Chair of the Fed Reserve, gives his first speech (financial reform in Cambridge, MA) and KC Fed President Esther George (economy and monetary policy in Oklahoma). Problems in Portugal: parent of Portuguese banks delayed payments on some short-term debt.  

Option Block 353: Crazy Combos and the Great Open Interest Debate Trading Block:  A volatile day on the street - S&P got as low as 1952. VIX cash ticking up nearly one handle. Gold a big mover today - to the delight of Uncle Mike Tosaw. It's time for the Trading Patterns guessing game again - this time with GLD!  Lumber Liquidators (LL) gets crushed, down over 20% today. Options volume already 10x ADV on new that they are cutting 2014 earnings outlook. Sprecher calls for market-wide purge for order types. Chicago Fed joins the HFT conversation calling for curbs.  Odd Block: Calls roll in Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO), closing combos trade in CBS Outdoor Americas Inc. (CBSO), call buyers trade in Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. (GT), dividend trade calls trade in Freeport McMoRan Copper (FCX) Xpress Block: A reminder at IdeaHub for futures is out. Please be aware that firms are trying to rein in exposure fees. Mail Block: Listener questions and comments Question from Nico Belle: Am I correct in assuming that open interest refers to the number of contracts that are available for exercise on a particular strike and not just the trading volume seen on the strike? Question from Rick: What does the term spot refer to? Also how is change calculated? These terms are used with unusual activity. Thank you, Rick Question from T Jon: Hey all stars - great show Mark and the gang. Please say hi to Uncle Mike, the rock lobster and the viceroy for me. I enjoy all of their segments including the strategy block. On a recent episode Uncle Mike referred to selling put spreads to help finance the cost of a longer term put. Can he explain his methodology for this strategy - if he buys a six month ATM put is he also selling ATM put spreads against it for a straight up calendar? Or is he selling OTM put spreads and going for diagonals? What frequency is he doing this on - weekly? Monthly? Does he ever combine the short put (spreads) with a short covered call essentially turning it into a long term put vs a short term strangle (plus)? Question for viceroy as well - what is your favorite question you've ever been asked at one of your seminars? Mark - thanks again for this great show. Your network will always have a home on my iPhone. Around the Block: On Thursday: weekly jobless claims, May wholesale inventories as well as Fed talk: Stanley Fischer, Vice Chair of the Fed Reserve, gives his first speech (financial reform in Cambridge, MA) and KC Fed President Esther George (economy and monetary policy in Oklahoma). Problems in Portugal: parent of Portuguese banks delayed payments on some short-term debt.