Podcasts about sir mark elder

Fresh from his Prom, Sir Mark Elder (another ex-chorister) reflects on a life with singers and singing, with Eamonn.TRACKLISTING : (1) Vaughan Williams - Mass in G minor; Choir of Canterbury Cathedral / Sidney Campbell (2) Puccini - Eviva! from Le Willis; London Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Mark Elder / Opera Rara Chorus / Brian Mulligan (3) Elgar - Pentecost: "And suddenly" from The Kingdom; Hallé, Sir Mark Elder / Susan Bickley / Hallé Choir (4) James MacMillan - Christmas Oratorio; Tableau I, Chorus 2; London Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Mark Elder / London Philharmonic Choir / Roderick Williams / Lucy Crowe (5) 5) Delius - Herauf, nun herauf from Mass of Life; Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Mark Elder / Edvard Grieg Kor, Collegium Musicum Choir / Bergen Philharmonic ChoirSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/choral-chihuahua. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tom Service talks to Sir Mark Elder about the legacy that he is leaving behind him after 24 years as Music Director at the Hallé Orchestra. He talks to Tom about Charles Hallé and his mission to set up an orchestra for all the people of Manchester, and how his ethos is still central to the orchestra today. Not only has mark Elder evolved the sound of the orchestra and transformed music-making in Manchester, putting generations of choral singers associated with the Hallé centre stage, but he has forged an identity for Hallé as the orchestra to play British music, and particularly the works of Elgar. Mark Elder also talks to Tom about his tenure at English National Opera, and the current funding crises that face music in the UK. As he prepares to step down from the Hallé, he also reflects on how coincidental it is that he should have been destined for Manchester, once the home of his great Uncle. Norman Cocker, who was a well-known organist at the Cathedral there.

When a video emerged of a Greater Manchester Police constable kicking and stamping on a homeless refugee, there was a huge public outcry. Andy Burnham demanded an internal investigation and homelessness charities called it "appalling, unacceptable and degrading". What does this incident tell us about the police's attitudes to the homeless community in Manchester, and what will it take for the authorities to regain the trust of some of society's most vulnerable? Mollie speaks about her reporting on this topic and reveals that Greater Manchester Police still haven't sent their review of their decision-making in the aftermath of this incident to the GMCA.With thanks to The Hallé for sponsoring this week's episode. We're offering our listeners 25% off tickets to the world-class Hallé orchestra's performance of Verdi's Simon Boccanegra at Bridgewater Hall on Thursday 18 April. It's an opera built around intrigue and revenge, featuring abductions, murders in the palace and a plot to overthrow the aristocracy. They will be under the direction of the legendary Sir Mark Elder, providing one of the final chances to see Elder in action before he steps down as Music Director after 24 years. Click here to get your tickets, and make sure to enter themill18 in the promo code box to get 25% off.Recommendations:Months after a violent attack on a homeless man, the police are still trying to rebuild trust, The MillJordan Neely's Death and a Critical Moment in the Homelessness Crisis, The New Yorker Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

If you´ve ever wondered how the silence prior to start the Opening Movement is energized and about the experience of the brief but extreme moving moment between the end of the Final Movement and the first clap of the audience's applause in a performance, you won't dare to miss this episode. Euan Shields is a 25-year-old Japan-born American orchestral conductor and cellist, known for his emotionally charged performances and delightful technical skills. In this episode, the Assistant Conductor under Sir Mark Elder for the Hallé Orchestra and Music Director of the Hallé Youth Orchestra, talks about all the imaginary happening while standing on the podium and about the different experiences resulted from playing cello in an orchestra vs. conducting one. Listen this superb cellist and promising orchestral conductor talk about mentorship and the benefits of being brutally honest, why he exchanged words for feelings when marking his scores, how he prepares a performance as an assistance conductor and how he puts his conviction of music's transformational power to society in motion.

Ja ja, het is afgelopen week Blue Monday geweest, de meest deprimerende dag van het jaar. We hebben wat kleine tegenslagen te verwerken en dus leuke gesprekken en goede muziek nodig om deze maand door te komen. Dat vind je hier gelukkig in deze aflevering allemaal terug met een interview van de gerenommeerde dirigent Sir Mark Elder. Bovendien spreekt onze celebrity Yannick Nezet Seguin een fijn voicebericht voor ons in. - sportblessures- bijna 25 jaar chef-dirigent- feliciteren Janneke Slokkers met nieuwe baanHosted by Springcast, see springcast.fm for privacy information.Stuur uw suggesties en ideeën voor het profiel van de chef-dirigent, of reactie op de podcast naar onderstaand mail adres, of onze socials, schroom niet!Email:reactie@eentoontjelager.nlFacebookInstagramTikTok

Gepresenteerd door: Leonard Evers Radio Filharmonisch Orkest Groot Omroepkoor Sir Mark Elder (dirigent) Benjamin Goodson (koordirigent) Edvard Grieg - Peer Gynt: Suite nr.1 op.46 Frederick Delius - The song of the high hills met Elise van Es (sopraan) en Gerben Houba (tenor) Edward Elgar - In the South op.50 Ralph Vaughan Williams - Toward the unknown region

‘Prelude' is de opmaat naar het AVROTROS Vrijdagconcert! Sir Mark Elder leidt het Radio Filharmonisch Orkest en het Groot Omroepkoor in een vrijwel geheel Brits programma. Daarin, naast werk van Grieg, Vaughan Williams en Elgar, muziek van zijn favoriete componist Delius. Radio Filharmonisch Orkest Groot Omroepkoor Sir Mark Elder (dirigent) Benjamin Goodson (koordirigent) Grieg - Peer Gynt suite nr. 1 Delius - The song of the high hills Elgar - In the South Vaughan Williams - Toward the Unknown Region Gastspreker: sopraan Bobbie Blommesteijn Behind the scenes: solo-trombonist van het Radio Filharmonisch Orkest Tim Ouwejan Meer info & kaarten (https://www.nporadio4.nl/concerten/d1ca5fb2-0ede-4f0b-9fef-2a9810543d1e/sir-mark-elder-in-een-brits-programma) In deze nieuwe podcast vertelt presentator Leonard Evers je iedere week meer over de bijzondere stukken die gaan klinken in TivoliVredenburg én op NPO Klassiek. Dat doet hij samen met verschillende gasten die in de studio aanschuiven. Aan de hand van muziekfragmenten word je warm gemaakt voor de mooie composities die je te wachten staan. Aboneer je nu! Alles over het AVROTROS Vrijdagconcert (https://www.nporadio4.nl/programmas/avrotros-vrijdagconcert) Prelude-Spotifylijst 'Leonards luistertips' (https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0HnaH8gzitGVB6zboIzgbu)

Today on the Oh-My-Geekers podcast, Zeek introduces you to a composer whose music has been forgotten, yet has influenced the most significant musical pieces of the modern era. Meet Gustav Holst, who inspired the movie soundtracks of John Williams and Hans Zimmer. The music in this episode includes: Chopin Mazurka No. 5 in B-Flat Major, Op. 7/1, B.61: No.1 in B-Flat Major Performed by Louis Lortie   Stravinsky: Le Sacre du Printemps, K15: I. Introduction Performed by the Los Angeles Philharmonic R. Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30, TfV 176: I. Also Sprach Zarathustra. Sonnenaufgang Performed by the London Symphony Orchestra   R. Wagner: Die Walküre, WWV86b: Hojotoho! Heiaha! (Remastered 2022) Performed by the Vienna Philharmonic R. Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 3: III. Moderato pesante Performed by Sir Mark Elder, Hallé   G. Holst: Hymns from the Rig Veda, H90, Op. 24: II. Hymn to the Waters Performed by the Toronto Children's Chorus  G. Holst: St Paul's Suite, H118, Op. 29/2: IV. Finale (The Dargason). Performed by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra  G. Holst: The Planets, H125, Op. 32: I. Mars Performed by the London Philharmonic Orchestra   J. Williams: Star Wars Episode 4: A New Hope: Imperial Attack The Return Home Performed by the London Symphony Orchestra  H. Zimmer: Gladiator: The Battle Performed by the Lyndhurst Orchestra --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/oh-my-geekers/message

Scottish composer Helen Grime is this week's guest on Composing Myself, talking to Wise Music Group CEO Dave Holley and Creative Director Gill Graham about her life in and out of music. Melodic motifs on the conversational score today include her formative years studying the oboe, why a first rehearsal is more nerve-wracking than a premiere, experiences at Tanglewood - the summer home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, why passing knowledge forward through teaching and learning is so important, and the nature of inspiration - “sometimes I seek it, and sometimes I really need it”. As ever, a joyful and enlightening hour.https://helengrime.com/The music of Helen Grime has been performed by leading orchestras around the world, among them the London Symphony Orchestra, Hallé Orchestra, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre de Paris, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin and Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductors who have championed her music include Sir Simon Rattle, Sir Mark Elder, Pierre Boulez, Kent Nagano, Oliver Knussen, George Benjamin, Daniel Harding, Marin Alsop and Thomas Dausgaard. Her music frequently draws inspiration from related artforms such as painting (Two Eardley Pictures, Three Whistler Miniatures), sculpture (Woven Space) and literature (A Cold Spring, Near Midnight, Limina) and has won praise in equal measure for the craftsmanship of its construction and the urgency of its telling.Born in 1981, Grime attended St Mary's Music School in Edinburgh and, following studies at the Royal College of Music in London, was awarded a Leonard Bernstein Fellowship to attend Tanglewood Music Center in 2008. Between 2011 and 2015 she was Associate Composer to the Hallé Orchestra in Manchester and in 2016 was appointed Composer in Residence at Wigmore Hall in London. She was Lecturer in Composition at Royal Holloway, University of London, between 2010 and 2017 and is currently Professor of Composition at the Royal Academy of Music in London. She was appointed MBE in the 2020 New Year Honours List for services to music. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Brief summary of episode:Jonathon Heyward is forging a career as one of the most exciting conductors on the international scene. He currently serves as Music Director Designate of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and will begin his five-year contract in the 2023-24 season. Jonathon's selection was unanimous from the Baltimore Symphony Music Director Search Committee, comprised of BSO musicians, staff, and community members. In March 2022, Jonathon made his debut with Baltimore Symphony Orchestra in three performances that included the first-ever performance of Shostakovich's Symphony No. 15. Quickly re-engaged, he returned in April to lead a Benefit Concert for Ukraine at the Meyerhoff.Born in Charleston, South Carolina, Jonathon began his musical training as a cellist at the age of ten and started conducting while still at school. He studied conducting at the Boston Conservatory of Music, where he became assistant conductor of the prestigious institution's opera department and of the Boston Opera Collaborative, and received postgraduate lessons from Sian Edwards at London's Royal Academy of Music. Before leaving the Academy, he was appointed assistant conductor of the Hallé Orchestra, where he was mentored by Sir Mark Elder, and became Music Director of the Hallé Youth Orchestra. His debut with the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain at the 2021 BBC Proms earned five-star reviews and was hailed by British newspaper The Guardian as ‘an unforgettable showcase of high-energy collaboration'.Jonathon's commitment to education and community outreach work deepened during his three years with the Hallé and has flourished since he arrived in post as Chief Conductor of the Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie in January 2021. He is equally committed to including new music within his imaginative concert programmes. Those qualities were evident in his Baltimore Symphony Orchestra debut bill, which comprised Hannah Kendall's The Spark Catchers, Beethoven's Third Piano Concerto and the first ever BSO outing for Shostakovich's Fifteenth Symphony.The Truth In This ArtThe Truth In This Art is a podcast interview series supporting vibrancy and development of Baltimore & beyond's arts and culture. To find more amazing stories from the artist and entrepreneurial scenes in & around Baltimore, check out my episode directory. Stay in TouchNewsletter sign-upSupport my podcastShareable link to episode ★ Support this podcast ★

This week we're celebrating Shakespeare's 458th birthday with Robert McCrum, author of Shakespearean, and Editor-in-Chief at Faber and Faber for nearly 20 years, as well as literary and associate editor of The Observer. Robert's enthusiasm is infectious as he guides us through the best of this summer's stage productions from Gregory Doran's production of Richard III at RSC Stratford from 23rd June, to Kathryn Hunter playing King Lear from 10th June and Julius Caesar from 3rd May, both at The Globe. We also chat about Henry V with Kit Harrington, filmed at the Donmar Warehouse and screening in cinemas via National Theatre Live and The Tragedy of Macbeth with Denzel Washington and Frances McDormand. And happy birthday to Ralph Vaughan Williams too, who would be 150 this year. We're booking: A Sea Symphony by Ralph Vaughan Williams with Hallé Orchestra conducted by Sir Mark Elder at Bridgewater Hall on 30th April To Glorious John conducted by Sir Mark Elder at Bridgewater Hall on 12th May – tune into BBC Radio Three at 7.30 pm to hear the concert live Phantasy Quintet by Ralph Vaughan Williams with Hallé St. Peter's Chamber Series at Bridgewater Hall on 15th May We're reading: My Year Off: Rediscovering Life after a Stroke by Robert McCrum

We're all about the power of song! Countless studies show that singing in choirs can help beat the blues, boost your social life, reduce your stress levels and help you exercise - and, according to the choir members we hear from in this episode, it's true! Singers in The People's Show Choir Halesowen and the Hallé Orchestra's Ancoats Community Choir talk about the life-changing benefits they get from singing together - and, according to Ula Weber, Halesowen Show Choir Leader, anyone can sing! We hear about the growing social prescribing movement that means GPs can prescribe the arts instead of medicine and Music Director of the Hallé, Sir Mark Elder tells Katie how singing together can have an incredible impact on our health. www.thepeoplesorchestra.com https://www.halle.co.uk/ Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the second part of Charlie's chat with Vic Reeves, the Jim/Vic/Chin name discussion continues, with both Vic and Charlie adding more names to the pile. Vic describes his first ever comedy gig and the creation of 'Vic Reeves', and he picks more musical favourites, including the classical music equivalent of a Black Sabbath track and the saddest piece of classical music ever written. This episode features extracts from Shostakovich's Symphony No.8, performed by the London Symphony Orchestra with Gianandrea Noseda, available on the London Symphony Orchestra's own label, LSO Live: https://lsolive.lso.co.uk/. We also heard the London Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Bernard Haitink, performing Nimrod from Elgar's Enigma Variations, and later we heard the LPO, conducted by Jaap van Zweden, with part of the Adagietto from Mahler's Symphony Number 5. Both recordings available to buy at lpo.org.uk. The other clip was from Vaughan Williams' Norfolk Rhapsody No.1, performed by the Halle Orchestra and Sir Mark Elder, taken from an album called English Landscapes which is available at halle.co.uk

Charlie Higson and Paul Whitehouse chat about their Fast Show comedy creations Ted and Ralph, their long-standing friendship, “pink rock”, pub quizzes, bat-eared listeners and more, as well as sharing some of their favourite classical music. This episode features an extract of the Altar Dance and Heavenly Pavane by Vaughan Williams, performed by the Halle Orchestra conducted by Sir Mark Elder, available at https://www.halle.co.uk/. The clip from The Rite of Spring by Stravinsky was performed by the St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra and Yuri Temirkanov, and the finale of Dvorak's Symphony No.9 was performed by the Chineke! orchestra conducted by Kevin John Edusei – and both extracts were used with permission from Signum records, available at https://signumrecords.com/. This episode also featured clips of the main theme from Jaws, composed and conducted by John Williams, and we heard Maria Callas and the Theatre of La Scala Milan performing ‘Vissi d'Arte' by Puccini. The Charlie Higson and Friends podcasts were originally broadcast as a series on Scala Radio in April 2021. Scala Radio is a classical music and entertainment station broadcasting across the UK on DAB digital radio, smart speaker, SKY TV channel 0216, the Scala Radio app and online at scalaradio.co.uk

Chatting with Trevor Pinnock was both fascinating and fun and what a lovely person he is. I discovered some of his very interesting views on period performance and orchestral seating, what he learned by watching Leonard Bernstein teach at Tanglewood, and I found out how he got into trouble at school with Sir Mark Elder! 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.

Sir Mark Elder joins the podcast for a wide-ranging discussion covering everything from the beginnings of his career organising concerts for undergraduate musicians, through to his time at ENO and Hallé Orchestra. He offers insights into the relationship between conductor and orchestra, shares his philosophy about how orchestras and theatres should relate to their community, and talks about the challenges and small joys of lockdown. From the Producer's Office is a series of informal podcasts with Opera Holland Park’s Director of Opera, James Clutton. In conversation with creatives and collaborators across the industry, we explore the process of putting opera on stage, and how the artists involved approach their craft.

Chaque jour, Camille De Rijck reçoit un invité qui fait l'actualité musicale.

Patricia Kopatchinskaja présente son nouveau disque Vivaldi "Giovanni Antonini et son ensemble Il Giardino Armonico célèbrent un compositeur qui a fait sa renommée : Antonio Vivaldi. Leurs enregistrements des Quatre Saisons ou du fameux premier récital de Cecilia Bartoli ont marqué la discographie du prêtre roux à jamais ! Le feu d'artifice continue avec un programme de concertos qui ne laissera personne indifférent, puisqu'il est le fruit d'une rencontre avec une musicienne qui fait elle aussi bouger les frontières, la violoniste Patricia Kopatchinskaja. Ensemble, ils ont imaginé un programme intitulé WHAT'S NEXT VIVALDI?, qui entremêle des concertos ultra virtuoses de Vivaldi (RV 208 Il Grosso Mogul, 253 La Tempesta di Mare (pour violon !), 157, 191, 550...) et, entre chaque concerto, des pièces courtes écrites par des compositeurs beaucoup plus récents, Luca Francesconi, Simone Movio, Giacinto Scelsi, Aureliano Cattaneo, Giovanni Sollima, pour la plupart commandées par Patricia Kopatchinskaja spécialement pour ce programme." --- Sir Mark Elder présente son nouveau disque Vaughan Williams avec le Hallé Orchestra

In this episode, I have the great pleasure of speaking about all things mindful practice with international cello soloist Alisa Weilerstein. Alisa has attracted widespread attention for her playing that combines natural virtuosity and technical precision with impassioned musicianship.  In this episode, Alisa shares insight on: How her parents nurtured a natural unfolding and healthy progression of her career Practicing: focusing efficient practice, intentional breaks and time off management (so important for long term sustainability + physical and mental health!) Her approach to learning a piece The importance of keeping musicality part of the technical work (as she said “Keeping everything married”) How practicing mindfully is the key for her to get rid of nerves and feel comfortable in performance How she plays mock performance for friends How to develop a natural rubato using the metronome … and much more!   It's an information and inspiration packed episode and I hope you enjoy and find value in our discussion!   MORE ABOUT ALISA WEILERSTEIN alisaweilerstein.com twitter.com/aweilerstein facebook.com/AlisaWeilerstein instagram.com/alisaweilerstein/   Alisa Weilerstein is one of the foremost cellists of our time. Known for her consummate artistry, emotional investment and rare interpretive depth, she was recognized with a MacArthur “genius grant” Fellowship in 2011. Today her career is truly global in scope, taking her to the most prestigious international venues for solo recitals, chamber concerts, and concerto collaborations with all the preeminent conductors and orchestras worldwide. “Weilerstein is a throwback to an earlier age of classical performers: not content merely to serve as a vessel for the composer's wishes, she inhabits a piece fully and turns it to her own ends,” marvels the New York Times. “Weilerstein's cello is her id. She doesn't give the impression that making music involves will at all. She and the cello seem simply to be one and the same,” agrees the Los Angeles Times. As the UK's Telegraph put it, “Weilerstein is truly a phenomenon.”   Bach's six suites for unaccompanied cello figure prominently in Weilerstein's current programming. Over the past two seasons, she has given rapturously received live accounts of the complete set on three continents, with recitals in New York, Washington DC, Boston, Los Angeles, Berkeley and San Diego; at Aspen and Caramoor; in Tokyo, Osaka, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, London, Manchester, Aldeburgh, Paris and Barcelona; and for a full-capacity audience at Hamburg's iconic new Elbphilharmonie. During the global pandemic, she has further cemented her status as one of the suites' leading exponents. Released in April 2020, her Pentatone recording of the complete set became a Billboard bestseller and was named “Album of the Week” by the UK's Sunday Times. As captured in Vox's YouTube series, her insights into Bach's first G-major prelude have been viewed almost 1.5 million times. During the first weeks of the lockdown, she chronicled her developing engagement with the suites on social media, fostering an even closer connection with her online audience by streaming a new movement each day in her innovative #36DaysOfBach project. As the New York Times observed in a dedicated feature, by presenting these more intimate accounts alongside her new studio recording, Weilerstein gave listeners the rare opportunity to learn whether “the pressures of a pandemic [can] change the very sound a musician makes, or help her see a beloved piece in a new way.”   Earlier in the 2019-20 season, as Artistic Partner of the Trondheim Soloists, Weilerstein joined the Norwegian orchestra in London, Munich and Bergen for performances including Haydn's two cello concertos, as featured on their acclaimed 2018 release, Transfigured Night. She also performed ten more concertos by Schumann, Saint-Saëns, Elgar, Strauss, Shostakovich, Britten, Barber, Bloch, Matthias Pintscher and Thomas Larcher, with the London Symphony Orchestra, Zurich's Tonhalle Orchestra, Frankfurt Radio Symphony, Gürzenich Orchestra Cologne, Tokyo's NHK Symphony, the New York Philharmonic, and the Houston, Detroit and San Diego symphonies. In recital, besides making solo Bach appearances, she reunited with her frequent duo partner, Inon Barnatan, for Brahms and Shostakovich at London's Wigmore Hall, Milan's Sala Verdi and Amsterdam's Concertgebouw. To celebrate Beethoven's 250th anniversary, she and the Israeli pianist performed the composer's five cello sonatas in Cincinnati and Scottsdale, and joined Guy Braunstein and the Dresden Philharmonic for Beethoven's Triple Concerto, as heard on the duo's 2019 Pentatone recording with Stefan Jackiw, Alan Gilbert and the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields.   Committed to expanding the cello repertoire, Weilerstein is an ardent champion of new music. She has premiered two important new concertos, giving Pascal Dusapin's Outscape “the kind of debut most composers can only dream of” (Chicago Tribune) with the co-commissioning Chicago Symphony in 2016 and proving herself “the perfect guide” (Boston Globe) to Matthias Pintscher's cello concerto un despertar with the co-commissioning Boston Symphony the following year. She has since reprised Dusapin's concerto with the Stuttgart and Paris Opera Orchestras and Pintscher's with the Gürzenich Orchestra Cologne and with the Danish Radio Symphony and Cincinnati Symphony, both under the composer's leadership. It was also under Pintscher's direction that she gave the New York premiere of his Reflections on Narcissus at the New York Philharmonic's inaugural 2014 Biennial, before reuniting with him to revisit the work at London's BBC Proms. She has worked extensively with Osvaldo Golijov, who rewrote Azul for cello and orchestra for her New York premiere performance at the opening of the 2007 Mostly Mozart Festival. Since then she has played the work with orchestras around the world, besides frequently programming his Omaramor for solo cello. Grammy nominee Joseph Hallman has written multiple compositions for her, including a cello concerto that she premiered with the St. Petersburg Philharmonic and a trio that she premiered on tour with Barnatan and clarinetist Anthony McGill. At the 2008 Caramoor festival, she premiered Lera Auerbach's 24 Preludes for Violoncello and Piano with the composer at the keyboard, and the two subsequently reprised the work at the Schleswig-Holstein Festival, Washington's Kennedy Center and for San Francisco Performances.   Weilerstein's recent Bach and Transfigured Night recordings expand her already celebrated discography. Earlier releases include the Elgar and Elliott Carter cello concertos with Daniel Barenboim and the Staatskapelle Berlin, named “Recording of the Year 2013” by BBC Music, which made her the face of its May 2014 issue. Her next album, on which she played Dvořák's Cello Concerto with the Czech Philharmonic, topped the U.S. classical chart, and her 2016 recording of Shostakovich's cello concertos with the Bavarian Radio Symphony and Pablo Heras-Casado proved “powerful and even mesmerizing” (San Francisco Chronicle). She and Barnatan made their duo album debut with sonatas by Chopin and Rachmaninoff in 2015, a year after she released Solo, a compilation of unaccompanied 20th-century cello music that was hailed as an “uncompromising and pertinent portrait of the cello repertoire of our time” (ResMusica, France). Solo's centerpiece is Kodály's Sonata for Solo Cello, a signature work that Weilerstein revisits on the soundtrack of If I Stay, a 2014 feature film starring Chloë Grace Moretz in which the cellist makes a cameo appearance as herself.   Weilerstein has appeared with all the major orchestras of the United States, Europe and Asia, collaborating with conductors including Marin Alsop, Daniel Barenboim, Jiří Bělohlávek, Semyon Bychkov, Thomas Dausgaard, Sir Andrew Davis, Gustavo Dudamel, Sir Mark Elder, Alan Gilbert, Giancarlo Guerrero, Bernard Haitink, Pablo Heras-Casado, Marek Janowski, Paavo Järvi, Lorin Maazel, Cristian Măcelaru, Zubin Mehta, Ludovic Morlot, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Peter Oundjian, Rafael Payare, Donald Runnicles, Yuri Temirkanov, Michael Tilson Thomas, Osmo Vänskä, Joshua Weilerstein, Simone Young and David Zinman. In 2009, she was one of four artists invited by Michelle Obama to participate in a widely celebrated and high-profile classical music event at the White House, featuring student workshops hosted by the First Lady and performances in front of an audience that included President Obama and the First Family. A month later, Weilerstein toured Venezuela as soloist with the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra under Dudamel, since when she has made numerous return visits to teach and perform with the orchestra as part of its famed El Sistema music education program.   Born in 1982, Alisa Weilerstein discovered her love for the cello at just two and a half, when she had chicken pox and her grandmother assembled a makeshift set of instruments from cereal boxes to entertain her. Although immediately drawn to the Rice Krispies box cello, Weilerstein soon grew frustrated that it didn't produce any sound. After persuading her parents to buy her a real cello at the age of four, she developed a natural affinity for the instrument and gave her first public performance six months later. At 13, in 1995, she made her professional concert debut, playing Tchaikovsky's “Rococo” Variations with the Cleveland Orchestra, and in March 1997 she made her first Carnegie Hall appearance with the New York Youth Symphony. A graduate of the Young Artist Program at the Cleveland Institute of Music, where she studied with Richard Weiss, Weilerstein also holds a degree in history from Columbia University. She was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes (T1D) at nine years old, and is a staunch advocate for the T1D community, serving as a consultant for the biotechnology company eGenesis and as a Celebrity Advocate for JDRF, the world leader in T1D research. Born into a musical family, she is the daughter of violinist Donald Weilerstein and pianist Vivian Hornik Weilerstein, and the sister of conductor Joshua Weilerstein. She is married to Venezuelan conductor Rafael Payare, with whom she has a young child.     Visit www.mindoverfinger.com and sign up for my newsletter to get your free guide to a super productive practice using the metronome!  This guide is the perfect entry point to help you bring more mindfulness and efficiency into your practice and it's filled with tips and tricks on how to use that wonderful tool to take your practicing and your playing to new heights! Don't forget to visit the Mind Over Finger Resources' page to check out amazing books recommended by my podcast guests, as well as my favorite websites, cds, the podcasts I like to listen to, and the practice and podcasting tools I use everyday!  Find it here: www.mindoverfinger.com/resources!   And don't forget to join the Mind Over Finger Tribe for additional resources on practice and performing! If you enjoyed the show, please leave a review on iTunes!  I truly appreciate your support!     THANK YOU: Most sincere thank you to composer Jim Stephenson who graciously provided the show's musical theme!  Concerto #1 for Trumpet and Chamber Orchestra – Movement 2: Allegro con Brio, performed by Jeffrey Work, trumpet, and the Lake Forest Symphony, conducted by Jim Stephenson. Also a HUGE thank you to my fantastic producer, Bella Kelly!   MIND OVER FINGER: www.mindoverfinger.com https://www.facebook.com/mindoverfinger/ https://www.instagram.com/mindoverfinger/    

Over a long and distinguished career, Sir Mark Elder has conducted pretty much everywhere. We chat about conducting in new concert halls and the challenges that can bring, how being left-handed has impacted on his career and I find out about his relationship with Sir Simon! Always a pleasure to chat with him and this proved no different.

Stephan is a Welsh Italian Tenor who trained at The Royal Academy of Music London, graduating with a Masters Degree in Opera, under the tutelage of Ryland Davies. Prior to this, he gained his initial degree in Music from Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music & DanceHis operatic works to date include The Barber of Seville (Glyndebourne), The Magic Flute (Glyndebourne), La Damnation de Faust (Glyndebourne), Cendrillon (Glyndebourne), La Traviata (Glyndebourne), Der Rosenkavalier (Glyndebourne), Madama Butterfly (Glyndebourne), Saul (Glyndebourne), Vanessa (Glyndebourne), Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Glyndebourne), The Cunning Little Vixen (Glyndebourne), The Rake's Progress (Royal Academy Opera), La Traviata (GO Opera), La Cenerentola and Eugene Onegin (Bury Court Opera).Stephan has performed with the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, English National Opera, Welsh National Opera, Glyndebourne and has undertaken master classes with Susan Bullock, Matthew Rose, Sarah Connolly, Dennis O'Neill and Gerald Finley. He has also performed in various venues across the UK and Europe, including the Wigmore Hall, Southbank Centre, Royal Festival Hall, St Martin-in-the-Fields, the Monasterio de SanLorenzo del Escorial, Madrid and The Royal Palace of La Almudaina, Mallorca.Stephan made his BBC Proms debut in 2016 performing Rossini's Semiramide at the Royal Albert Hall with Opera Rara, conducted by Sir Mark Elder. He also performed in Glyndebourne's The Magic Flute at the BBC Proms 2019. Stephan is also a member of the extra chorus at English National Opera.Stephan's most recent engagements have included Handel's Saul at the Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris, and also traveling the world as a lead production vocalist on board the luxury cruise line Silversea.

Andy Bush investigates Beethoven's skills on stage, as a pianist, improviser and conductor, and finds useful parallels with Donkey Kong, dry ice and Dane Bowers. The guests in this episode are conductors Karin Hendrickson, Jonathon Heyward and Sir Mark Elder, pianist Stephen Hough, cellist Matthew Barley, clarinettist Julian Bliss and composer and Scala Radio presenter Jack Pepper. This podcast features clips of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No.3 3 & 4, performed by Elizabeth Sombart and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Symphony No.7, performed by the Britten Sinfonia, and the Piano Concerto No.5 performed by Alessio Bax and the Southbank Sinfonia - all are available at https://signumrecords.com. Other musical extracts were provided by the London Philharmonic Orchestra; LPO Label releases are available on all major streaming platforms and at lpo.org.uk/recordings.

Andy Bush takes a look at the premieres of Beethoven's works that have gone down in history and manages to include references to in-flight safety videos, good soup and premium rate phone lines. The guests in this episode are conductors Sir Mark Elder and Karin Hendrickson, pianist Stephen Hough and clarinettist Julian Bliss. This podcast features clips of Beethoven's Symphonies 5, 6 and 9, performed by the London Philharmonic Orchestra; LPO Label releases are available on all major streaming platforms and at lpo.org.uk/recordings. The recordings of Beethoven's Piano Concertos 3 & 4 are performed by Elizabeth Sombart and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Piano Concerto No.5 is performed by Alessio Bax and the Southbank Sinfonia - all are available at https://signumrecords.com

Enjoy this lengthy and in depth conversation with WQED-FM's Jim Cunningham and Sir Mark Elder, who is the guest conductor for this weekend's Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra concerts.  He talks about this weekend's program, his previous appointments, and much more.    

Tom Service speaks to Carlo Rizzi, Sir Mark Elder, and four leading conductors

Featuring the incongruously glamorous Karita Mattila and Sir Simon Keenlyside as the doomed couple conducted by Sir Mark Elder.

In this second episode of Transformation Talks, Strategy& Partner David Lancefield is in conversation with Sir Mark Elder, CH, CBE, Music Director of the Manchester-based Halle Orchestra, one of Britain’s oldest symphony orchestras.

The International Society for Contemporary Music (ISCM) holds arguably the world's most important contemporary music festival in a different city each year. Much like the Olympics, cities bid to be the host and this year it's in Vancouver. In this first program of two, we hear from Jordan Nobles, Charlotte Bray, Jocelyn Morlock, and Stefan Prins. Hosted by Seth Boustead Produced by Sarah Zwinklis Music Skywriting, by Jordan Nobles Redshift Vertical Orchestra & Electric Guitar Orchestra At the Speed of Stillness, by Charlotte Bray Aldeburgh World Orchestra; Sir Mark Elder, conductor Lux Antiqua, by Jordan Nobles The Esoterics; Eric Banks, conductor My Name is Amanda Todd, by Jocelyn Morlock Canada's National Arts Centre Orchestra; Alexander Shelley, conductor Hände Ohne Orte, by Stefan Prins Hamburg-based Decoder Ensemble; Carola Schaal, clarinets; Jonathan Shapiro, percussion; Andrej Koroliov, piano; and Sonja Lena Schmid, cello

Picks from the past week including Alistair McGowan, Maria Razumovskaya & Sir Mark Elder.

Ahead of the first concerts in Britten Sinfonia's Brahms Symphony Cycle in November 2017, conductor Sir Mark Elder talks about how he's approaching the cycle and why he's returning to the chamber orchestra scale that Brahms originally intended.

Susan Heaton Wright Ex International Opera singer Susan Heaton-Wright shares her Executive Voice coaching with Directors, Teams and individuals in Business, Universities and organizations around the world. With her clients often being asked to feature on Sky News, Radio 4 and headline industry conferences globally she uses all her experience as a performer and teacher to enable clients to make an impact when they speak. As a singer, Susan performed as a soloist throughout UK, France, Italy, Spain and USA: at venues such as the Royal Opera, Covent Garden, The Royal Albert Hall, Symphony Hall Birmingham and Durham Cathedral and for Royalty. She appeared on BBC1 and Radio 3 as a soloist. She worked for top conductors including Sir Mark Elder and Sir Simon Rattle; created roles for ENO works and the Darlington International Festival and for Howard Goodall directed by Graham Vick. Susan also recorded soundtracks as a soloist for TV adverts. Susan regularly appears on the BBC radio and TV providing expert advice on effective speaking and how individuals engage with their audiences. She is a Public Speaker internationally: for businesses, professional groups and at conferences on being an effective vocal communicator and developing good communication streams with suppliers. Susan was a finalist in the UK Blog awards in 2014 and 2015 for her blog “Superstar Communicator”. She writes a blog for We Are The City and 3 Plus International as well as writing and contributing to a number of publications including the Scotsman, The Guardian and professional publications. Susan’s iTunes podcast “Superstar Communicator” is a featured UK Podcast and is becoming a popular resource for speakers world wide with over 2500 downloads a month. Susan is the Creative Director and founder of Viva Live Music in 2005, providing bespoke themed entertainment for high end events. The company has a number of corporate clients and exclusive venues they work with; and events are in UK and overseas. She uses her communication skills in running the business: negotiating with clients as well as working with a variety of suppliers. Before Susan was an opera singer, she taught in prep schools in Kenya, India and in London. Susan is a fully qualified teacher (QTS). Susan is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, The Royal Society of Arts and the Incorporated Society of Musicians as well as being a trustee of the Mid Hertfordshire Music Centre and she lives in Hertfordshire with her husband and son. CONTACT: www.vivalivemusic.com (http://www.vivalivemusic.com) www.executivevoice.co.uk (http://www.executivevoice.co.uk) BONUS: This podcast is brought to you by Audible. I have used Audible for years, and I love audiobooks. Click on the link to get a 30-day free trial, complete with a credit for a free audiobook download Audible.com (http://www.audibletrial.com/Yuri) QUESTION(S) OF THE DAY: What was your favorite quote or lesson from this episode? Please let me know in the comments.

Ricky Gervais has written, directed and stars in the feature-length film Special Correspondents for Netflix. Kirsty talks to the comedian about celebrity, David Brent and returning to stand-up.The Secret is a new ITV drama set in Northern Ireland starring James Nesbitt. It tells the true story of a couple who embark on an affair and then plot to murder their spouses. Jenny McCartney reviews.Sir Ian McKellen has called for the National Theatre to have a resident company of actors, and the Liverpool Everyman has plans to trial one. Theatre writer and critic Lyn Gardner considers whether the old rep model of theatre can be resurrected.As The Hallé prepares for its Dvorák Festival, the orchestra's conductor Sir Mark Elder discusses his affinity for the music of the Czech composer.Presenter Kirsty Lang Producer Jerome Weatherald.

From the magical world of the Tallis Fantasia to the elusive and haunting Pastoral Symphony, this new recording from the Hallé and Sir Mark Elder gets to the heart of Vaughan Williams’s music. In this podcast Oliver Condy and Rebecca Franks discuss the pieces and play clips from the disc. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Conductor Sir Mark Elder discusses learning to love Vaughan Williams, the importance of quiet time and libraries when preparing to perform a work, the evolving sound of the Halle Orchestra and spending this winter with La boheme in Paris. Live from Manchester Central Library.

On Start the Week Anne McElvoy talks to the geneticist Alison Woollard about the extraordinary developments in biological science in the last decade, and how switching on and off certain genes could improve and extend life. The psychologist Kathryn Asbury studies the vexed question of nature and nurture, and whether a better understanding of genetic influence can improve children's education. Professor Roger Kneebone explains the role of jazz improvisation in the operating theatre, and what recreating surgery from the 1980s can teach modern clinicians. Raiding the past for hidden gems fascinates the conductor Sir Mark Elder as he prepares to bring operatic rarities to a new audience. Producer: Katy Hickman.

Peggy Reynolds explores Gaetano Donizetti's Don Pasquale. With expert insights from the conductor, Sir Mark Elder, who argues that Don Pasquale is "a brilliant refilling of an old mould". From Francesco Izzo, Senior Lecturer in Music at the University of Southampton, who sets the opera into the wider historical context of the development of opera buffa, arguing that Don Pasquale was a new kind of comic opera, one which treats its characters with great empathy and warmth. From Glyndebourne's dramaturg, Cori Ellison, on the origins of the Basso Buffo character in Italian commedia dell'arte and Donizetti's use of the waltz as a signifier for youth throughout the opera. And from Danielle de Niese, who introduces us to Norina, the opera's feisty heroine and considers the moral of the story. [Producer: Mair Bosworth for Festival 2013] (Musical extracts used with kind permission of Decca Classics)

Peggy Reynolds explores Giuseppe Verdi’s last, great work: the comic opera Falstaff. With contributions from the conductor Sir Mark Elder, who celebrates the delicacy, wit and humanity of Verdi’s score. From Glyndebourne’s dramaturg, Cori Ellison, who reflects on the quicksilver pace of this wonderfully funny work by a composer who we do not tend to associate with comedy. And from the baritone Laurent Naouri, who discusses the role of Falstaff, and the words and music written for the character by Verdi and his librettist, the prodigiously talented Arrigo Boito. [Producer: Mair Bosworth for Festival 2013] Musical extracts from the 1960 Glyndebourne recording of Falstaff. Available from the Glyndebourne shop: https://www.glyndebourneshop.com/verdi-giuseppe-falstaff-cd-1960/

Andrew Litton, Rachel Podger, the Takács Quartet and Sir Mark Elder: the Gramophone Podcast June 2012

The Gramophone Hall of Fame Podcast - Sir Mark Elder

The In Tune A-Z of Opera. Today's letter is T for Tenor. Our guides are John Mark Ainsley, Rolando Villazón and Sir Mark Elder. For details of the music used in today's podcast please visit the In Tune playlist pages http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00sq57n

The In Tune A-Z of Opera. Today's letter is R for Recitative. Our guides are Sir Mark Elder, Mary King, Joyce DiDonato and Danielle De Niese. For details of the music used in today's podcast please visit the In Tune playlist pages http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00sq4zv

The In Tune A-Z of Opera. Today's letter is J for Jealousy. Our guides are Graham Vick, Joyce Didonato and Sir Mark Elder. For details of the music used in today's podcast please visit the In Tune playlist pages http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00skbvc

The In Tune A-Z of Opera. Today's letter is G - for Gesamtkunstwerk. Our guides are Graham Vick, Sir Mark Elder, Ed Gardner and John Mark Ainsley. For details of the music used in today's podcast please visit the In Tune playlist pages http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00sgyvb

The In Tune A-Z of Opera. Today's letter is E - for Ensemble. Our guides are Joyce Didonato, Graham Vick, Gerald Martin Moore and Sir Mark Elder. For details of the music used in today's podcast please visit the In Tune playlist pages http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00sbxc8

The In Tune A-Z of Opera. Today's letter is B - for Bass. Our guides are Robert Lloyd and Sir Mark Elder. For details of the music used in today's podcast please visit the In Tune playlist pages http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00sbfn5