Audio: Bruckner Symphony No. 4, Scherzo

Herbert von Karajan conducts the Berlin Philharmonic.

Audio: The Woody Herman Orchestra plays Stravinsky’s ‘Ebony Concerto’

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  1. Moderato.

Review: Simon Rattle and the Berlin Philharmonic perform Webern, Schoenberg, Berg and Brahms at Segerstrom Concert Hall

Happy to make my first appearance in one of Orange County’s oldest publications, The Daily Pilot, established in 1907.

Concert review: Berlin Philharmonic returns with thrilling Brahms and difficult moderns. The Daily Pilot, Nov. 26, 2016.

Interview: Simon Rattle brings the Berlin Philharmonic to Southern California one last time

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It was a pleasure to finally have the opportunity to talk with Simon Rattle, even if only for a short time. My latest for the Los Angeles Times …

Simon Rattle’s farewell tour with the Berlin Philharmonic swings into L.A. and Costa Mesa. The Los Angeles Times, Nov. 15, 2016.

Photo: Monika Rittershaus

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The great Rafael Mendez plays “Flight of the Bumblebee” and, in a single breath, the “Mexican Hat Dance.”

Review: Calidore String Quartet gives premiere of new work by Caroline Shaw

Review: With remarkable concert at Soka, the young Calidore String Quartet declares: Take note. The Los Angeles Times, Nov. 7, 2016.

‘Funiculi, Funicula,’ transcribed by Arnold Schoenberg

Ensemble Diabolicus.

Audio: Chabrier: ‘Fete polonaise’

Paul Paray conducts the Detroit Symphony Orchestra.

Niels Gade: Symphony No. 8 (1871)

Christopher Hogwood conducts the Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra.

0:00 – I. Allegro molto e con fuoco
8:32 – II. Allegro moderato
13:34 – III. Andantino
20:50 – IV. Finale. Allegro non troppo e marcato

To hear other works in my Neglected Symphonies series, click here.

 

Video: The complete 1989 New Year’s concert with Carlos Kleiber

Someone had the good sense to post this whole thing online.