JSngry Posted June 26, 2018 Report Share Posted June 26, 2018 new DSO musical director, starting with the 2019-2020 season. I do not know the name but that don't mean shit. Thoughts, opinions, etc. please? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T.D. Posted June 26, 2018 Report Share Posted June 26, 2018 No direct knowledge, but the NY Times ran a favorable story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted June 27, 2018 Report Share Posted June 27, 2018 We do in Zurich (where, so he says currently) he will stay put as musical director of the opera. Haven't heard him do any concert/symphonic repertoire, but his tenure here (together with director Andreas Homoki) has brought plenty of freshness into a house that was relying too heavily on stars and (Italian) core repertoire and not nearly adventurous enough during the long tenure of Alexander Perreira (who whent to Salzburg, breached his contract, went on to La Scala in Milan, where at least so far he didn't stop the tradition of ending their season with a contemporary/20c opera ... going to catch the upcoming Kurtág opera based on Beckett, "Fin the partie", in November!) But back to Zurich, the Homoki/Luisi team has indeed opened up in many directions and made the place a very interesting one for sure. We got some fine premieres, plenty of great baroque opera (with the likes of Christie, Dantone and Antonini conducting the period instrument ensemble that is also part of the house) and much more. Either way, based on this I'd just be curious and in a generally positive mood about this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted June 28, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 28, 2018 Yeah, this will be good, and might be interesting too. Hopefully both. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MomsMobley Posted July 10, 2018 Report Share Posted July 10, 2018 (edited) Franz Schmidt "Book of the Seven Seals" is deep dive worth taking, also an excellent Nielsen Symphony #6 from Denmark that wouldn't embed https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bTYDSZPAyg Edited July 10, 2018 by MomsMobley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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