Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Barbican, London: ‘Scorching ardour’ Riccardo Chailly conducted a performance which illustrated the impact he has had on the orchestra ...

Gewandhausorchester Leipzig lends cultured elegance to Strauss at the Barbican on whatsapp (opens in a new window) Save. Richard Fairman. May 11 2022. Jump to comments section Print this page.

Belonging to an era of conductors of whom many are no longer with us, Herbert Blomstedt brought the benefits reaped from a lifetime's affinity with music to the Usher Hall with the ...

For centuries, music and musicians have called the tune in Leipzig. The city’s famous boys’ choir was founded in 1212. Johann Sebastian Bach got his dream job in the city just over 500 years later.

Riccardo Chailly and his Gewandhausorchester Leipzig launched their series with the Double Concerto for Violin and Cello, and Chailly mined the centuries-long tradition of north German rigour and ...

It almost felt a bit of a tease. One of the world's truly finest and most historic orchestras was in town for two concerts, and for the first half of the first of them, all we got were 13 string ...

The Gewandhausorchester Leipzig performances are scheduled to go ahead as planned. More than two years ago, the BSO canceled its Asia tour as the coronavirus pandemic began. It went on to cancel a ...

Brahms: The Symphonies - Leipzig Gewandhausorchester/Riccardo Chailly. One of the world's great conductors Riccardo Chailly turns his attention to Brahms' symphonies. John Suchet's Album of the Week, ...

According to its music director Riccardo Chailly, the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig has the music of Johannes Brahms “flowing through its veins”. Chailly’s job is to make sure those veins don ...