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DublinShelley conducts Mahler’s ‘Resurrection’

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Mahler: Symphony no. 2 in C minor "Resurrection"
National Symphony Orchestra Ireland; Alexander Shelley; Tara Erraught; Dame Sarah Connolly; National Symphony Chorus Ireland; David Young

DublinCulture Night with Alexander Shelley & Jess Gillam

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Bernstein, Clyne, Holmès, Bartók, Agócs, Williams
National Symphony Orchestra Ireland; Alexander Shelley; Jess Gillam

DublinBomsori plays Korngold's Violin Concerto

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Dukas, Korngold, Strauss R.
National Symphony Orchestra Ireland; Alexander Shelley; Bomsori Kim

DublinNobuyuki Tsujii plays Chopin's Piano Concerto No. 2

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Chopin, Wagner, Bernstein
National Symphony Orchestra Ireland; Alexander Shelley; Nobuyuki Tsujii

DublinAlexander Shelley Conducts Beethoven & Adams

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Beethoven, Adams
National Symphony Orchestra Ireland; Alexander Shelley; Renée Fleming; Thomas Hampson; National Symphony Chorus Ireland; David Young

DublinClara-Jumi Kang plays Sibelius's Violin Concerto

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Clarkson, Sibelius, Beethoven
National Symphony Orchestra Ireland; Alexander Shelley; Clara-Jumi Kang
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Elgar in the Alps: Daniel Hope takes up Menuhin's bow in Gstaad

Daniel Hope, Alexander Shelley and the Gstaad Festival Orchestra © Menuhin Festival Gstaad | Raphael Faux
Daniel Hope, the new Artistic Director of the Gstaad Menuhin Festival, this year celebrating its 70th edition, plays Elgar's Violin Concerto.
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Paradise Deferred: Shelley takes on Schumann’s Paradies und die Peri

Nardus Williams and Alexander Shelley © Mark Stedman
Alexander Shelley tackles Schumann’s sprawling Das Paradies und die Peri with conviction, shaping real momentum and drama, even if balance issues and Thomas Moore’s cloying libretto sometimes distract.
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An English salad, French dressing from Shelley and the RPO

Alexander Shelley © Rémi Thériault
Shelley led an unusual mix of English music by Walton, Coleridge-Taylor and Delius, with a poignant addition of two small works by the young Lili Boulanger.
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Hopkins shines in Heggie and Atwood’s Songs for Murdered Sisters

Joshua Hopkins and Margaret Atwood © Curtis Perry
The National Arts Centre Orchestra and Joshua Hopkins bring Jake Heggie and Margaret Atwood’s Songs for Murdered Sisters to Roy Thomson Hall, intriguingly partnered with two works from the high Romantic.
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Diverse visions of love on display from the OSM and Alexander Shelley

Ahead of Valentine's Day, the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal presented a concert centered on “symphonic love”.
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“Engaging with death”: the OSM plays Strauss and Sibelius

Alexander Shelley conducts a contemplative programme featuring Strauss' Four Last Songs and Death and Transfiguration
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“Crossings”: Alexander Shelley on Canada’s vibrant cultural scene

We speak to Alexander Shelley about his upcoming European tour as Music Director of Canada’s National Arts Centre Orchestra.