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Bruckner and bayan from the BBC Philharmonic
Omer Meir Wellber conducts his first Bridgewater Hall concert as Chief Conductor of the BBC Philharmonic.
An animated trio at the new Tonhalle Maag
In Zurich’s new and provisional Tonhalle Maag, Omer Meir Wellber recently conducted a triple bill of works from the Baroque, Romantic and modern periods.
Dreams and nightmares in Gubaidulina world première
Sofia Gubaidulina has always been drawn to non-traditional sounds, something which invariably landed her in trouble during the Soviet era. The bayan, a 200-button Russian accordion, became the source for many of those sounds in solo and concerted pieces. “It breathes,” she has said, possessing an “earthy quality like no other instrument”.