In an interesting (deliberate?) confluence of programming, the leaders of Germany’s Bamberg Symphony -- the principal conductor, Jonathan Nott, and the honorary conductor, Herbert Blomstedt -- could ...

Spend a few minutes with the conductor Jonathan Nott, and you quickly understand how he is able to energize an orchestra. His conversation is rapid and intense, fueled by an inner fire, so compelling ...

Though a composer of operas and concert works, Erich Wolfgang Korngold is remembered as the emigre who romanticized Hollywood by ushering in the lush symphonic sound of 1930s films. He was also among ...

Part of the BBC Proms. Geneva’s renowned Orchestre de la Suisse Romande celebrates its 100th anniversary by making its Proms debut under its English Music Director Jonathan Nott. The orchestra ...

The Swiss Romande Orchestra (OSR), one of Switzerland's leading orchestras, will return to Korea for the first time in six years, performing at Lotte Concert Hall on July 5 and 6. The concert draws ...

As you listen to this music by Mahler, you may think you're hearing his Symphony No. 2. Actually, you'll be hearing his "Todtenfeier," or Funeral Rites, which he later worked into his second symphony.

He left the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra in excellent shape to another of the world's best, Jakub Hrůša; and now he is, as we learned from two long-term players in the Proms Plus talk, liked and ...