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Beethoven's 9th for the New Year
On January 5th and 6th Alexander Shelley begins the new year with two sold out performances of Beethoven's 9th Symphony in the Meistersingerhalle, Nuremberg. The concerts with the Nuremberg Symphony and the Nuremberg Philharmonic Choir mark the beginning of a year in which Shelley - fresh from extending his contract through until 2017 - and his orchestra will continue to build on the successes of the previous seasons, including a tour to China in the Autumn. In the week of January 9th Shelley then returns to the National Arts Centre Orchestra, Ottawa for a programme of Schubert, Bruch and...
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Now in the second week of his three week tour of Asia, Alexander Shelley tonight performs Holst's "The Planets" as well as Britten's Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes and William Walton's Cello Concerto with the Seoul Philharmonic and Alisa Weilerstein. He will subsequently travel on to Singapore to conduct a programme of Richard Strauss, Franz Liszt and Rachmaninov with the Singapore Symphony and Stephen Hough. The tour, which began in Kuala Lumpur with Brahms Second Symphony and Beethoven's 3rd Piano Concerto with the Malaysia Philharmonic and Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, has seen his debut...
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In the week in which he makes his debut in Berlin, Alexander Shelley is interviewed by Clemency Burton-Hill on the concert, his work in Nuremberg and his inspirations outside of music. Read the full interview below. You’re about to make your debut conducting in Berlin, at the Komische Oper - how does that feel? It feels incredibly exciting! It’s wonderful to play in any great capital city, of course, but Berlin has such a phenomenal musical history and such discerning audiences for any form of art, particularly music. I’m simply looking forward to it. What are you playing? I...
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