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Mar 21
Cloyd Duff | Reflections on a Remarkable Musician
Cloyd Duff | Reflections on a Remarkable Musician I have been lucky in my musical career to have come into contact with several outstanding musicians who have in one way or another influenced my musical style and preferences. The first and biggest influence was the late Fred D. Hinger, who was the subject …
Feb 24
Fred D Hinger | Reflections on a Great Musician
Fred D Hinger | Reflections on a Great Musician Each year when the month of February rolls around, I tend to think a lot of my relationship with one of the most musical and original minds that I have had the pleasure to know, and that is Fred D. Hinger. I suppose this is because …
Feb 10
The EMI Recordings- 1987-1997 | Part Five
The EMI Recordings- 1987-1997|Part Five The year 1990 Bartok and Sibelius In my last blog post, My Musical Career | Part Thirty-Nine, I wrote a little about our recordings for the year 1990, but confined myself to a broader overview of the happenings of that particular season. In this blog post, I can …
Feb 08
My Musical Career | Part Thirty Nine
My Musical Career|Part Thirty Nine The Year 1990 Continuing on with this saga, one would think that 1990 would be an easier year than the past three. However, that was not reckoning with our music director, Mariss Jansons and both EMI, our recording company and the orchestra administration. The year 1990 would see two recordings …
Jan 21
The EMI Recordings- 1987-1997 | Part Four
The EMI Recordings- 1987-1997|Part Four The year 1989 By the beginning of the year 1989, the Oslo Philharmonic and Mariss Jansons had finished six recordings for EMI. This averaged out to three recordings per season. The year 1989 was to be a little different. It would turn out that we would make two recordings for …
Sep 23
The EMI Recordings 1987-1997| Part Three
The EMI Recordings 1987-1997| Part Three Pokofiev –Mussorgsky –Dvorak The previous two blog posts in this particular series were devotes to the first three recordings that we made for EMI – namely our Tchaikovsky 1812/Romeo/Francesca recording, which was the first in the series, followed in quick succession by the Shostakovich Fifth …
Jun 23
My Musical Career | Part Thirty Eight
My Musical Career|Part Thirty Eight The Year 1989 – Part Two In my previous post, I had planned to cover the events of the whole of 1989, but as with 1987 and 1988, that year proved to be most eventful, in like manner I have no choice but to divide it …
Jun 16
My Musical Career | Part Thirty Seven
The Year 1989 – Part One I consider myself extremely fortunate to have been a member of the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra during the years 1983 through 1998. From the prospective of the early twenty-first century, it seems that the tenure of Mariss Jansons as its music director was a golden age for the orchestra, …
Apr 05
My Musical Career | Part Thirty Six
My Musical Career|Part Thirty-Six The Year 1988 – Part Two Japan 1988 The big event of the year 1988 was the orchestra’s first ever tour to Japan in November and December. This would turn out to be the first of many visits the orchestra would make to Japan, and for me, …
Apr 04
My Musical Career | Part Thirty Five
My Musical Career|Part Thirty-Five The Year 1988 – Part One As mentioned in my previous post, Part Thirty-Four, 1987 was a seminal year in my personal musical development and that of the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra and its then-chief conductor, Mariss Jansons. What with the increase in touring, the change of recording labels and a higher …
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