April 2017 archive

My Musical Career | Part Thirty Six

The A Dome

  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, …

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My Musical Career | Part Thirty Five

Metropolitan B timpano

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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