Above: the Copenhagen Philharmonic Orchestra serenades morning subway commuters with “Morning” from Edvard Grieg’s Peer Gynt. Ah, Denmark – home of the Tivoli Gardens, Legoland, fabled blue cheese and some great classical music flash mobs. You might remember the Copenhagen Philharmonic Orchestra’s brilliant flash-mob rendition of Ravel’s Bolero in Copenhagen’s Central Station about a year [...]
The Austrian conductor Nikolaus Harnoncourt was awarded the Royal Philharmonic Society Gold Medal in London on Sunday, April 22 for his pioneering role in period-instrument performance practices of Baroque and Classical works, both in the instrumental and choral repertoire, and for his continuing contributions as a conductor, cellist, teacher, and author.