Culture: They've Got Plenty of Knussen ; Christopher Morley Looks Ahead to a Significant Date in Bcmg's History
Birmingham Post › October 19, 2006
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As it approaches the 20th anniversary of its founding, Birmingham Contemporary Music Group launches its latest season on Saturday with a concert conducted by its newly-appointed artist-in-association, Oliver Knussen.
Knussen notoriously came to fame during the 1960s as an early- teens composing prodigy whose First Symphony was premiered by the London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by the composer himself when Istvan Kertesz, the LSO principal conductor, became indisposed.See the full content of this document
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Culture: They've Got Plenty of Knussen ; Christopher Morley Looks Ahead to a Significant Date in Bcmg's History
It took a while for the naturally modest Knussen to recover from the media exposure, but today he has achieved renown both as a composer of the most fastidiously-crafted music, and also as a conductor.
He has carved a reputation with the baton, not only in contemporary music, but also in the music of many composers from the past, not l...See the full content of this document
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