Simon Rattle: From Birmingham to Berlin - Hardcover

Kenyon, Nicholas

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9780571205486: Simon Rattle: From Birmingham to Berlin

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0571205488 ISBN 13: 9780571205486

Publisher: Faber & Faber, 2002

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Still only in his mid-forties, Simon Rattle is a musician for the new century, equally at home conducting Beethoven symphonies, the twentieth-century repertory with which he made his reputation with the City of Birmingham Orchestra, new works he has commissioned, jazz by Ellington and Bernstein, or baroque opera. Nicholas Kenyon charts the whole of Rattle's career as this master musician prepares to take on the music directorship of the Berlin Philharmonic, perhaps the most prestigious position in all of classical music, and looks ahead to the challenges that await him in Berlin.

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About the Author:

Nicholas Kenyon has been director of the BBC Proms since 1996 and was formerly a music critic for The New Yorker, The Times (London), and The Observer (London). He lives in London.

Review:

'Simon Rattle put the orchestra firmly into gear, revved it up and embarked on a journey of full-throttle music-making that left bystanders aghast at its sheer splendour and invention.' Daily Telegraph

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