I speak with conductor Dina Gilbert about her life and career and tell the story of the great Olympic Hymn by Richard Strauss, that time forgot.
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Darius Milhaud was a busy well-known composer during the 20th Century.
The New Yorker published a guide to his music in 2017
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/the-indomitable-humanism-of-darius-milhaud
Arthur Fiedler conducted the Boston Pops for 50 years.
https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/bday/1217.html
The “Boston Pops” an offshoot of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, is one of the most recorded ensembles in the world—known for its association with Arthur Fiedler, John Wiliams, and current conductor Keith Lockhart
https://www.bso.org/brands/pops/about-us/historyarchives/the-history-of-the-boston-pops.aspx
Richard Strauss was an important German composer who lived from 1864-1949
ClassicFM’s 15 facts about Strauss
https://www.classicfm.com/composers/strauss/guides/facts-gallery/
“Olympische Hymne” by Richard Strauss was premiered August 1, 1936 during the opening ceremony of the Berlin Olympics
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympische_Hymne
Photo of Strauss in rehearsal at the Olympic Stadium
https://web.archive.org/web/20091027074318/http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/Studio/2891/olympia.htm
Dina Gilbert is Music director of the Kamloops Symphony
https://www.kamloopssymphony.com
Gilbert is also directrice musicale of Orchestre Symphonique de l’Estuaire
and principal conductor Les Grand Ballets’ Orchestra
Kent Nagano is a notable American conductor who was Music Director of the Montreal Symphony Orchestra from 2006-2020. https://www.kentnagano.com/about-kent/
The english language version of his memoir “Classical Music: Expect the unexpected” is published by McGill-Queen’s University Press
https://www.mqup.ca/classical-music-products-9780773556348.php?page_id=73&
Samy Moussa is a busy Canadian composer with a long association with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra
http://www.samymoussa.com/biography
Moussa’s Violin Concerto has been recorded by Andrew Wan-with Nagano conducting the OSM
https://open.spotify.com/album/6nTReYFzI0mZHhco5cX7Q3
Dinuk Wijeratne is an award-winning composer who lives in Nova Scotia
https://www.dinukwijeratne.com/biography/
Dina recommended his Tabla Concerto
https://www.dinukwijeratne.com/tablaconcerto/
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Published August 2021