Alexander Shelley is the Music Director of Canada's National Arts Centre Orchestra, Chief Conductor of the Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra and Principal Associate Conductor of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra London. He is also Artistic Director of the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen's award-winning "Zukunftslabor" and creator of the 440z series.
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Working on this piece currently and have been having difficulty with these meter changes (granted I just started) and here you are conducting it by memory. Extremely impressive. How did you manage this? Amazing.
One of my favourite pieces, I love the arrangement with the whole orchestra so it’s such a shame it’s hard to find a recording that plays the first movement with more than just woodwind - glad for this
Love the choice of tempo! 😍 Most renditions have been too slow for my taste but this worked brilliantly. The only thing that threw me off (apart from the missing second movement) is the seating arrangement. Like why are the French horns sitting next to the flutes? 🤨🤔
On many occasions music is like fireworks; it is very entertaining while it is going on and then you are left with nothing. This is a busy piece that did not intrigue my mind or touch my heart, but it was impressive in a technical sort of way. Of course, that's just me. I'm sure you loved it.
Spend a moment and pay attention to this performance, one of the currently best conductors in the world conducting one of the best orchestras in the world on arguably the best Symphony of the of the 20th Century. William Walton 1st Symphony, Goteborg Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Shelley conducting. Phenomenal!
Dear Conductor, Hope this message finds you well. I will be talking for myself and all my friends that join me at the NAC concerts. We wanted to share our thoughts about the pre-concert talk. While we appreciate the effort, after a long day of work, many of us would prefer to simply enjoy the music at 8 pm. Perhaps the comments could be distributed online or with brochures? Thank you for considering our feedback. Sincerely, A devoted guest of your great concerts.
As a musician going deaf(er), I needed to hear this. Even though I'm not even a 1000th as talented as Herr Beethoven, that idea of being in a way free to imagine truly extraordinary stuff is a nice reframing. I hope he realised it too.
