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.

 

LINKS

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

http://www.dinagilbert.com

https://www.kamloopssymphony.com

Gilbert is also directrice musicale of Orchestre Symphonique de l’Estuaire

https://ose.qc.ca

and principal conductor Les Grand Ballets’ Orchestra

https://grandsballets.com/en/

 

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://music.apple.com/ca/album/ginastera-bernstein-moussa-works-for-violin-and-orchestra/1533874089

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