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Podcast: BBC Music Magazine
Episode:

What’s the point of a conductor?
Category: Music
Duration: 00:47:51
Publish Date: 2024-02-01 00:00:00
Description:

To the uninitiated, the conductor can seem superfluous – simply waving their arms in the air while the orchestra does the hard work. But the art of conducting is fundamental to a great orchestra’s sound and identity. Jeremy Pound speaks to BBC Symphony Orchestra principal conductor Sakari Oramo about this mysterious vocation.


This episode is sponsored by Bang & Olufsen.

 

Musical Excerpt

Dora Pejacevic Symphony, Op. 41 – IV. Allegro Appassionato (opening)

BBC Symphony Orchestra/Sakari Oramo

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