- BATTLING THE BEAST OF BAYREUTH
5th December 2018
6:30 pm - 9:00 pm
BATTLING THE BEAST OF BAYREUTH:
AN AUDIO/VISUAL HISTORY OF THE GREAT WAGNER CONDUCTORS
Swedenborg Hall, Barter Street, London WC1A 2TH
6:30pm for 7pm, Wednesday 5th December 2018
Using recordings and film, Professor Raymond Holden of the Royal Academy of Music will chart the fascinating history of Wagner performance during the twentieth century
Professor Raymond Holden PhD, DipMus(Ed), HonARAMRaymond Holden was born in Australia in 1954, studied at Sydney, Cologne and London and has worked as a conductor, writer, broadcaster and lecturer. He has performed with the Philharmonia Orchestra, the Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra, the BBC Symphony Orchestra, the Orchestra of the Emilia Romagna and the New Symphony Orchestra of London; has been published regularly by ICA, EMI and Warner Classics, Hans Schneider Verlag (Vienna) and Oxford, Cambridge and Yale University Presses; has appeared on BBC Television and Radio, Servus TV (Germany), RAI Television and Radio, ABC Classic FM, 3MBS FM, Vision Australia Radio and Classic FM (South Africa), and has spoken at many of the world’s leading festivals, universities, conservatoires and research institutes, including those in London, Oxford, Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra, Oslo, Helsinki, Singapore, Stellenbosch, Hong Kong, Sheffield, Keele, Augsburg, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Florida and Glyndebourne. Currently, he is the Royal Academy of Music’s Professor of Public Engagement.’
Tickets £20 including refreshments. (Free admission to Students and under 30s with membership (also free) and if they have previously provided proof of status.)
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