Episode 16 Conductor Dina Gilbert | Richard Strauss and the Olympics

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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/ You can support the podcast at https://www.buymeacoffee.com/culturemonster Published August 2021