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The Silent Musician: Why Conducting Matters

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title The Silent Musician: Why Conducting Matters
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Mark Wigglesworth
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:272
Dimensions(mm): Height 265,Width 210
Category/Genre20th century and contemporary classical music
ISBN/Barcode 9780571337910
ClassificationsDewey:784.2092
Audience
General
Edition Main

Publishing Details

Publisher Faber & Faber
Imprint Faber & Faber
Publication Date 5 September 2019
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

A conductor is one of classical music's most recognisable but misunderstood figures, attracting so many questions: 'Surely orchestras can play perfectly well without you?' 'Do you really make any difference to the performance?' 'Are the musicians even watching you?' The Silent Musician is not a manual for conductors, nor a history of conducting. It is for all who wonder what conductors actually do, and why they matter.

Author Biography

Mark Wigglesworth has been conducting for thirty years, working with over a hundred orchestras and collaborating with many of the world's finest orchestra musicians, soloists, singers, and directors in venues ranging from Vienna's Musikverein to New York's Carnegie Hall, the Sydney Opera House to the Hollywood Bowl, and the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden to the Metropolitan Opera, New York. He has written articles for The Guardian and The Independent, made a six-part BBC TV series entitled 'Everything to Play For,' and recorded a highly acclaimed cycle of Shostakovich symphonies. In 2017 he won the Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in Opera.