Cultural 1nformation from Catalan-Speaking Lands 1999 (II) and 2000 (I): Music

Abstract

In the area of symphonic and instrumental concerts, the prestigious Lorin Maazel conducted the London Philharmonic Orchestra in mid-July (1999) as part of the summer season of the Festival de Peralada. Moving on to the Fall season, at the end of October the Barcelona and National Catalonian Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Franz-Paul Decker with guest violinist Catherine Cho, interpreted a fairly surprising pro gram dedicated to Sir Edward EIgar (the emblematÏc representative of English Romantic Music) in the Auditori. In mid-November the Ibermúsica season brought together the conductor/composer André Previn and the violinist Anne Sophie Mutter...