Sakari Oramo heading to BBCSO

[Il Grande Inquisitor]

This, I think, is excellent news for the BBC Symphony Orchestra:

http://www.harrisonparrott.com/news/2012/02/sakari-oramo-named-next-chief-conductor-bbc-symphony-orchestra

[Curalach]

Good news.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

This, I think, is excellent news for the BBC Symphony Orchestra:

I agree!

[amateur51]

Quite the best musical news I've heard in a long time, IGI

Well done Roger & chums

[DracoM]

At last. a serious, weighty name, and a very fine musician indeed.

[Barbirollians]

Definitely a coup for the BBC SO . A very fine conductor.

[cloughie]

Quite the best musical news I've heard in a long time, IGI

Well done Roger & chums

An excellent choice - good to see Roger get something (W)right. Now about mornings on 3!!!!!!!!!!

[Nick Armstrong]

Terrific. Lots of great Sibelius, not to mention British music - I still think his Birmingham 'Enigma Variations' is by far my favourite of 'modern' versions!

[Beef Oven]

What's the John Dory on Jirí Belohlávek?

[Stanley Stewart]

Much heartened by this splendid news.

[Nick Armstrong]

What's the John Dory on Jirí Belohlávek?

Spanish archered, mate.

[Beef Oven]

Spanish archered, mate.

Tin-tacked? But they asked him to extend his contract to 2012 and he's been doing all those last night of the Proms etc. I don't Adam and Eve it! You avin a tin-bath?

[mercia]

What's the John Dory on Jirí Belohlávek?

if that means what I think it means, he's returning to the Czech Philharmonic (unless this link has been surpassed)

http://www.artsjournal.com/slippeddisc/2010/12/breaking_news_czech_phil_takes.html

[Chris Newman]

Jirí Belohlávek returns to an orchestra renowned for demanding consistency. Few conductors remain for long, the exceptions being Karel Ancerl and Vaclav Neumann. JB took over from Neumann. They sacked Ashkenazy after his short tenure making Mackerras a caretaker. Zdenek Macal walked out over a tiff with critics. The orchestra has relied a lot on Principal Guest Conductors like Mackerras and Honeck and visitors like Colin Davis. The CPO were left feeling rather sheepish when JB founded his own orchestra, The Prague Philharmonia (who are currently looked after by Jakub Hrusa) and who quickly became as good as they were. Jirí Belohlávek can leave the BBCSO satisfied in the knowledge that he has built it into an orchestra that can often rival The Philharmonia or Halle. His predecessors (Andrew Davis and Leonard Slatkin) and were adventurous programmers but not builders of any distictive orchestral sound.

It is excellent news that Sakari Oramo is to take over as Chief Conductor of the BBCSO and good to hear that JB is to remain with them as Conductor Laureate . Everywhere Oramo has worked orchestral standards have been maintained and raised. Having a good head helps attract the best guest conductors. The BBC will be keen to keep visitors like Semyon Bychkov.

[Beef Oven]

Jirí Belohlávek returns to an orchestra renowned for demanding consistency. Few conductors remain for long, the exceptions being Karel Ancerl and Vaclav Neumann. JB took over from Neumann. They sacked Ashkenazy after his short tenure making Mackerras a caretaker. Zdenek Macal walked out over a tiff with critics. The orchestra has relied a lot on Principal Guest Conductors like Mackerras and Honeck and visitors like Colin Davis. The CPO were left feeling rather sheepish when JB founded his own orchestra, The Prague Philharmonia (who are currently looked after by Jakub Hrusa) and who quickly became as good as they were. Jirí Belohlávek can leave the BBCSO satisfied in the knowledge that he has built it into an orchestra that can often rival The Philharmonia or Halle. His predecessors (Andrew Davis and Leonard Slatkin) and were adventurous programmers but not builders of any distictive orchestral sound.

It is excellent news that Sakari Oramo is to take over as Chief Conductor of the BBCSO and good to hear that JB is to remain with them as Conductor Laureate . Everywhere Oramo has worked orchestral standards have been maintained and raised. Having a good head helps attract the best guest conductors. The BBC will be keen to keep visitors like Semyon Bychkov.

Thank you very much for the explanation.