(Source: BBC - British Broadcasting Corporation) Carl Nielsen's 150th birthday will be celebrated next June with special tributes, and the orchestra will give the premiere performance of David Matthews's Eighth Symphony, written especially for the Manchester players. All concerts will be recorded by BBC Radio 3 and many will be broadcast live. All season Juanjo Mena will explore Beethoven, conducting Egmont followed by Beethoven's only opera, Fidelio. Mena, who was born in the Basque Country, relishes the music making to come as he leads his fourth season at the helm of the BBC Philharmonic: "It's a huge honour and always a great joy to work with the BBC Philharmonic," he says. "Their...
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