Paavo Berglund obituary |
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| Finnish conductor who enhanced the structure and spiritual strength of Sibelius's musicPaavo Berglund, who has died aged 82, was regarded as a father figure in modern Sibelius conducting. But from an early date he took an interventionist view: not only were the scores that were traditionally played from full of errors, but the composer's own scoring, Berglund held, sometimes created problems in performance.Berglund corrected the scores and, where he considered it necessary, was not averse to…
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| TAG: Classical music, Culture, Europe, Finland, Jean Sibelius, Music, Obituaries, The Guardian, World news |
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