SHOWCASE
Behind the Score: Orchestrator Bernard Duc and “His Dark Materials” at the BBC Proms
His Dark Materials is a fantasy TV Series produced by BBC One and HBO, based on the trilogy of Philip Pullman’s novels. The music of the series was written by Grammy-award winning Scottish composer Lorne Balfe. In late August this year, there was a medley of it...
Dorico helps bring Augusta Holmès’ “Ode Triomphale” to life since its first and last performance back in 1889
"Ode Triomphale” is a musical work written by Augusta Holmès, a French composer of Irish descent. It is noteworthy not only because it was written by a female composer – given that in the 19th century women weren’t expected, or even sometimes permitted, to write music...