Are there conductors like that out there ... One can stipulate to Mäkelä's greatness on the podium while still wondering whether he’ll be spread too thin. In the course of a brilliant and ...

18-20: Guest conductor Ludovic Morlot leads the Pacific ... (Photo by Nick Bayless) Jan. 15-18: The symphony, with Shelley at the podium, will perform Stravinsky’s “The Firebird ...

The conductor typically stands on a raised podium with a large music stand for the full score, which contains the musical notation for all the instruments and/or voices. Since the mid-19th century, ...

These two conductor perspectives indicate the complex processes involved in translating the notes composers write in their manuscripts to what we hear as music. Standing alone on the podium before ...