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An interview with Dame Jane Glover

To mark the release of Handel's Jephtha recorded live in Chicago with Music of the Baroque, Dame Jane Glover is interviewed by William Kempster.

"Whenever I return to them, we begin on an ever-higher level of familiarity and understanding. I adore them, and I adore the work we do together. I feel incredibly blessed to be part of this organization."

Read the full interview here

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Jane Glover conducts Bartók and Beethoven — With Joshua Bell, Steven Isserlis, and Jeremy Denk

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Following their exquisite all-Fauré chamber concert, the dream team of Aspen alumni — violinist Joshua Bell, cellist Steven Isserlis, and pianist Jeremy Denk — reunites at the 2024 Aspen Music Festival and School. They join the Aspen Festival Orchestra under the direction of the great Jane Glover, who also conducts another unconventional concerto: Bartók's Concerto for Orchestra, one of the Hungarian great's final compositions before his death — a virtuosic showpiece for each orchestral section, and a resounding hit with critics and audiences since its first performance in 1944.

Watch on medici.tv here

Chicago Opera Theater Announces Two Premieres and More for 2024-25 Season

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CHICAGO, ILLINOIS (April 30, 2024) — Kicking off the season is the North American premiere of Ferdinando Paër's Leonora, a classical Italian opera based on the same libretto that inspired Beethoven's later opera, Fidelio, which will run concurrently with Lyric Opera of Chicago's production of Fidelio, providing the rare opportunity to see both works side by side. Conducted by Dame Jane Glover, the cast includes the Chicago debut of tenor Edgardo Rocha, and the local directorial debut of Lawrence Edelson.

Read full season announcement here

Jane Glover appointed Principal Guest Conductor of Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra

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FORT WORTH, TEXAS (February 26, 2024) — Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra Board Chair Mercedes T. Bass and President and CEO Keith Cerny today announced the appointment of British conductor Dame Jane Glover as the orchestra’s next Principal Guest Conductor. Dame Jane has conducted widely across Europe, Asia, Australia, and North America, where she is known as a conductor who embodies the music of Mozart, Handel, and Britten and is a deeply committed musicologist. A baroque specialist, she understands the need for creative elements of performance, presenting classical music in new formats, cultivating audiences, conducting a range of repertoire from the baroque to the contemporary, and shaping her concert programs to communicate a dramaturgical narrative. She will serve as Principal Guest Conductor starting August 1, 2025.

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