Wednesday, July 10, 2019

Sergio Mims: Jonathon Heyward to conduct performance of Leningrad Symphony

Jonathon Heyward

Sergio A. Mims writes:

Due to doctor's orders conductor Sir Mark Elder is taking a sabbatical for a month and dropped out of his scheduled performance of Shostakovich's Symphony No. 7 with the Hallé Orchestra for which he has been the music director  since 2000.

In his place the orchestra's assistant conductor Jonathon Heyward will take his place to conduct the concert. In a press statement, Sir Elder said that:

Message from the Hallé Orchestra music director:
"I am very sorry to have to announce that I will be unable to conduct my wonderful orchestra at Thursday’s performance of the Leningrad Symphony. After a period of very painful problems with my neck, and after consulting several doctors and undergoing scans and procedures, I have been advised not to conduct for the next month."
"While I am extremely sorry not to be able to perform this extraordinary work, I am delighted that, at very short notice, Jonathon Heyward, the Hallé’s Assistant Conductor, will conduct the Hallé. Jonathon is at the start of a brilliant career, having already achieved significant international success: winning a major European conducting competition prior to taking up his post at the Hallé, and recently being designated Chief Conductor of the Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie in Germany."

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