Hello and I'm

Joshua Weilerstein, I'm a conductor and I'm the artistic

Hello and welcome to Sticky Notes to Classical Music Podcast.

My name is Joshua Weilerstein.

I'm a conductor and I'm the artistic director

of the Lozan Chamber Orchestra in Lozan, Switzerland.

This podcast is for anyone who loves classical music,

works in the field, or is just getting ready to dive into this

amazing world of incredible music. Before we get started I want to thank my new

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Thanks, and before we get started on this exploration of Brahms' Third Symphony. I wanted to tell you a little bit

about what I'm up to next week. I'll be heading to Bremen with the Deutche Camar for Lamoni, an

amazing orchestra that I've been to many times, really one of the most special

orchestras in the whole world.

We'll be doing Schuman's Second Symphony, a whole series of bassooned concertos,

with the wonderful solo bassoonist of the orchestra Ricoyama and one of my favorite chestnuts now, Ethel Smyths Sweet for Strings.

Last week I was actually in Oslo with the Oslo Philharmonic.

We did a really special concert with Lara Hourbox Arctica, Debusis La Mer, John Luther Adams is the light that fills the world and Haydn's overture to the creation and a concert that basically was centered around climate change so it was nice to somewhat

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