With the open vote for Orchestra of the Year 2021 award, music journalist and host Rob Cowan joins Gramophone James Jolly’s editor-in-chief, to talk about ensembles from Germany, the United States, Singapore and Switzerland. This is the only award chosen by our readers and an international audience of music lovers. Visit our Reward Pages for the list of ten nominated orchestras and to vote. But before you do, listen to the ensembles on ten specially selected playlists and our dynamic playlist. on Apple Music in lossless audio *.

In the first part of these two podcasts, Andrew Mellor chats with Andrew Mellor discussing ensembles from the UK, Germany, Italy and Canada.

Gramophone The podcasts are presented in association with Wigmore Hall, where after streaming over 300 concerts over the past year, the venue’s doors are open again. See the concert listings under the player below, and learn more about Wigmore Hall website.

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Wigmore Hall has streaming concerts for next week

Monday August 9 1 p.m.
Wigmore Soloists
Schubert: Octet
Available to watch for 30 days

Thursday August 12, 1 p.m.
Igor levit pf
Beethoven Piano Sonatas – Piano Sonatas – No 1 in F minor, Op 2 No 1; No 12 in A flat, Op 26, ‘Marche funèbre’; n ° 25 in G, opus 79; No 21 in C, Op 53, ‘Waldstein’
Available to watch for 30 days

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