Omer Meir Wellber and the BBC Philharmonic launch new in-conversation series (July 2020)
First series of The Music Room: Reflecting Beethoven set to launch online on Thursday 16 July, 9pm (CET)
The series features musicians from the BBC Philharmonic and special guests including Craig Charles, Maureen Lipman, Stephen Hough, Sally Beamish, Lorenzo Mariani, Fredun Mazaheri, Tom Redmond and Laura Tunbridge
The BBC Philharmonic is set to release “The Music Room” as of tomorrow 16 July weekly, a filmed online in-conversation series hosted by Chief Conductor Omer Meir Wellber that begins by exploring each of Beethoven’s nine symphonies.READ MORE
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