Simone Young conducts Gurrelieder and Eleanor McEvoy hits the road

Simone Young, who has just renewed her contract with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra for another two years, talks about conducting Gurrelieder for the first time. Schoenberg's late-Romantic extravagance is one of the most sumptuous works of the twentieth century, and one of the biggest - such a concert hall rarity that Simone herself has never heard it live. We also talk about her forthcoming cycles of Wagner's Ring of the Nibelung at the theatre Wagner himself built in Bayreuth, Germany.

Eleanor McEvoy is one of Ireland’s foremost singer songwriters, and we pick up the conversation where we left it last time—in the midst of an ill-fated tour in March 2020. After nearly two years without touring or playing a single gig, Eleanor released her 16th album, Gimme Some Wine, a lush and introspective record with instrumentation inspired by listening to a wide range of music. She plays two songs from it live in our studio.

Music in the show:

Extracts from Arnold Schoenberg's Gurrelieder from the following recordings:

Artists: Stig Andersen, Soile Isokoski, Monica Groop, Ralf Lukas, Andreas Conrad, Barbara Sukowa, City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus, Philharmonia Voices, and Philharmonia OrchestraConductor: Esa-Pekka SalonenLabel: Signum Classics SIGCD173

Artists: Marita Napier, Yvonne Minton, Jess Thomas, Siegmund Nimsgern, Kenneth Bowen and Gunter Reich (narrator), BBC Symphony Orchestra & ChorusConductor: Pierre BoulezLabel: Sony Music SM2K 48 459

Eleanor McEvoy performs live in The Music Show studio two songs from her album Gimme Some Wine:

South Anne Street

The Spanish Word for Love

At the end of the show:

Title: Carbon FootprintArtist: Veronique Serret feat. William BartonIndependent single release

Technical production by Simon Branthwaite, Nathan Turnbull and Harvey O'Sullivan

The Music Show was produced this week on Gadigal, Gundungurra and Kaurna Country