THE MONTH IN NUMBERS

104

…bars of Gershwin (above), previously unheard. The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra has recorded a version of An American in Paris that includes four passages crossed out by the composer in the original score.

2

…additional years, at least, in Norway. Conductor Edward Gardner has extended his contract with the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra to 2023.

3

…manuals, played well. Ivanbogdan Reincke has won the 2019 Northern Ireland Organ Competition at Armagh Cathedral.

193

…miles of motorway, celebrated in music. On 27 October, the BBC Philharmonic premieres Alex Woolf’s M1 Symphony, composed to mark the road’s 60th anniversary.