A New Role: Sir Roger Norringon Premieres as OSL's First Music Director

“Mr. Norrington’s three-year appointment, effective next season, will make him the first music director in the ensemble’s history as a freelance organization since 1974. Although the Orchestra of St. Luke’s has appeared in recent seasons in only four formal concerts at Carnegie Hall, it performs nearly 100 concerts a year in configurations ranging from chamber ensemble to 70 musicians.” —The New York Times

Sir Roger Norrington was “absolutely delighted” (The New York Times) to conduct his first performance in the new role of OSL’s Music Director (1990-1994) at Lincoln Center’s Avery Fisher Hall.

“I look on this as a sort of laboratory to see how flexible a modern orchestra can be,” Mr. Norrington said … we will try to see how far we can bend modern playing in the direction of history, hopefully without breaking it.” —The New York Times

(Photos by Ralph Gabriner)

Read the full article on Sir Roger Norrington’s appointment at The New York Times