Arthur Fagen conducted the Orchester Musikkollegium Winterthur, the oldest Orchestra in Switzerland, conducted in the past by Hermann Scherchen and Wilhelm Furtwängler and connected with composers like Richard Strauss, Igor Stravinsky and Anton Webern. Mr. Fagen performed the second version – rarely performed – of Mendelssohn’s Symphony n. 4 (Italian), edited in 1833/1834, and Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto Op. 64, joined by soloist Sergej Krilov, as well as a première of Sommernachts-(tag)-Traum by Swiss composer Rolf Urs Ringger. The critics have been very enthusiastic ( please see reviews ).
Arthur Fagen conducts in Atlanta Mozart’s The Magic Flute, November 2024
After Wagner’s Die Walküre in May, Mr. Fagen returns to Atlanta with one of the greatest operas ever written, Mozart's The Magic Flute. Tomer Zvulun’s new staging and Arthur Fagen’s musical direction invite us to take a fresh look at the opera. Mozart’s timeless...