Ep 7, Stephen Barlow - Dom talks to opera conductor, Stephen Barlow
On episode 7 we talk to opera conductor, Stephen Barlow. Stephen was a boy chorister at Canterbury Cathedral‚ Organ Scholar at Trinity College‚ Cambridge and studied at Guildhall School of Music and Drama. During his 40 year career he has been resident conductor at English National Opera‚ and has worked with Scottish Opera‚ Dublin Grand Opera‚ Opera North and Royal Opera House and was Artistic Director of Opera Northern Ireland. RUNNING ORDER: PART 1: Stephen tells us that his whole life has been one of competition and how he felt he had let everyone down when he failed an audition at seven years old (02m 00s) PART 2: Stephen explains how it was only with a strong support network that he felt he could compete at the very top of the music business (08m 45s) PART 3: Stephen talks about conducting top orchestras at the age of only 24 and how one small opportunity made that possible (17m 29s) PART 4: We discuss how Stephen, and every artist, deals with adulation and criticism all the time, from other musicians, audiences and critics, and how depressing that can sometimes be (24m 56s) PART 5: Stephen tells us how he fell out of love with conducting and took a few years out to re-find his love of music, and how that made him even more enthusiastic to conduct again (33m 17s) PART 6: Stephen and I discuss how no man can do it alone (38m 21s) PART 7: Stephen explains how age and experience has given him a new perspective on what he really wants to do with his time, and that striving to make millions is not the way to live your life (47m 12s) Music credit URL: freemusicarchive.org/music/Tours/En…s_-_Enthusiast