Daniel Harding

About the artist

Daniel Harding (born 31 August 1975 in Oxford) is a British conductor. Harding studied trumpet at Chetham's School of Music and was a member of the National Youth Orchestra at age 13. At age 17, Harding assembled a group of musicians to perform Pierrot Lunaire of Arnold Schoenberg, and sent a tape of the performance to Simon Rattle in Birmingham. After listening to this tape, Rattle hired Harding as an assistant to him at the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra for a year, from 1993-1994.

Top songs

1. Symphony No. 3 In F Major Op. 90: III. Poco Allegretto
2. Méditation religieuse - Symphonie (from Thaïs)
3. Brahms: Symphony No. 3 in F Major, Op. 90: III. Poco allegretto
4. Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E Minor, Op. 64, MWV O14: I. Allegro molto appassionato
5. Symphony No. 3 in F Major, Op. 90: III. Poco allegretto
6. Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43 : Variation XVIII - Andante cantabile
7. R. Strauss: Der Anstieg
8. I. Fanfare
9. R. Strauss: Alpensymphonie, Op.64 - Nacht
10. Britten: The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54, Act 1: The Tower. "How Beautiful It Is" (Governess)

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