Sir Roger Norrington obituary

Sir Roger Norrington obituary

Acclaimed conductor and pioneer of the early music revival with a dogmatic aversion to vibratoRoger Norrington, who has died aged 91, was one of the great pioneers of the early music revival. With his acute sense of cultural history and performance tradition, he was one of a handful of conductors who radically redefined the realisation of music of earlier periods.Launching his career with the Schütz Choir, dedicated to the promulgation of the 17…