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𝗩𝗲𝗿𝗱𝗶 — 𝗜𝗹 𝗧𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗲 — 𝗖𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶 — 𝗧𝘂𝗰𝗰𝗶 — 𝗦𝗶𝗺𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗼 — 𝗠𝗲𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗹𝗹 — 𝗧𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗮𝘀 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKnFPK7XHXE&list=OLAK5uy_k2wdw0OhnsCiBJpavdDP-cIIQfSrtXiGQ&index=1 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗼 𝗖𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶 — Manrico 𝗚𝗮𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗮 𝗧𝘂𝗰𝗰𝗶 — Leonora 𝗚𝗶𝘂𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗮 𝗦𝗶𝗺𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗼 — Azucena 𝗥𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝗠𝗲𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗹𝗹 — Il Conte di…

𝗛𝗲𝗻𝗿𝘆 𝗣𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗹 - 𝗗𝗶𝗱𝗼 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗔𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗮𝘀, 𝗭. 𝟲𝟮𝟲, 𝗔𝗰𝘁 𝗜: 𝗔𝗵! 𝗕𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗮, 𝗜 𝗔𝗺 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗧𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 — 𝗗𝗶𝗱𝗼 - 𝗜𝗹 𝗣𝗼𝗺𝗼 𝗱’𝗢𝗿𝗼- 𝗝𝗼𝘆𝗰𝗲 𝗗𝗶𝗗𝗼𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗼 - 𝗠𝗮𝘅𝗶𝗺 𝗘𝗺𝗲𝗹𝘆𝗮𝗻𝘆𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘃 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLPRhQa_kRY

𝗝. 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘂𝘀𝘀 — 𝗗𝗶𝗲 𝗙𝗹𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘂𝘀 — 𝗞𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗷𝗮𝗻 𝗚𝘂𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗻 — 𝗞𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘁 — 𝗪ä𝗰𝗵𝘁𝗲𝗿 — 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗻𝗶𝗸 — 𝗭𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗶𝗲𝗿𝗶 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDPXxJIu9Mc&list=PLIf51lPrqmlinDf-eSQ04MM16b0ukykVv&index=1 𝗛𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗲 𝗚𝘂𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗻 — Rosalinde 𝗪𝗮𝗹𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗿 𝗞𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘁 — Gabriel von Eisenstein 𝗘𝗯𝗲𝗿𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗪ä𝗰𝗵𝘁𝗲𝗿 — Frank 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗮 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗻𝗶𝗸 —…

Herbert von Karajan and Gundula Janowitz

𝗥𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘂𝘀𝘀 — 𝗗𝗶𝗲 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝘂 𝗼𝗵𝗻𝗲 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻 — 𝗞𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗷𝗮𝗻 — 𝟭𝟵𝟲𝟰 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGm3FsBnPEM 𝗟𝗲𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗲 𝗥𝘆𝘀𝗮𝗻𝗲𝗸 — The Empress 𝗝𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗧𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗮𝘀 — The Emperor 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗛𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻 — The Nurse 𝗪𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗿𝘆 — Barak 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮 𝗟𝘂𝗱𝘄𝗶𝗴 —…

# 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗵𝗺𝘀 — 𝗣𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗼 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗼 𝗡𝗼. 𝟮, 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝘆 𝗡𝗼. 𝟯 — 𝗟𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗱 𝗣𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗰 𝗢𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮 — 𝗦𝘃𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗼𝘀𝗹𝗮𝘃 𝗥𝗶𝗰𝗵𝘁𝗲𝗿, 𝗘𝘃𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘆 𝗠𝗿𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗸𝘆

# **Chicago Symphony Orchestra — From the Archives** 𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗩𝗼𝗹. 𝟭 — The Reiner Era 𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗩𝗼𝗹. 𝟮 — Soloists of the Orchestra 𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗩𝗼𝗹. 𝟯 — To…

𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗗𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴: 𝗕𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗣𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗵𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗺 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗝𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘆 Listening to classical music while driving is not the same as listening to it at home, in a concert hall, or…

𝗙𝗘𝗟𝗜𝗫 𝗪𝗘𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗡𝗘𝗥 — 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗔𝗥𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗢𝗖𝗥𝗔𝗧 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗟𝗔𝗥𝗜𝗧𝗬 𝗙𝗲𝗹𝗶𝘅 𝗪𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗻𝗲𝗿 was born on 𝟮 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗲 𝟭𝟴𝟲𝟯 in 𝗭𝗮𝗿𝗮, then part of the Austrian Empire, now 𝗭𝗮𝗱𝗮𝗿, 𝗖𝗿𝗼𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗮, and died on 𝟳 𝗠𝗮𝘆 𝟭𝟵𝟰𝟮 in 𝗪𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗵𝘂𝗿,…

Switzerland Conductor Hermann Scherchen with Felix Weingartner, 1940

Chopin by Hadi Karimi

Shostakovich with sisters Maria and Zoya in childhood

Aram Kachaturian / Dmitri Shostakovich

𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗦 𝗣𝗙𝗜𝗧𝗭𝗡𝗘𝗥 — 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗟𝗔𝗧𝗘 𝗥𝗢𝗠𝗔𝗡𝗧𝗜𝗖 𝗜𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗠𝗢𝗗𝗘𝗥𝗡 𝗔𝗚𝗘 𝗛𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝗣𝗳𝗶𝘁𝘇𝗻𝗲𝗿 was born in 𝗠𝗼𝘀𝗰𝗼𝘄 in 𝟭𝟴𝟲𝟵, the son of German parents, and received his musical training in 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗸𝗳𝘂𝗿𝘁. He was a composer,…

𝗖𝗢𝗣𝗟𝗔𝗡𝗗, 𝗕𝗘𝗥𝗡𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗜𝗡 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗞𝗢𝗨𝗦𝗦𝗘𝗩𝗜𝗧𝗭𝗞𝗬 — 𝗧𝗔𝗡𝗚𝗟𝗘𝗪𝗢𝗢𝗗, 𝟭𝟵𝟰𝟳: 𝗔 𝗧𝗥𝗜𝗔𝗡𝗚𝗟𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗔𝗠𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗡 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖 The photograph of 𝗔𝗮𝗿𝗼𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱, 𝗟𝗲𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗶𝗻 and 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗲 𝗞𝗼𝘂𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘃𝗶𝘁𝘇𝗸𝘆 at 𝗧𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗲𝘄𝗼𝗼𝗱, 𝗟𝗲𝗻𝗼𝘅, 𝗠𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗰𝗵𝘂𝘀𝗲𝘁𝘁𝘀, in 𝟭𝟵𝟰𝟳 captures much more than three famous…

𝗗𝗩𝗢𝗥̌𝗔́𝗞 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗦𝗜𝗕𝗘𝗟𝗜𝗨𝗦: 𝗧𝗪𝗢 𝗡𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗔𝗟 𝗩𝗢𝗜𝗖𝗘𝗦, 𝗧𝗪𝗢 𝗩𝗜𝗦𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗦𝗬𝗠𝗣𝗛𝗢𝗡𝗬 𝗔𝗻𝘁𝗼𝗻𝗶́𝗻 𝗗𝘃𝗼𝗿̌𝗮́𝗸 and 𝗝𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗦𝗶𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗶𝘂𝘀 belong to two different generations, but they share one essential historical idea: both transformed the musical identity of…

𝗗𝗔𝗩𝗜𝗗 𝗢𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗞𝗛: 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗡𝗢𝗕𝗟𝗘 𝗩𝗢𝗜𝗖𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗩𝗜𝗢𝗟𝗜𝗡 𝗗𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗱 𝗢𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗸𝗵 was born in 𝟭𝟵𝟬𝟴 in 𝗢𝗱𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗮, then part of the Russian Empire, and died in 𝟭𝟵𝟳𝟰 in 𝗔𝗺𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗱𝗮𝗺. He became one of the greatest…

𝗕𝗥𝗔𝗛𝗠𝗦 𝗜𝗡 𝗚𝗠𝗨𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗡: 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗙𝗥𝗜𝗘𝗡𝗗𝗦𝗛𝗜𝗣 𝗪𝗜𝗧𝗛 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗠𝗜𝗟𝗟𝗘𝗥-𝗔𝗜𝗖𝗛𝗛𝗢𝗟𝗭 𝗙𝗔𝗠𝗜𝗟𝗬 This remarkable photograph shows 𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗲𝘀 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗵𝗺𝘀 in 𝗚𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗻, Austria, with members of the family of 𝗩𝗶𝗸𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝘃𝗼𝗻 𝗠𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗿 𝘇𝘂 𝗔𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗵𝗼𝗹𝘇. The image is commonly identified…

Zoltán Kodály with wife, Budapest 1962

Anton Dvorak , Family

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗗 𝗪𝗔𝗚𝗡𝗘𝗥 𝗠𝗢𝗡𝗨𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧 𝗜𝗡 𝗟𝗘𝗜𝗣𝗭𝗜𝗚: 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗣𝗢𝗦𝗘𝗥 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗦𝗛𝗔𝗗𝗢𝗪 The 𝗥𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗪𝗮𝗴𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝘂𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 in 𝗟𝗲𝗶𝗽𝘇𝗶𝗴 is one of the most symbolically complex tributes to the composer. It stands on the 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴, near…