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Here we see the famous violinist 𝗬𝗲𝗵𝘂𝗱𝗶 𝗠𝗲𝗻𝘂𝗵𝗶𝗻 taken in San Francisco during 1924 when 𝗬𝗲𝗵𝘂𝗱𝗶 was only 8 years old. His accompanist is the pianist 𝗟𝗼𝘂𝗶𝘀 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿, who was also concert master of…

𝗕𝗥𝗔𝗛𝗠𝗦 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗠𝗔𝗛𝗟𝗘𝗥 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗕𝗔𝗗 𝗜𝗦𝗖𝗛𝗟 𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗢𝗨𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗥 — 𝗔 𝗪𝗔𝗟𝗞 𝗕𝗘𝗧𝗪𝗘𝗘𝗡 𝗧𝗪𝗢 𝗔𝗚𝗘𝗦 The later encounter, often placed in 𝗕𝗮𝗱 𝗜𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗹 during Brahms’s last summer, has an almost symbolic quality. Bad Ischl was not…

𝗧𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗸𝗼𝘃𝘀𝗸𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗔𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗹𝘆 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗸𝗼𝘃 𝗣𝗵𝗼𝘁𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗥𝗲𝘂𝘁𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝟲/𝟭𝟴 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝟭𝟴𝟴𝟴 𝗔𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗹𝘆 𝗔𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗲𝘆𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗸𝗼𝘃 — 𝗥𝘂𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗿 𝗕𝗼𝗿𝗻: 𝟮𝟱 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟴𝟱𝟴 / 𝟲 𝗝𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝟭𝟴𝟱𝟵, 𝗠𝗼𝘀𝗰𝗼𝘄 𝗗𝗶𝗲𝗱: 𝟭𝟲 𝗙𝗲𝗯𝗿𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆…

𝗔 𝗩𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗕𝗿𝘂𝗰𝗸𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝗩𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗻𝗮 — 𝗔 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗥𝗲𝗳𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 This past summer, during my visit to 𝗩𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗻𝗮, I had one of those quiet and unforgettable encounters that only music can truly prepare us…

𝗖𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗮 𝗪𝗶𝗲𝗰𝗸-𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻 (𝟭𝟴𝟭𝟵–𝟭𝟴𝟵𝟲) 𝗣𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗼 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗼 𝗡𝗼. 𝟭 𝗶𝗻 𝗔 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗼𝗿, 𝗢𝗽. 𝟳 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESsY_vVZ3gQ 𝗕𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗥𝗮𝗻𝗮, piano 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗢𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮 𝗼𝗳 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲 𝗬𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗸 𝗡𝗲́𝘇𝗲𝘁-𝗦𝗲́𝗴𝘂𝗶𝗻, conductor 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗣𝗢𝗦𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡, 𝗣𝗥𝗘𝗠𝗜𝗘𝗥𝗘, 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗘𝗣𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗡𝗚 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗣𝗢𝗦𝗘𝗥 𝗕𝗘𝗛𝗜𝗡𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗞 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗮…

𝗞𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗻, 𝗞𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗷𝗮𝗻, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗧𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗸𝗼𝘃𝘀𝗸𝘆: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗠𝗶𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗞𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗷𝗮𝗻’𝘀 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗟𝗲𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗱 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ak5l3y0Bzc&t=1108s (VIDEO) Probably the greatest version that we will ever hear of this magnificent work Sadly this would be Karajan's final performance…

𝗜𝘃𝗼 𝗣𝗼𝗴𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗵: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗗𝗲𝗳𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲, 𝗩𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗥𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗱𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 ⠀ 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗜 – 𝗕𝗲𝗹𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗲: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗶𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝗼𝗳 𝗮𝗻 𝗨𝗻𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗜𝘃𝗼 𝗣𝗼𝗴𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗵 was born on 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟬, 𝟭𝟵𝟱𝟴, in 𝗕𝗲𝗹𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗲, then part of…

Photograph shows 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘇 𝗞𝗿𝗲𝗶𝘀𝗹𝗲𝗿, 𝗪𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗗𝗮𝗺𝗿𝗼𝘀𝗰𝗵, 𝗣𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗼 𝗖𝗮𝘀𝗮𝗹𝘀, and 𝗛𝗮𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗕𝗮𝘂𝗲𝗿 who played together in a concert at Carnegie Hall in March 1917 (Photo by: Sepia Times/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Leontyne Price with bass-baritone Paul Robeson at joint concert, Dayton, Ohio, 1948

𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶 𝗕𝗼𝘀𝗸𝗼𝘃𝘀𝗸𝘆 And 𝗘𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗮𝗯𝗲𝘁𝗵 𝗛ö𝗯𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗵 Austrian violinist and conductor 𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶 𝗕𝗼𝘀𝗸𝗼𝘃𝘀𝗸𝘆 (1909 - 1991) and his wife, actress 𝗘𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗮𝗯𝗲𝘁𝗵 𝗛ö𝗯𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗵 (1923 - 2007), 𝗨𝗞, 18th April 1964. He annually conducts the 𝗩𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗻𝗮 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿'𝘀…

𝐑𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐬: 𝐄𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐀𝐥𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐞, 𝐎𝐩. 𝟔𝟒 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝟏𝟗𝟏𝟓 — 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐏𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐤𝐞𝐫 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐭 𝐯𝐨𝐧 𝐊𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐣𝐚𝐧. 𝐋𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐭 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐝𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐀𝐮𝐠𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝟐𝟖, 𝟏𝟗𝟖𝟐, 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐚𝐥𝐳𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐠 𝐅𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥 𝐇𝐚𝐥𝐥, 𝐒𝐚𝐥𝐳𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐠, 𝐀𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐚. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDi1PSz8mRE…

# 𝗨𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗮 𝗥𝗲𝗺𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 - 𝗙𝗮𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀 1. 𝐀𝐧𝐝𝐫é 𝐂𝐥𝐮𝐲𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐬 conducts 𝐖𝐚𝐠𝐧𝐞𝐫, 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐬𝐤𝐲, 𝐑𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐥 2. 𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐫 𝐑𝐨𝐝𝐳𝐢ń𝐬𝐤𝐢 conducts 𝐓𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐤𝐨𝐯𝐬𝐤𝐲 The Nutcracker 3. 𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐨 𝐓𝐨𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐢 conducts 𝐁𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐳 Roméo & Juliette, Harold en Italie 4. 𝐁𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐇𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐤…

𝐔𝐧𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐒𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐂𝐚𝐧 𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐭 𝐚 𝐋𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 Going to a concert hall or opera house can be one of life’s most moving experiences. Live classical music offers beauty, concentration, presence, and…

𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐭? Although live concerts offer intensity, presence, and a sense of occasion, recorded music is not merely a second-best substitute. In many situations, it is…

𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐠𝐨 𝐭𝐨 𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜? In an age when almost any song is available instantly on a phone, computer, or speaker, some people ask why live…

𝗩𝗲𝗿𝗱𝗶'𝘀 𝗗𝗼𝗻 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗼 𝗮𝘁 𝗟𝗮 𝗦𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗮 𝗼𝗻 𝟭𝟮 𝗔𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗹 𝟭𝟵𝟱𝟰 The opening night of Verdi's Don Carlo at La Scala on 12 April 1954 was a gala evening for the opening of the 32nd…

𝗠𝗼𝘇𝗮𝗿𝘁 · 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝗔𝗿𝗶𝗮𝘀 - 𝗘𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗮 𝗚𝗿𝘂𝗯𝗲𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗮 · 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗢𝗿𝗰𝗵. 𝗼𝗳 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲 · 𝗡𝗶𝗸𝗼𝗹𝗮𝘂𝘀 𝗛𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘁 https://www.patreon.com/posts/mozart-concert-155993509?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link 𝗠𝗶𝗮 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘇𝗮 𝗮𝗱𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗮!… 𝗔𝗵 𝗻𝗼𝗻 𝘀𝗮𝗶 𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗮 𝘀𝗶𝗮, 𝗞𝗩 𝟰𝟭𝟲 𝗩𝗼𝗶 𝗮𝘃𝗲𝘁𝗲 𝘂𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝗿 𝗳𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗲, 𝗞𝗩 𝟮𝟭𝟳…

𝗕𝗮𝗿𝗯𝗮𝗿𝗮 𝗕𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝘆 (𝗯. 𝟭𝟵𝟱𝟲) 𝗕𝗼𝗿𝗻: 𝗔𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗹 𝟭𝟰, 𝟭𝟵𝟱𝟲, in 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗰𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗿, 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗝𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗲𝘆, 𝗨𝗦𝗔 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝗯𝗮𝗿𝗮 𝗕𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝘆 is one of the most refined 𝗹𝘆𝗿𝗶𝗰 𝘀𝗼𝗽𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗼𝘀 of the late 20th century, admired for her 𝗽𝘂𝗿𝗲…

𝗥𝗲𝗻é𝗲 𝗙𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 (𝗯. 𝟭𝟵𝟱𝟵) 𝗕𝗼𝗿𝗻: 𝗙𝗲𝗯𝗿𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝟭𝟰, 𝟭𝟵𝟱𝟵, in 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗮, 𝗣𝗲𝗻𝗻𝘀𝘆𝗹𝘃𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗮, 𝗨𝗦𝗔 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝗻é𝗲 𝗙𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 is one of the most celebrated 𝗔𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗹𝘆𝗿𝗶𝗰 𝘀𝗼𝗽𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗼𝘀 of the late 20th and early 21st centuries, admired…

**𝗠𝗢𝗭𝗔𝗥𝗧 𝗜𝗡 𝗦𝗪𝗔𝗙𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗗’𝗦 𝗕𝗜𝗢𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗣𝗛𝗬 - **𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝟭𝟵 — 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗦𝗧 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗣𝗢𝗦𝗘𝗥 𝗟𝗘𝗢𝗣𝗢𝗟𝗗 𝗜𝗡 𝗩𝗜𝗘𝗡𝗡𝗔: 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗙𝗔𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗥 𝗙𝗔𝗖𝗘𝗦 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗦𝗢𝗡’𝗦 𝗧𝗥𝗜𝗨𝗠𝗣𝗛 In February 1785, 𝗟𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗠𝗼𝘇𝗮𝗿𝘁 came to Vienna and found, not the impulsive rebel…

Narcisse Girard (28 January 1797 – 16 January 1860) was a French violinist, conductor and composer. Conductor in the Premiere. Having already been taken ill during a Conservatoire concert, Girard collapsed while conducting, towards…

𝗔 𝗧𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝗥𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗧𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘀: 𝗠𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗹𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗵𝗻, 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗼𝘇 𝗶𝗻 𝗟𝗲𝗶𝗽𝘇𝗶𝗴, 𝟭𝟴𝟰𝟯–𝟭𝟴𝟰𝟰 𝗜. 𝗟𝗲𝗶𝗽𝘇𝗶𝗴 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗴𝗲 In the early 1840s, 𝗟𝗲𝗶𝗽𝘇𝗶𝗴 was one of the great musical capitals of…

𝗧𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘁𝘀 𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗺 » 𝗣𝗶𝗲𝗿𝗿𝗲 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝘂𝘅, 𝗕𝗿𝘂𝗻𝗼 𝗪𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗠𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗵 Backstage at the Toscanini memorial concert in NY

𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘇 𝗟𝗶𝘀𝘇𝘁 - 𝗛𝘂𝗻𝗴𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗥𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘀𝗼𝗱𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝟭-𝟭𝟬 (𝟭𝟴𝟰𝟲-𝟱𝟯) [𝗥𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗼 𝗦𝘇𝗶𝗱𝗼𝗻] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1uIE_LRx7M 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘇 𝗟𝗶𝘀𝘇𝘁’𝘀 𝗛𝘂𝗻𝗴𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗥𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘀𝗼𝗱𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗡𝗼𝘀. 𝟭–𝟭𝟬 belong to one of the most important and characteristic chapters in his entire piano output. Written principally between…