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Alfred Brendel / Neville Marriner

The Boston Symphony Orchestra community joins the music world in celebrating the life of outstanding pianist 𝗔𝗹𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗕𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗹, who appeared with the 𝗕𝗦𝗢 and in recital at 𝗧𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗲𝘄𝗼𝗼𝗱 and 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝘆 𝗛𝗮𝗹𝗹 on numerous occasions…

𝗔𝗹𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗕𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗹 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗣𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁: 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲, 𝗔𝗿𝘁, 𝗥𝗲𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆, 𝗖𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗔𝗻𝗲𝗰𝗱𝗼𝘁𝗲𝘀 Alfred Brendel occupies a singular place in the history of twentieth-century pianism. He was not the glamorous prodigy, not the thunderous virtuoso, not…

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𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘀𝗲𝗲𝗺 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗮 𝗺𝗮𝗷𝗼𝗿 𝗱𝗼𝗰𝘂𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗺𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝟭𝟴𝟵𝟬 In 1890, Mahler was about thirty years old and was already building his career as a conductor outside Vienna. Bruckner, born in…

𝗔𝗻𝘁𝗼𝗻 𝗕𝗿𝘂𝗰𝗸𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗚𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘃 𝗠𝗮𝗵𝗹𝗲𝗿 𝗧𝘄𝗼 𝗖𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗱𝗿𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱: 𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀, 𝗔𝗱𝗺𝗶𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗗𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗔𝗻𝗲𝗰𝗱𝗼𝘁𝗲𝘀 The relationship between 𝗔𝗻𝘁𝗼𝗻 𝗕𝗿𝘂𝗰𝗸𝗻𝗲𝗿 and 𝗚𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘃 𝗠𝗮𝗵𝗹𝗲𝗿 belongs to one of the most fascinating lines of continuity in late…

𝗝𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗦𝗶𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗶𝘂𝘀 — 𝗔𝗻𝗲𝗰𝗱𝗼𝘁𝗲𝘀, 𝗖𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗘𝗽𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗱𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗛𝗶𝘀 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲 Jean Sibelius was one of those composers whose life seems divided between two almost opposite worlds: on one side, the public figure, the…

𝗟𝗼𝘂𝗶𝘀 𝗜𝗜 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗪𝗮𝗴𝗻𝗲𝗿: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗳𝗳𝗮𝗶𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝘁 𝗔𝘂𝗴𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗱𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗣𝗲𝗰𝗵𝘁, oil on canvas, 131.4 x 117.5 cm, Metropolitan Museum of Art, donated by Frederick Loeser in 1889. This portrait was painted by…

𝗥𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗪𝗮𝗴𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗼𝘀𝗶𝗺𝗮 𝗟𝗶𝘀𝘇𝘁: 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗺𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝗯𝗶𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗯𝗶𝗱𝗱𝗲𝗻 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲 The first meeting between 𝗥𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗪𝗮𝗴𝗻𝗲𝗿 and 𝗖𝗼𝘀𝗶𝗺𝗮 𝗟𝗶𝘀𝘇𝘁 took place on 𝟭𝟬 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟴𝟱𝟯, in 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘀, when…

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𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗢 𝗧𝗢𝗦𝗖𝗔𝗡𝗜𝗡𝗜 𝟭𝟴𝟲𝟳–𝟭𝟵𝟱𝟳), 𝗜𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿. 𝗔𝘁 𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝟴 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝘂𝗻𝘁; 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗲𝘁, 𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝟯𝟰.

𝗔𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗼 𝗧𝗼𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗶 (𝟭𝟴𝟲𝟳–𝟭𝟵𝟱𝟳). 𝗜𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿, 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗪𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝟭𝟵𝟬𝟯. Regarding 𝗪𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗧𝗼𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗶: he did not die as a child. The son who died young was 𝗚𝗶𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗶𝗼 𝗧𝗼𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗶, who died of diphtheria…

Mstlav Rostropovich - Jacqueline Du pre

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…

Bruno Walter with Yehudi Menuhin

𝗕𝗿𝘂𝗻𝗼 𝗪𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗲𝗿, 𝗣𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗰 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰 𝗔𝗱𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗿 𝟭𝟵𝟰𝟳–𝟰𝟵. 𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗮 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗯𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗟𝗲𝗼 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗹𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿.

𝗕𝗥𝗨𝗡𝗢 𝗪𝗔𝗟𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗚𝗨𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗩 𝗠𝗔𝗛𝗟𝗘𝗥 𝗔 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲, 𝗮 𝗦𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗔𝗿𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗜𝗻𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝘁𝗵 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗿𝘆 The relationship between 𝗕𝗿𝘂𝗻𝗼 𝗪𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗲𝗿 and 𝗚𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘃 𝗠𝗮𝗵𝗹𝗲𝗿 was one of the…