Podcasts about sir neville marriner

durée : 01:28:45 - Arabella Steinbacher - par : Aurélie Moreau - Arabella Steinbacher, violoniste à la sonorité envoûtante, mène une prestigieuse carrière de soliste, depuis ses débuts remarquables sur la scène internationale avec l'Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France dirigé par Sir Neville Marriner en 2004.

Ottorino Respighi (1879 - 1936)Antiche arie e danze per liuto Suite No. 1 I. Balletto, "Il Conte Orlando" (0:00) II. Gagliarda (2:25) III. Villanella (5:52)IV. Passo mezzo e mascherada (11:10)  ***15:16Antiche arie e danze per liuto Suite No. 2  I. Laura soave (0:00) II. Danza rustica (3:51) III. Campanae parisienses & Aria (7:32) IV. Bergamasca (12:41)  ***33:05Antiche arie e danze per liuto Suite No. 3 I. Italiana (0:00) II. Arie di corte (1:55) III. Siciliana (8:39) IV. Passacaglia (12:18) Los Angeles Chamber OrchestraSir Neville Marriner, conductor

Wir sind am größten Platz Londons: Dem Trafalgar Square. Jedes Jahr zieht der Platz 15 Millionen Touristen an. Besonders jetzt in der Weihnachtszeit, denn hier steht der größte Weihnachtsbaum Londons. Es ist viel los, auf den Straßen und Geschäften herrscht buntes Treiben. Und direkt an diesem pulsierenden Platz befindet sich ein Ort der Spiritualität, Ruhe und klassischer Musik: St. Martin-in-the-Fields. -- Schon beim Betreten des imposanten Bauwerks spürt man die Geschichte, die in den Mauern steckt: Von den beeindruckenden Säulen bis zu den schneeweisen Wänden – die außergewöhnliche Architektur von St. Martin-in-the-Fields strahlt einen besonderen Charme aus. Unsere Abenteurer Alexander-Klaus Stecher und Claus Beling lassen sich dieses gigantische Bauwerk von einem echten Experten erklären: Der Architekt Eric Parry, der das Gebäude ab 2004 restauriert hat, führt die beiden persönlich durch die Kirche. Spannend: Die royale Familie gehört zur Kirchengemeinde von St. Martin-in-the-Fields. Und auch kulturell spielt das Haus in der ersten Liga: Dank Violinist und Dirigent Sir Neville Marriner und der legendären Academy of St. Martin in the Fields ist die Kirche weltweit für ihre klassischen Konzerte bekannt. Ein Highlight sind z.B. die populären Lunchtime-Concerts, bei denen Besucher am Mittag klassische Konzerte genießen können. Außerdem trifft Claus einen lieben Freund, den Komponisten Sir Richard Blackford. Er kennt und verfolgt die musikalische Geschichte der Kirche bereits seit Schulzeiten und gibt hier im BRITPOD einen sehr persönlichen Einblick in diesen einzigartigen Ort im Herzen Londons. -- WhatsApp: Du kannst Alexander und Claus direkt auf ihre Handys Nachrichten schicken! Welche Ecke Englands sollten die beiden mal besuchen? Zu welchen Themen wünschst Du Dir mehr Folgen? Warst Du schon mal in Great Britain und magst ein paar Fotos mit Claus und Alexander teilen? Probiere es gleich aus: +49 8152 989770 - einfach diese Nummer einspeichern und schon kannst Du BRITPOD per WhatsApp erreichen. -- Ein ALL EARS ON YOU Original Podcast.

durée : 00:58:38 - sir Neville Marriner, l'élégance et le style - par : Aurélie Moreau - La discographie de Sir Neville Marriner à la tête de l'Academy of St Martin in the Fields est impressionnante, leur bande-son du film Amadeus, un immense succès : « Nous avons atteint un public plus vaste qu'avec tous nos disques et nos concerts ».

Si veus una Barba-rossa avarar posa la teva a remullar. Crítica teatral de l'obra «Barba-rossa», a partir de la novel·la de Joan Pons. Adaptació i dramatúrgia: Clara del Ruste i Sergi Marí. Intèrprets: Queralt Albinyana / Enka Alonso, Rodo Gener / Josep Mercadal, Agnès Romeu i Ramon Bonvehí. Mirada externa: Queralt Albinyana, Rodo Gener, Josep Mercadal, Xavi Núñez, Agnès Romeu, Àlvar Triay. Espai sonor i composició musical: Pere P. Ripoll. Escenografia: Marga de La Llana. Vestuari: Mireia Costa. Dibuixos: Tònia Coll Florit. Vídeo: Carme Gomila Seguí. Coreografia: Agnès Romeu. Direcció musical: Queralt Albinyana. Il·luminació: Eugeni Marí. Creador de titella: Toni Riera. Estudiant en pràctiques: Pau Sintes. Coproducció Teatre Principal de Palma i Fundació Teatre Principal de Maó. Direcció: Sergi Marí. Cia. La Trup. Centre de les Arts Lliures - Fundació Joan Brossa, Barcelona, 11 maig 2024. Veu: Andreu Sotorra. Música: Pachelbel. Interpretació: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner. Composició: Johann Pachelbel. Àlbum: Pachelbel - Canon in D Major, 2023.

Sir Neville Marriner begann seine musikalische Laufbahn als Geiger, doch bekannt geworden ist er als Dirigent der Academy of St Martin in the Fields.

Ottorino Respighi (1879 - 1936) Antiche arie e danze per liuto Suite n. 1 I. Balletto, "Il Conte Orlando"  II. Gagliarda  III. Villanella IV. Passo mezzo e mascherada   ***15:16Antiche arie e danze per liuto Suite n. 2  I. Laura soave II. Danza rustica III. Campanae parisienses & AriaIV. Bergamasca ***33:05Antiche arie e danze per liuto Suite n. 3 I. Italiana II. Arie di corte III. Siciliana IV. Passacaglia Orchestra da camera di Los Angeles Sir Neville Marriner, direttoreMore info: https://www.flaminioonline.it/Guide/Respighi/Respighi-Danzeliutoprima.htmlhttps://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antiche_arie_e_danze_per_liuto_(seconda_suite)https://www.flaminioonline.it/Guide/Respighi/Respighi-Danzeliutoterza.html

durée : 00:17:49 - Le Disque classique du jour du lundi 18 mars 2024 - Pour célébrer le centenaire du légendaire Sir Neville Marriner, voici un coffret de 80 Cds qui rassemble tous les enregistrements du chef britannique réalisés entre 1970 et 2000 pour EMI, Erato, Virgin et Teldec

durée : 01:27:32 - En pistes ! du lundi 18 mars 2024 - par : Emilie Munera, Rodolphe Bruneau Boulmier - Aujourd'hui, Emilie et Rodolphe attirent votre attention sur un coffret dédié à la discographie considérable et admirée de Sir Neville Marriner, l'un des chefs d'orchestre les plus enregistrés et les plus vendus de tous les temps. On en écoute une partie ce matin... En pistes !

Advent is almost upon us and Nick and Tim begin by playing out their last Salve Regina for the season, showcasing the first of many O Come, O Come hymns before playing a beautiful Rorate Caeli by Byrd. There's much more, but take a look at the playlist yourself - or just listen to this podcast! 1. Salve Regina from the album Magnificat - The Life of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Music 2. O Come, O Come, Emmanuel sung by The Kings College Choir 3. Rorate caeli desuper from the album Puer Natus Est - Tudor Music for Advent and Christmas 4. Handel: Messiah / Part 1 - "For behold, darkness shall cover the earth…” Gwynne Howell, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner & George Frideric Handel 5. Ad te levavi from the album The Abbey: The Monks and Choirboys of Downside Abbey 6. A Psalm sung by Nick with a tone chosen at random by Tim. 7. Alma Redemptoris Mater (Simple Tone) from the album In Manus Tuas sung by the Nuns of St Cecilia's Abbey 8. Alma redemptoris mater from the album Dufay: The Virgin and the Temple by Pomerium & Alexander Blachly.

This week on The Sound Kitchen you'll hear the answer to the question about the 2024 Paris Olympics opening ceremony. You'll meet RFI English journalist Melissa Chemam, who is taking over the “Listeners Corner” while Paul Myers is away, there's a challenge from listener Ashik Eqbal Tokon, and of course, Erwan Rome's “Music from Erwan”. All that, and the new quiz question, too, so click on the “Play” button above and enjoy!  Hello everyone! Welcome to The Sound Kitchen weekly podcast, published every Saturday – here on our website, or wherever you get your podcasts. You'll hear the winner's names announced and the week's quiz question, along with all the other ingredients you've grown accustomed to: your letters and essays, “On This Day”, quirky facts and news, interviews, and great music … so be sure and listen every week.Erwan and I are busy cooking up special shows with your music requests, so get them in! Send your music requests to thesoundkitchen@rfi.fr  Tell us why you like the piece of music, too – it makes it more interesting for us all!Be sure you check out our wonderful podcasts!In addition to the breaking news articles on our site, with in-depth analysis of current affairs in France and across the globe, we have several podcasts that will leave you hungry for more.There's Paris Perspective, Spotlight on France, and of course, The Sound Kitchen. We have an award-winning bilingual series – an old-time radio show, with actors (!) to help you learn French, called Les voisins du 12 bis. And there is the excellent International Report, too.As you see, sound is still quite present in the RFI English service. Keep checking our website for updates on the latest from our team of journalists. You never know what we'll surprise you with!To listen to our podcasts from your PC, go to our website; you'll see “Podcasts” at the top of the page. You can either listen directly or subscribe and receive them directly on your mobile phone.To listen to our podcasts from your mobile phone, slide through the tabs just under the lead article (the first tab is “Headline News”) until you see “Podcasts”, and choose your show. Teachers, take note! I save postcards and stamps from all over the world to send to you for your students. If you would like stamps and postcards for your students, just write and let me know. The address is english.service@rfi.fr  If you would like to donate stamps and postcards, feel free! Our address is listed below. Another idea for your students: Br. Gerald Muller, my beloved music teacher from St. Edward's University in Austin, Texas, has been writing books for young adults in his retirement – and they are free! There is a volume of biographies of painters and musicians called Gentle Giants, and an excellent biography of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., too. They are also a good way to help you improve your English – that's how I worked on my French, reading books which were meant for young readers – and I guarantee you, it's a good method for improving your language skills. To get Br. Gerald's free books, click here. Independent RFI English Clubs: Be sure to always include Audrey Iattoni (audrey.iattoni@rfi.fr) from our Listener Relations department in all your RFI Club correspondence. Remember to copy me (thesoundkitchen@rfi.fr) when you write to her so that I know what is going on, too. NB: You do not need to send her your quiz answers! Email overload!And don't forget, there is a Facebook page just for you, the independent RFI English Clubs. 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Be sure you include your RFI Listeners Club membership number (most of them begin with an A, followed by a number) in the questionnaire, or I will have to click “Decline”, which I don't like to do!This week's quiz: On 22 July, I asked you a question about the 2024 Olympics opening ceremony here in Paris, which will take place on the water – Paris' river Seine – a first for the Olympics. Earlier that week, there was a dress rehearsal for the opening, and I asked you to answer this question: what is the name of the French theatre director who is in charge of “staging” – I guess we should say “boating” - the opening ceremony?The answer is: Thomas Jolly. To quote our article: “French theatre director Thomas Jolly – known for his cinematic flair – is responsible for choreographing the event and is keeping the details of his plans a secret.”In addition to the quiz question, there was the bonus question: “How do you remember things?”The winners are: Ras Franz Manko Ngogo, the president of the Kemogemba RFI Club in Tarime, Mara, Tanzania. Ras is also the winner of this week's bonus question. 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Bujtor Balázs 1975-ben született Budapesten, zenész családba. Édesapja, Bujtor István (1942–2009) színművész volt. Édesanyja, Perényi Eszter, (1943-) hegedűművész; Perényi Miklós (1948-) csellista testvére, és Perényi László (1910–1993) lánya. Nagyszülei: Gundel Katalin (1910–2010) és Frenreisz István voltak. 1980-ban kezdett zongorázni. 1983-ban hegedülni tanult. 1988-ban felvételt nyert a Liszt Ferenc Zeneművészeti Egyetem "különleges tehetségek" osztályába. 1995-ben megalapította az RTQ vonósnégyest. 1996–2001 között a veszprémi Mendelssohn kamarazenekar tagja volt. 1999-ben diplomázott Sós Natasa növendékeként. 1996–2007 között a Danubia Szimfonikus Zenekar koncertmestere volt. 2007-től a Pannon Filharmonikusok első koncertmestere. 2009-ben megalapította a Hungarian Studio Orchestrát. Együtt dolgozott többek közt Eötvös Péterrel, Sir Neville Marriner-rel, Fürst Jánossal, Kobajasi Kenicsiróval, Peskó Zoltánnal, Héja Domonkossal, Hamar Zsolttal, Ligeti Andrással, Oliver von Dohnányival, Kocsis Zoltánnal, Gadó Gáborral, Szakcsi Lakatos Bélával, Winand Gáborral, Cristophe Monniot-val, Fekete-Kovács Kornéllal. #zenész #Bécs #Bujtor Zenei munkatárs: A Morel fiú (1999) (színész is) Fehér alsó (2000) Keser-édes (2005) Naplófilm, 12 éves voltam 1956-ban (2006) A vágyakozás napjai (2008) Parker (2013) Indián (2013) Longwood legendája (2014) Londoni pálya (2018) Kölcsönlakás (2019) Színész: A három testőr Afrikában (1996) Szent Iván napja (2003) (zeneszerző is) Zeneszerző: Somlói galuska (2002) Fiúk a házból (2004) Zsaruvér és Csigavér III.: A szerencse fia (2008) Díjai: Artisjus-díj (2008) "Év legkedvesebb férfi muzsikusa" díj (2010) https://www.youtube.com/@bujtorbal https://www.youtube.com/user/HungarianStudioOrch https://papageno.hu/blogok/kulturpanda/2021/09/bujtor-balazs-apai-es-anyai-agon-is-zsenialis-muveszek-vettek-es-vesznek-korul/ https://papageno.hu/blogok/kulturpanda/2021/09/bujtor-balazs-apai-es-anyai-agon-is-zsenialis-muveszek-vettek-es-vesznek-korul/ http://www.hungarianstudio.com/hun/koncertmester.html http://www.otvoscsopi.hu/ Fekete-Kovács Kornél: https://www.youtube.com/@MoArtOrchestra 0:00 Mindjárt kezdünk 0:44 Beköszönés 1:30 Zenei pálya 2:50 1983 - hegedülni tanult 8 évesen 4:00 Kétszer pályát abbahagyni? 6:00 autózás szeretete 8:30 koncertmester 9:15 Covid 11:30 Fesztivál zenekar 12:40 2009 Hungarian Studio Orchestra 14:30 BBC 16:40 Balaton: Balatonszemes, Tihany, Balatonfüred 20:00 1981. május 28 A Pogány Madonna bemutatása 25:45 CH filmvetítés 27:20 Heti napló, Bujtor-túra 30:00 Pogany Madonna szobor 32:00 2010 Bujtor István Filmfesztivál, Balatonszemes 39:00 Fehérvár 45:00 Koncertek, fellépések 48:00 Színészet 49:00 Zeneszerző 51:00 Filmzenék 57:00 Sorozatok 1:00:00 A Pogány Madonna 1:03:00 Ennio Morricone 1:08:00 Jazz 1:14:30 Elköszönés --------------------------------------------------

SynopsisOn today's date in 1829, German composer Felix Mendelssohn was in London, participating in a gala concert to raise funds for the victims of a flood in Silesia. “Everyone who has attracted the slightest attention during the season will take part,” wrote Mendelssohn. “Many offers of good performers have had to be declined, as otherwise the concert will last till the next day!”Mendelssohn performed his Double Concerto in E Major for two pianos and orchestra, joined by his friend and fellow-composer/pianist Ignaz Moscheles. Mendessohn and Moscheles jointly prepared a special cadenza, and jokingly bet each other how long the audience would applaud it—Mendessohn predicting 10 minutes, and Mosceheles, more modestly, suggesting 5.In the Baroque age, Double Concertos were very popular, but by Mendelssohn's day they had become less common. In our time, Concertos for Two Pianos are even rarer. One of the most successful American Double Concertos was written between 1952 and 1953 by the American composer Quincy Porter. Also known as the “Concerto Concertante,” commissioned by the Louisville Orchestra. It proved to be one of the most popular of Porter's works, and even won the Pulitzer Prize for Music in 1954.Music Played in Today's ProgramFelix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847) Double Concerto Güher and Süher Pekinel, pianos; Philharmonia Orchestra; Sir Neville Marriner, conductor. Chandos 9711Quincy Porter (1897 - 1966) Concerto for Two Pianos Joshua Pierce and Dorothy Jonas, duo pianists; Moravian Philharmonic; David Amos, conductor. Helcion 1044

Chillout Classic w Radio Spin #9 "Inspiration" z 4 maja 2023 r. z dedykacją dla Gosi i Pawła. 1. J. S. Bach, Aria z Wariacji Golbergowskich, Jacques Loussier Trio. 2. J. S. Bach, Aria z Suity D- dur, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner. 3. Sweetbox, Everything's Gonna Be Alright. 4. L.van Beethoven, Sonata Księżycowa nr 14 cis- moll op. 24 nr 2 , Adagio sostenuto. 5. Marek & Vacek, Sonata Księżycowa. 6. J. Brahms, Symfonia nr 3 F-dur, cz. 3, Poco Allegretto, Cleveland Orchestra, George Szell. 7. Santana, Love of My Life. 8. W. A. Mozart, Symfonia g-moll, KV550, Molto Allegro, Maximilian Geller Quartet. 9. Lara Fabian - Adagio. 10. F. Chopin, Preludium op. 28 nr 4, e-moll, Ivo Pogorelich. 11. F. Chopin/Jeremi Przybora, Preludium Deszczowe, Irena Kwiatkowska. 12. F. Chopin, Prelude in E, Gerry Mulligan Sextet

1. J.S. Bach, Aria z Wariacji Golbergowskich - Keith Jarrett. 2. Harold Arlen Harburg - Somewhere Over The Rainbow - Keith Jarrett. 3. L. van Beethoven - Sonata Patetyczna c-moll op.13 cz. 2 Adagio cantabile - Daniel Bareinboim. 5. W. A. Mozart - Koncert fortepianowy nr 21 C - dur, KV 467, cz. 2 Andante - Alfred Brendel, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner. 6. Leszek Możdżer - Ikar - Legenda Mietka Kosza - Gra w kolory, Druga gra w kolory, Ikaer 7. M. Ravel - Koncert fortepian G dur, cz. 2 Adagio assai - Martha Argerich, Berliner Filharmoniker, Claudio Abbado. 8. F. Chopin - Nocturn cis - moll - Bruce Liu. 9. S. Rachmaninov - Rapsodia na temat Paganiniego, pokaz tematu i wariacja nr 18 - Lang Lang. 10. Take Five - Dave Brubeck Quartet. 11. J. Brahms - Lullaby - Dave Brubeck.

Synopsis On today's date in 1948, Leonard Bernstein, age 29, conducted the Boston Symphony in the premiere of a new orchestral work by Harold Shapero, age 27. This was Shapero's “Symphony for Classical Orchestra,” a work modeled on Beethoven but sounding very much like one of the Neo-Classical scores of Igor Stravinsky. This was exactly what Shapero intended, but some found the music perplexing. Aaron Copland, for one, wrote: “Harold Shapero, it is safe to say, is at the same time the most gifted and baffling composer of his generation.” That comment by Copland, one should remember, came at a time when Shapero's generation included the likes of Barber, Bernstein, Menotti and Rorem. But Copland continued, “Stylistically, Shapero seems to feel a compulsion to fashion his music after some great model. He seems to be suffering from a hero-worship complex – or perhaps it is a freakish attack of false modesty.” “Copland was so original,” Shapero responded, “that he just couldn't understand anyone who wasn't.” Even so, Shapero's superbly crafted orchestral imitations suffered many decades of neglect. In the 1980s, however, conductor and composer Andre Previn fell in love with Shapero's Symphony, performing and recording it with the LA Philharmonic, and declared its Adagietto movement the most beautiful slow movement of any American symphony. Music Played in Today's Program Harold Shapero (b. 1920) Symphony for Classical Orchestra Los Angeles Philharmonic; André Previn, conductor New World 373 On This Day Births 1697 - German composer and flutist Johann Joachim Quantz, in Oberscheden, Hannover; 1861 - French-born American composer Charles Martin Loeffler, in Alsace; 1862 - German-born American composer and conductor, Walter Damrosch, in Breslau; Deaths 1963 - French composer Francis Poulenc, age 64, in Paris; Premieres 1724 - Bach: Sacred Cantata No. 81 ("Jesus schläft, was soll ich hoffen?") performed on the 4th Sunday after Epiphany as part of Bach's first annual Sacred Cantata cycle in Leipzig (1723/24); 1735 - Bach: Sacred Cantata No. 14 ("Wär Gott nicht mit uns diese Zeit") performed in Leipzig on the 4th Sunday after Epiphany; 1892 - Rachmaninoff: “Trio élégiaque” No. 1 in G minor (Gregorian date: Feb. 11); 1893 - Brahms: Fantasies for piano Nos. 1-3, from Op. 117 and Intermezzo No. 2, from Op. 117, in Vienna; 1917 - Zemlinsky: opera "A Floretine Tragedy," in Stuttgart at the Hoftheater; 1920 - Frederick Converse: Symphony in c, by the Boston Symphony, Pierre Monteux conducting; 1942 - Copland: Orchestral Suite from "Billy the Kid" ballet, by the Boston Symphony; 1948 - Harold Shapero: "Symphony for Classical Orchestra," by the Boston Symphony conducted by Leonard Bernstein; 1958 - Walton: "Partita" for orchestra, in Cleveland; 1959 - Hindemith: "Pittsburgh Symphony," by the Pittsburgh Symphony, conducted by the composer; 1970 - William Schuman: "In Praise of Shahn," in New York; 1985 - Libby Larsen: Symphony ("Water Music"), by the Minnesota Orchestra, Sir Neville Marriner conducting. Links and Resources On Harold Shapero

1983 proved a pivotal year in violinist Dmitry Sitkovetsky's life. That was the year the Azerbaijan-born musician became a U.S. citizen, married his wife, and bought the Stradivarius violin he still plays to this day. It was also the year he discovered Glenn Gould's final recording of J.S. Bach's Goldberg Variations. That album inspired Sitkovetsky to arrange the Baroque keyboard masterpiece for string orchestra — a project that would forever change the trajectory of his career as a musical artist. "My transcription gave me a whole other life parallel to my performing career," Sitkovetsky says on the latest episode of the Classical Post podcast. "I'm the fourth generation of professional musicians [in my family], so it was pretty much determined I should play violin and become a concert artist. But that year changed that a great deal. I diversified." Now, 40 years later, Sitkovetsky has become a multi-hyphenate to the nth degree. In addition to his work as a solo violinist and transcriber, he's a sought-after conductor, music director, and educator; founder of the New European Strings Chamber Orchestra; and host of Medici.tv's interview series It Ain't Necessarily So — where he's sat down with some of the greatest musicians of our time, including Yefim Bronfman, Barbara Hendricks, and Sir Neville Marriner. In this episode, we discuss how being a student of history informs Sitkovetsky's music-making and what's in store for his final season as music director of the Greensboro Symphony, an ensemble he's led for 20 years. Plus, he shares the earphones he can't live without while traveling, his favorite New York City restaurant for feasting on sturgeon and caviar, and how he sees his career as being "a keeper of the flame" for classical music. — Classical Post uncovers the creativity behind exceptional music. Dive into meaningful conversations with leading artists in the world today. Based in New York City, Classical Post is a touchpoint for tastemakers. Visit our website for exclusive editorial and subscribe to our monthly newsletter to be notified of new content. Follow us on Instagram and TikTok. Classical Post is an ambassador for NED, a wellness company. Get 15% off their products like CBD oil and many other health-based products by using our code CLASSICALPOST at checkout.

Opera Ouvertures1.       G. Verdi: La forza del destino - Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan2.       G. Rossini: La gazza ladra - NBC Symphony Orchestra, Arturo Toscanini 3.       G. Verdi: La battaglia di Legnano - Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Gianandrea Gavazzeni 4.       G. Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia - Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner 5.       G. Verdi: I Vespri Siciliani - Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Riccardo Muti6.       G. Verdi: La traviata (atto I) - Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, James Levine7.       G. Verdi: Nabucco - Berliner Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado8.       G. Rossini: Guillaume Tell - New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein 

Synopsis You almost feel sorry for the guy – after all, how would you like to go down in history as the fellow who tried to stiff J.S. Bach? That's what happened to Herr Johannes Friedrich Eitelwein, a rich merchant of Leipzig who thought he could avoid paying the customary wedding fee apportioned to that city's church musicians by getting married outside of the city limits. Back then such fees provided a significant portion of their income, and so on today's date in 1733, Bach and two other church musicians sent a letter to the Leipzig City Council complaining that, whether married inside or outside of the city, as a Leipzig resident, and a wealthy one to boot, Eitelwein should pay up. Now in the 18th Century, such petitions required a delicate balance of formal flattery and firm persistence, so the letter begins: “Magnificent, most honorable gentlemen, our wise and learned councilors, distinguished Lords and Patrons: may it please you to condescend to hear how Herr Johannes Friedrich Eitelwein was married on the twelfth of August of the present year out of town, and therefore thinks himself entitled to withhold the fees due us in all such cases, and has made bold to disregard our many kind reminders.” Bach's letter survives, but not any records letting us know if Eitelwein ever paid up! Music Played in Today's Program J.S. Bach (1685–1750) –“Weichet Nur,” from “Wedding” Cantata No. 202 (Elly Ameling, soprano; Academy of St Martin in the Fields; Sir Neville Marriner, cond.) EMI Classics

Synopsis Today is the birthday of Antonio Salieri, one of the most unjustly maligned composers in history. The successful stage play and movie "Amadeus" have helped to repeat the notorious charge that the jealous 18th-century Italian composer Antonio Salieri was directly or indirectly responsible for Mozart's early death. Historians have acquitted Salieri of this crime, but more people are familiar with the fiction than the facts. The truth is that Salieri was often quite friendly to Mozart during his lifetime, and after Mozart's death served as a music teacher to Mozart's talented son, Franz Xaver Mozart. The long-lived Salieri also gave lessons in the Italian style to Beethoven, Schubert, and Liszt – surely signs of a nature more generous than jealous. Salieri was born in Legnano, Italy in 1750. He came in Vienna in 1766, when he was 16 years old, and Vienna remained his home until the end of his life. A protégé of the Austrian Emperor, Joseph II, Salieri even accompanied that very musical monarch, who played the cello, at royal chamber music sessions. As a composer, Salieri enjoyed imperial patronage from his arrival in Vienna until 1800, a period of some 35 years. Some of the operas Salieri wrote for Vienna have been revived and recorded in our time. He wrote over 40 of them, including a comic opera entitled "The Talisman" – an opera composed to a text by Mozart's favorite librettist, Lorenzo da Ponti. Music Played in Today's Program Wolfgang Mozart (1756-1791) –Symphony No. 25 (Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Sir Neville Marriner, cond.) Fantasy 900 1791 Antonio Salieri (1750-1825) –La locandiera Overture (London Mozart Players; Matthias Bamert, cond.) Chandos 9877

Synopsis On today's date, Wolfgang Mozart completed two of his most famous works: on August 10th, 1787, the Serenade known as "Eine kleine Nachtmusik," and, on the same day exactly one year later, the "Jupiter Symphony" – Mozart's Symphony No. 41 in C Major. Despite the fame of "Eine kleine Nachtmusik" – which translates as "A Little Night Music" – nothing is known for certain about the circumstances of its composition. Since a Serenade is a suite of orchestral movements normally written as background music for some rich patron's patio party, we can assume "Eine kleine" filled such a function some pleasant evening in Vienna. We can only hope the patrons appreciated what they got for their money. Hardly any more is known about the composition of Mozart's final symphony, the "Jupiter," as no relevant letters or documents survive from this period of his life. The "Jupiter" nickname appears to have originated years later in London. In Germany it was just called "the symphony with the fugal finale." There's a classic recording of Mozart's symphony favorites featuring the Marlboro Festival Orchestra with Pablo Casals conducting. The Marlboro Festival is held each summer for seven weeks in a cluster of old farm buildings on a hilltop in the Green Mountains of Vermont. Talented young professional musicians from all over the country gather here, principally to study, secondly to perform, for audiences eager to hear both the emerging and established Marlboro musicians. Music Played in Today's Program Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) –Eine Kleine Nachtmusik (Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Sir Neville Marriner, cond.) EMI Classics 65690 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) –Symphony No. 41 in C (Jupiter) (Marlboro Festival Orchestra; Pablo Casals, cond.) CBS/Sony 47294

Synopsis On today's date in 1717, King George and his entourage took a barge trip on the river Thames, traveling from Whitehall to Chelsea, accompanied by about 50 musicians, also on barges. A contemporary newspaper account reported that they performed “the finest Symphonies, composed express for this occasion by Mr. Handel, which his Majesty liked so well that he caused it to be played three times in going and returning.” Another report refers to “trumpets, horns, oboes, bassoons, flutes, recorders, violins and basses” being employed. In our time, Handel's “Water Music” – as the three suites have come to be known – is one of the best-known and best-loved works of the entire Baroque Age. In 1985, three hundred years after the birth of Handel, American composer Libby Larsen composed a Symphony she titled “Water Music,” written as a tribute to Handel and as an expression of her own enthusiasm for sailing. Libby Larsen is one of today's busiest American composers, and in the year 2000 the American Academy of Arts and Letters presented Larsen with its Award in Music, honoring her lifetime achievements as a composer. When asked how she finds time to balance her busy life as a composer, Larsen answers: “I can't not do it – having a life and a life in music is as natural and necessary to me as breathing.” Music Played in Today's Program George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) – Water Music (Royal Philharmonic: Sir Yehudi Menuhin, cond.) MCA 6186 Libby Larsen (b. 1950) – Symphony (Water Music) (Minnesota Orchestra; Sir Neville Marriner, cond.) Nonesuch 79147

In this episode, we look at the soundtrack of the 1996 movie of Jane Austen's Emma by Rachel Portman. We listen to how the clarinet is Emma's voice and how the instrumentation, time signature, and major vs minor are often used to change mood or characters. We also pay to attention to how her emotional journey and theme changes throughout as well as the comedy and matchmaking theme. Finally, we compare the songs performed by Emma and Jane and how the words convey meaning to Frank Churchill's attentions. Music included in podcast: "Main Titles" - Emma: Music from the Miramax Motion Picture, music by Rachel Portman, 1996 "Emma: Piano Suite" - music by Rachel Portman, 2022 "End Titles" - Emma: Music from the Miramax Motion Picture, music by Rachel Portman, 1996 "Celery Root" - Emma: Music from the Miramax Motion Picture, music by Rachel Portman, 1996 "Emma Insults Miss Bates" - Emma: Music from the Miramax Motion Picture, music by Rachel Portman, 1996 "Emma Writes her Diary" - Emma: Music from the Miramax Motion Picture, music by Rachel Portman, 1996 "Mr. Knightley Returns" - Emma: Music from the Miramax Motion Picture, music by Rachel Portman, 1996 "Proposal" - Emma: Music from the Miramax Motion Picture, music by Rachel Portman, 1996 "Emma Tells Harriet about Mr. Elton" - Emma: Music from the Miramax Motion Picture, music by Rachel Portman, 1996 "The Picnic" - Emma: Music from the Miramax Motion Picture, music by Rachel Portman, 1996 "Emma dreams of Frank Churchill" - Emma: Music from the Miramax Motion Picture, music by Rachel Portman, 1996 "Sewing and Archery" - Emma: Music from the Miramax Motion Picture, music by Rachel Portman, 1996 "Harriet's Portrait" - Emma: Music from the Miramax Motion Picture, music by Rachel Portman, 1996 "Three German Dances, K. 605: No. 3 in C, Trio "Die Schlittenfahrt" - Mozart in the Morning, music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, performed by Academy of St. Martin in the Fields & Sir Neville Marriner, 1992 "Mr. Elton's Rejection" - Emma: Music from the Miramax Motion Picture, music by Rachel Portman, 1996 "The Coles' Party" - Emma: Music from the Miramax Motion Picture, music by Rachel Portman, 1996 "Mrs. Elton's Visit" - Emma: Music from the Miramax Motion Picture, music by Rachel Portman, 1996 "Main Title and First Victim" - Jaws (The Collector's Edition Soundtrack), music by John Williams, 1975 "Gypsies" - Emma: Music from the Miramax Motion Picture, music by Rachel Portman, 1996 "Tolomeo, Re Di Egitto HWV 25: Silent Worship (adapted by Arthur Somervell from "Non lo diro col labbro")" - Silent Worship: The Timeless Music by Handel, music by George Frederic Handel, performed by David Hobson, 2006 "The Beggar's Opera: Act 1 No 14, Air 6: Virgins are like the fair flowers" - Gay: The Beggar's Opera, music by John Gay, performed by The Broadside Band, Jeremy Barlow, Bronwen Mills & Charles Daniels, 1991 "The Dance" - Emma: Music from the Miramax Motion Picture, music by Rachel Portman, 1996 "Mr. Beveridge's Magot" - English Country Dances from Playford's Dancing Master, performed by The Broadside Band, 2009 "World of Soundtracks" - music by Edith Mudge, graphics by Lindsey Bergsma

Synopsis When most people hit 65, they're anticipating their first social security check, but on today's date in 1750, when George Frederick Handel turned 65, he was making out his will. To John Christopher Smith, Handel left, “my large harpsichord, my little house organ, my music books, and 500 pounds sterling.” John Christopher Smith, born Johann Christoph Schmidt, was an old friend of Handel's from his university days in Germany. Handel persuaded Herr Schmidt to give up the wool trade and come to England. As MISTER Smith, he established a famous copyists' shop in London, became Handel's business partner. Seven years later, Handel modified his will, leaving his larger theater organ to John Rich, whose Covent Garden Theater had staged Handel's most recent operas and oratorios. To Charles Jennens, who had arranged the Biblical verses for Handel's “Messiah,” the composer bequeathed some paintings. To the Foundling Hospital, a charitable institute that had performed “Messiah” as a successful fundraiser, Handel left “a fair copy of the score and all parts” for that famous oratorio. Shortly before his death, Handel bequeathed 1000 pounds to the Society for the Support of Decayed Musicians, a charity in aid of musicians' widows and orphans, and directed that 600 pounds be used to erect his own monument in Westminster Abbey. Music Played in Today's Program George Frederic Handel (1685 - 1759) – Air, from Water Music (St. Martin's Academy; Sir Neville Marriner, cond.) EMI 66646

Opera Ouvertures1.       G. Verdi: La forza del destino - Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan2.       G. Rossini: La gazza ladra - NBC Symphony Orchestra, Arturo Toscanini 3.       G. Verdi: La battaglia di Legnano - Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Gianandrea Gavazzeni 4.       G. Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia - Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner 5.       G. Verdi: I Vespri Siciliani - Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Riccardo Muti6.       G. Verdi: La traviata (atto I) - Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, James Levine7.       G. Verdi: Nabucco - Berliner Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado8.      G. Rossini: Guillaume Tell - New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein 

Synopsis April 29th fell on Sunday in the year 1906, and readers of The New York Times photogravure supplement were able to view scenes of the terrible destruction in San Francisco that followed the great earthquake that struck that city just 11 days before. The paper was filled with accounts of the suffering caused by the quake, and undoubtedly, many New Yorkers asked themselves what they could do to help. The New York musical community provided one answer by quickly arranging a number of benefit concerts. The largest of these occurred on today's date that year at New York's Hippodrome, and was organized by the popular composer Victor Herbert, who conducted his orchestra with Metropolitan Opera singer Ernestine Schumann-Heink as a featured soloist. The vast Hippodrome was completely sold out, with standing-room-only tickets filling the aisles. Seven thousand dollars were raised, which by today's standards seems a rather modest sum, but by 1906 standards was impressive enough to make newspaper headlines. Perhaps New York musicians and their audiences felt a personal affinity with the quake victims, as their own Metropolitan Opera Company, including its star tenor Enrico Caruso, was on tour in San Francisco when the quake struck on April 18th, and, as the Times reported, the Met's touring orchestral musicians, almost without exception, lost their instruments. That bit of news must have struck a special chord with Victor Herbert. In 1886, both he and his wife had come to America from Europe to join the Metropolitan Opera – he as an orchestral cellist, and she as a soprano soloist. Music Played in Today's Program Victor Herbert (1859–1924) — Cello Concerto No. 1 (Lynn Harrell, cello; St. Martin's Academy; Sir Neville Marriner, cond.) London 417 672

Synopsis The opening of Edith Wharton's novel, “The Age of Innocence,” takes place at New York's old Academy of Music in the early 1870s, during a performance of Gounod's “Faust,” a French opera based on a German play by Goethe. At the time specified in Wharton's novel, Gounod's opera was still “new” music, having premiered about a dozen years earlier in Paris on today's date in 1859. Gounod's “Faust” became a worldwide success, and was quickly translated into many languages. In Wharton's fictional New York performance, for example, the real-life Swedish diva Christine Nilsson sang the role of Marguerite, the pure German maiden seduced and abandoned by Faust.  As Wharton puts it: “She sang, of course, ‘m'ama!” and not “he loves me,' since an unalterable and unquestioned law of the musical world required that the German text of French operas sung by Swedish artists should be translated into Italian for the clearer understanding of English-speaking audiences.” Nilsson, again singing in Italian, sang Marguerite at the 1883 gala opening night performance of “Faust” at New York's newly built Metropolitan Opera House.  “Faust” was performed so often there that the building was soon dubbed the “Faust-spielhaus,” a pun on Wagner's “Festpielhaus” or “Festival Theater” in Bayreuth. Music Played in Today's Program Charles Gounod (1818 - 1893) — Faust Ballet Music (St. Martin's Academy; Sir Neville Marriner, cond.) Philips 462 125

Synopsis On today's date in 1968, a 72-year-old Italian-born American composer named Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco died in Beverley Hills. As a young man, Castelnuovo-Tedesco was already known as a rising composer, concert pianist, music critic and essayist. In 1939 he left Mussolini's Italy and came to America, and like a lot of European musicians of the time, he found work writing film scores for major Hollywood studios. Castelnuovo-Tedesco became an American citizen, and eventually taught at the Los Angeles Conservatory, where his pupils included many famous names from the next generation of film composers, including Jerry Goldsmith, Henry Mancini, Andre Previn, Nelson Riddle and John Williams. In addition to film scores, Castelnuovo-Tedesco composed a signifigant body of concert music, including concertos for the likes of Heifetz and Segovia. A number of Castelnuovo-Tedesco's works are directly related to his Jewish faith, including a choral work from 1947, entitled “Naomi and Ruth.”  The composer's mother was named Naomi, and he claimed the faithful Ruth in the Biblical story reminded him of his own wife, Clara. “In a certain sense,” he wrote, “it was really my symbolic autobiography, existing before I decided to write – to open my heart – in these pages.” Music Played in Today's Program Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895 - 1968) — Naomi and Ruth (St.Martin's Academy and Chorus; Sir Neville Marriner, cond.) Naxos 8.559404 On This Day Births 1937 - American composer David Del Tredici, in Cloverdale, Calif.; Deaths 1736 - Italian composer Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, age 26 (of consumption), in Pozzuoli; 1881 - Russian composer Modest Mussorgsky (Gregorian date: Mar. 28) 1968 - Italian-born American composer Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, age 62, in Los Angeles; 1985 - American composer Roger Sessions, age 88, in Princeton, N.J.; Premieres 1735 - Handel: Organ Concertos Op. 4, nos. 2-3 (Julian date: March 5); 1750 - Handel: oratorio "Theodora," in London at the Covent Garden Theater; At the same event, the possible premiere of Handel's Organ Concerto Op. 7, no. 5, as well (Gregorian date: March 27); 1751 - Handel: oratorio "The Choice of Hercules" in London at the Covent Garden Theater; At the same event, Handel's Organ Concerto Op. 7, no. 3 premieres following Act II of a revival performance of Handel's cantata "Alexander's Feast" on the same program (Gregorian date: March 27); 1833 - Bellini: opera "Beatrice di Tenda" in Venice at the Teatro la Fenice; 1870 - Tchaikovsky: fantasy-overture "Romeo and Juliet," in Moscow, with Nicolas Rubinstien conducting (Julian date: Mar. 4); 1871 - Tchaikovsky: String Quartet in D, Op. 11, in Moscow, by members of the Russian Musical Society (Gregorian date: Mar. 28); 1879 - Dvorák: choral setting of Psalm No. 149, Op. 79, in Prague; 1888 - American premiere of the revised version of Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 ("Romantic"), with New York Philharmonic-Society conducted by Anton Seidl; In the preface to a book on Bruckner, the elderly conductor Walter Damrosch claimed he conducted the American premiere of this symphony (His memory played him false: Damrosch led the first American performance of Bruckner's THIRD Symphony; 1894 - Massenet: opera "Thaïs," at the Paris Opéra; 1938 - Martinu: opera "Julietta," in Prague at the National Theater; 1942 - Martinu: "Sinfonietta giocosa," for piano and chamber orchestra, in New York City; 2002 - Paul Schoenfield: "Nocturne" for solo cello, oboe and strings, by cellist Peter Howard, with oboist Kathryn Greenbank and the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Gilbert Varga conducting. Links and Resources On Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco

#207 This week, I'm here with the wonderful Jeralyn Glass. Jeralyn is a singer, musician, speaker, and crystal alchemy healer. During our conversation today, she tells us about her journey into sound healing, her journey with Sacred Sound, and how we can take our health into our own hands. If you're looking for ways to stabilize your self and bring clarity and focus into your life, then this is the episode for you. About Jeralyn: Jeralyn Glass is an international acclaimed singer, crystal alchemy sound healer, inspirational speaker, musician, and teacher blending a classical career with meditation and transformational high-vibration sound. She has performed on Broadway and on the Opera and Concert stages of the world, where she is known as a “Mozart singer of the first order.” Jeralyn established her classical music career in Europe, Japan and USA, singing regularly in theaters including the Los Angeles Opera, San Diego Opera, Michigan Opera, Pittsburg Opera,Teatro la Fenice, Zurich Opera, the Operas of Nice, Nantes, Lille, Strasbourg, Marseille, Montpellier, Toulouse, Paris, Antwerp, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Maastricht, Malaga, Leipzig, Bonn and Munich. Praised as an artist with “glamour and style” by London's Opera Magazine, she has collaborated with a.o. Sir Neville Marriner, Sir Peter Hall, Jonathon Miller, Vladimir Jurowski, Louis Langree. She sang the National Anthem for over 18,000 people in her hometown of Los Angeles and is a well loved Gala performer, having written and sung tributes to Kareem Abdul Jabar and the late Kobe Bryant as well as the former German President Horst Kohler and the former French President Valerie Giscard d'Estaing. While living in Europe, Jeralyn created a children's foundation, Kids4Kids in Munich. Under her artistic leadership, the foundation trained over 180 youth in the performing arts and raised hundreds of thousands of euros to fund an ongoing music therapy program for children in Germany. Kids4kids is known for their dynamic training concept, increasing social awareness and responsibility in youth through a win/win platform. Jeralyn's Website: www.jeralynglass.com crystalcadence.com Crystal Cadence by Jeralyn Glass YouTube Channel Key points with time stamp: Opera Singer to Sound Healer. Embracing Your Soul with Sound Jeralyn Glass (00:00) An introduction to sound as medicine: can it bring us clarity and focus? (00:17) Jeralyn's journey as a musician (04:06) How to use your voice to remove self-doubt (07:11) Using sound therapy to help children through loss (11:17) The deepening of Jeralyn's journey following the grief of losing her son (17:09) Is learning to feel grief the key to healing? (25:19) Do we need a wakeup call to wake up? (40:18) An introduction to the crystal bowl chakra set (51:37) Feeling the vibrational frequency of love (01:01:15) Mentioned in this episode: Sidney Lanier Peter Maffay About me: My Instagram: www.instagram.com/guyhlawrence/?hl=en My website: www.guylawrence.com.au www.liveinflow.co

Join us for a discussion with pianist Robert Levin. Pianist and Conductor Robert Levin has performed throughout the United States, Europe, Australia and Asia. His solo engagements include the orchestras of Atlanta, Berlin, Birmingham, Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, Los Angeles, Montreal, Utah and Vienna on the Steinway with such conductors as Semyon Bychkov, James Conlon, Bernard Haitink, Sir Neville Marriner, Seiji Ozawa, Sir Simon Rattle and Esa-Pekka Salonen.

Where has your heart been going this Advent season? John and Stasi talk about the importance of shepherding your heart through the holidays. Show Note: Opening and closing music excerpts are from the album Handel: Messiah / Part 1 - "Comfort Ye, My People...Ev'ry Valley Shall Be Exalted" by Philip Langridge & Academy of St. Martin in the Fields & Sir Neville Marriner & George Frideric Handel.

Where has your heart been going this Advent season? John and Stasi talk about the importance of shepherding your heart through the holidays. Show Note: Opening and closing music excerpts are from the album Handel: Messiah / Part 1 - "Comfort Ye, My People...Ev'ry Valley Shall Be Exalted" by Philip Langridge & Academy of St. Martin in the Fields & Sir Neville Marriner & George Frideric Handel.

Dame Prue Leith is a broadcaster, writer, former restaurateur and a judge on the television show the Great British Bake Off. Prue was born in Cape Town, South Africa, during the era of Apartheid. After leaving school she moved to Paris to study at the Sorbonne, but decided that her future lay in food, and took a Cordon Bleu cookery course in London. She set up her own catering business from her bedsit, where space was so tight that she washed lettuces in the bath. In 1969 she opened Leith's, her own fine dining restaurant, in Notting Hill in west London. Leith's was awarded a Michelin star in the 1980s. She went on to write columns and cookbooks and became a regular broadcaster about food, on shows including the Great British Menu. In 1975 she opened Leith's School of Food and Wine which trains professional chefs and amateur cooks. Prue replaced Mary Berry as a judge on the Great British Bake Off in 2017. She has written eight novels and lives with her husband in Gloucestershire. DISC ONE: Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds by The Beatles DISC TWO: Ugly Duckling by Danny Kaye DISC THREE: Nkosi Sikelel iAfrika by Ladysmith Black Mambazo DISC FOUR: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik (I) composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and performed by Sir Neville Marriner (violin), Academy Of St Martin-in-the-Fields Orchestra and conducted by David Willcocks DISC FIVE: 16 Tons by Tennessee Ernie Ford DISC SIX: Skylark by Aretha Franklin DISC SEVEN: Chopin, Nocturne No. 2, op 9 in E flat major, played by Elisabeth Leonskaja DISC EIGHT: Big Spender by Shirley MacLaine BOOK CHOICE: Ulysses by James Joyce LUXURY ITEM: Writing materials CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE: Nkosi Sikelel iAfrika by Ladysmith Black Mambazo Presenter Lauren Laverne Producer Paula McGinley

In this third week of Advent, John shares how to replace unbelief and fleeting moments of happiness with the great joy of Jesus and the wonder of our salvation. Show Note: Joy to the World opening and closing song excerpts from Choir of King's College Cambridge Sings Christmas Carols. Glory to God in the Highest song excerpt from Handel: Messiah by George Frideric Handel, Sir Neville Marriner, and Academy of St. Martin in the Fields.

In this third week of Advent, John shares how to replace unbelief and fleeting moments of happiness with the great joy of Jesus and the wonder of our salvation. Show Note: Joy to the World opening and closing song excerpts from Choir of King's College Cambridge Sings Christmas Carols. Glory to God in the Highest song excerpt from Handel: Messiah by George Frideric Handel, Sir Neville Marriner, and Academy of St. Martin in the Fields.

Il était Kantor de Leipzig, mais avant cela Kapellmeister à Köthen et Konzertmeister, il a écrit de nombreux Konzerte et des centaines de Kantaten (des concertos et des cantates en français) : Jean-Sébastien Bach est à l'honneur dans Baroque en stock, lui qui était aussi... karaktériel !     Références musicales : Bach, Petit livre d'Anna Magdalena Bach, Philippe Entremont (piano)  Bach, Motet “Komm, Jesu, komm” BWV 229, Thomanerchor Leipzig, Georg Christoph Biller (dir.)  Bach, Cantate “Wachet auf” BWV 140, Bach Collegium Japan, Maasaki Suzuki (dir.)  Bach, 4e Concerto brandebourgeois BWV 1049, 1er mouvement, Akademie für alte Musik Berlin  Bach, Le Clavier bien tempéré, 1er livre, n°6, Frédéric Désenclos (orgue)  Bach, Le Clavier bien tempéré, 1er livre, n°6, Pietro de Maria (piano)  Mendelssohn, Paulus, ouverture, Academy of Saint Martin in the field, Sir Neville Marriner (dir.)  Bach, Passion selon Saint Matthieu, chœur final, Bach Collegium Japan, Maasaki Suzuki (dir.)  Bach, Cantate du café BWV 221, Carolyn Sampson,  Bach Collegium Japan, Maasaki Suzuki (dir.)  Bach, L'Art de la fugue BWV 1080, Contrapunctus 1, Marie-Claire Alain (orgue)  Bach, L'Art de la fugue BWV 1080, Contrapunctus 1, Hespérion XX, Jordi Savall (viole de gambe et dir.)  Bach, L'Art de la fugue BWV 1080, Contrapunctus 9, Accademia Bizantina et Ottavio Dantone (clavecin et dir.)   Hébergé par Ausha. Visitez ausha.co/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.

Opera Ouvertures1.G. Verdi: La forza del destino - Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan2.G. Rossini: La gazza ladra - NBC Symphony Orchestra, Arturo Toscanini 3.G. Verdi: La battaglia di Legnano - Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Gianandrea Gavazzeni 4.G. Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia - Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner 5.G. Verdi: I Vespri Siciliani - Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Riccardo Muti6.G. Verdi: La traviata (atto I) - Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, James Levine7.G. Verdi: Nabucco - Berliner Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado8.G. Rossini: Guillaume Tell - New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein

durée : 00:58:26 - " Réveillez-vous, nous crie la voix des veilleurs " - par : Aurélie Moreau - « A la fois calme et impatient, réfléchi dans ce qu'il avance et économe de ses phrases, Neville Marriner offre ainsi l'image d'un chef d'orchestre profondément épris de son art...» écrivait Jean Gallois à la suite de sa rencontre.

C'est un des grands spécialistes de Mozart au piano : Christian Zacharias vient nous parler du 19e concerto qu'il dirigera sur la scène de l'Auditorium-Orchestre national de Lyon, ainsi que de son amitié de toujours avec Sir Neville Marriner, auteur de la BO d'Amadeus et grand chef mozartien, en nous présentant aussi la Sinfonietta « coquine » de Poulenc en complément de programme, autour des extraits de ses répétitions avec l'ONL. Bienvenue dans les coulisses de l'Orchestre National de Lyon en compagnie des plus grands musiciens.

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart fue conocido principalmente por su prodigioso y temprano talento para la música y por la composición de más de 600 obras en 35 años de vida, algunas tan extraordinarias que hoy le reconocen indiscutiblemente como uno de los músicos más importantes de la historia. Ahora puedes apoyar a ELDT con un único pago y la cantidad que prefieras: paypal.me/LibroTobias Piezas: - “Requiem Mass in D minor - Lacrimosa” de Chamber Choir of Europe, Süddeutsches Kammerorchester & Nicol Matt - “Symphony No 25 in G minor” de Sir Neville Marriner, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Presentación, dirección, edición y montaje: Asier Menéndez Marín Diseño logo Podcast: albacanodesigns (Alba Cano) Escucha el episodio completo en la app de iVoox, o descubre todo el catálogo de iVoox Originals

Synopsis On today’s date in 1825, the Italian composer Antonio Salieri breathed his last in Vienna. Gossip circulated that in his final dementia, Salieri blabbed something about poisoning Mozart. Whether he meant it figuratively or literally, or even said anything of the sort, didn’t seem to matter and the gossip became a Romantic legend. Modern food detectives suggested that if Mozart WAS poisoned, an undercooked pork chop might be to blame… In one of his last letters to his wife, Mozart mentions his anticipation of feasting on a fat chop his cook had secured for his dinner! Twenty-five years after Salieri’s death, on today’s date in 1850, the Austro-Hungarian conductor Anton Seidl was born in Budapest. Seidl became a famous conductor of both the Metropolitan Opera and New York Philharmonic. It was Seidl who conducted the premiere of Dvorak’s “New World” Symphony. In 1898, at the age of just 47, Seidl died suddenly, apparently from ptomaine poisoning. Perhaps it was the shad roe he ate at home, or that sausage from Fleischmann’s restaurant? An autopsy revealed serious gallstone and liver ailments, so maybe Seidl’s last meal, whatever it might have been, was as innocent of blame as poor old Salieri. Music Played in Today's Program Wolfgang Mozart (1756 – 1791) Symphony No. 25 St. Martin's Academy; Sir Neville Marriner, cond. Fantasy 104/105 Antonin Dvořák (1841 – 1904) Symphony No. 9 (From the New World) Vienna Philharmonic; Rafael Kubelik, cond. Decca 466 994 Antonio Salieri (1750 – 1825) "La Folia" Variations London Mozart Players; Matthias Bamert, cond. Chandos 9877 On This Day Births 1833 - German composer Johannes Brahms, in Hamburg; 1840 - Russian composer Pyotr Ilyitch Tchaikovsky, in Votkinsk, district of Viatka (Julian date: April 25); 1850 - Hungarian conductor Anton Seidl, in Budapest; He was Wagner assistant at the first Bayreuth Festival performances of the "Ring" operas in 1876-79, was engaged to conduct the German repertory at the Metropolitan Opera in 1885, and in 1891 as the permanent conductor of the New York Philharmonic; He conducted the American premieres of Wagner's "Tristan und Isolde" in 1886 and the world premiere of Dvorák's "New World" Symphony in 1893; He died of ptomaine poisoning in 1898; Deaths 1793 - Italian composer and violinist Pietro Nardini, age 71, in Florence; 1818 - Bohemian composer Leopold (Jan Antonín, Ioannes Antonius)Kozeluch (Kotzeluch, Koželuh), age 70, in Vienna; 1825 - Italian composer Antonio Salieri, age 74, in Vienna; Premieres 1824 - Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 ("Choral") at the Kärntnertor Theater in Vienna, with the deaf composer on stage beating time, but with the performers instructed to follow the cues of Beethoven's assistant conductor, Michael Umlauf; 1888 - Lalo: "Le Roi d'Ys" (The King of Ys) at the Opéra Comique, in Paris; 1926 - Milhaud: opera "Les malheurs d'Orphée" (The Sorrows of Orpheus), in Brussels at the Théatre de la Monnaie; 1944 - Copland: "Our Town" Film Music Suite (revised version), by the Boston Pops conducted by Leonard Bernstein; An earlier version of this suite aired on CBS Radio on June 9, 1940, with the Columbia Broadcasting Symphony conducted by Howard Barlow; 1947 - Virgil Thomson: opera "The Mother of Us All," at Columbia University in New York City; 1985 - David Ward-Steinman: "Chroma" Concerto for multiple keyboards, percussion, and chamber orchestra, in Scottsdale, Ariz., by the Noveau West Chamber Orchestra conducted by Terry Williams, with the composer and Amy-Smith-Davie as keyboard soloists; 1988 - Stockhausen: opera "Montag von Licht" (Monday from Light), in Milan at the Teatro alla Scala; 1988 - Michael Torke: ballet "Black and White," at the New York State Theater, with the NY City Ballet Orchestra, David Alan Miller conducting; 1993 - Harrison Birtwistle: "Five Distances for Five Instruments," in London at the Purcell Room, by the Ensemble InterContemporain; 1998 - Joan Tower: "Tambor," by the Pittsburgh Symphony, Mariss Jansons conducting; 1999 - Robert X. Rodriguez: "Bachanale: Concertino for Orchestra," by the San Antonio Symphony, Wilkins conducting; Others 1747 - J.S. Bach (age 62) visits King Frederick II of Prussia at his court in Potsdam on May 7-8; Bach improvises on a theme submitted by the King, performing on the King's forte-piano; In September of 1747 Bach publishes a chamber work based on the royal theme entitled "Musical Offering." 1937 - The RKO film "Shall We Dance?" is released, with a filmscore by George Gershwin; This film includes the classic Gershwin songs "Beginner's Luck," "Let's Call the Whole Thing Off," "They Can't Take That Away from Me" and an instrumental interlude "Walking the Dog" (released as a solo piano piece under the title "Promenade"). Links and Resources A BBC story on "Rehabilitating Salieri" On Anton Seidl On the Seidl papers at Columbia University

Synopsis On today’s date in 1825, the Italian composer Antonio Salieri breathed his last in Vienna. Gossip circulated that in his final dementia, Salieri blabbed something about poisoning Mozart. Whether he meant it figuratively or literally, or even said anything of the sort, didn’t seem to matter and the gossip became a Romantic legend. Modern food detectives suggested that if Mozart WAS poisoned, an undercooked pork chop might be to blame… In one of his last letters to his wife, Mozart mentions his anticipation of feasting on a fat chop his cook had secured for his dinner! Twenty-five years after Salieri’s death, on today’s date in 1850, the Austro-Hungarian conductor Anton Seidl was born in Budapest. Seidl became a famous conductor of both the Metropolitan Opera and New York Philharmonic. It was Seidl who conducted the premiere of Dvorak’s “New World” Symphony. In 1898, at the age of just 47, Seidl died suddenly, apparently from ptomaine poisoning. Perhaps it was the shad roe he ate at home, or that sausage from Fleischmann’s restaurant? An autopsy revealed serious gallstone and liver ailments, so maybe Seidl’s last meal, whatever it might have been, was as innocent of blame as poor old Salieri. Music Played in Today's Program Wolfgang Mozart (1756 – 1791) Symphony No. 25 St. Martin's Academy; Sir Neville Marriner, cond. Fantasy 104/105 Antonin Dvořák (1841 – 1904) Symphony No. 9 (From the New World) Vienna Philharmonic; Rafael Kubelik, cond. Decca 466 994 Antonio Salieri (1750 – 1825) "La Folia" Variations London Mozart Players; Matthias Bamert, cond. Chandos 9877 On This Day Births 1833 - German composer Johannes Brahms, in Hamburg; 1840 - Russian composer Pyotr Ilyitch Tchaikovsky, in Votkinsk, district of Viatka (Julian date: April 25); 1850 - Hungarian conductor Anton Seidl, in Budapest; He was Wagner assistant at the first Bayreuth Festival performances of the "Ring" operas in 1876-79, was engaged to conduct the German repertory at the Metropolitan Opera in 1885, and in 1891 as the permanent conductor of the New York Philharmonic; He conducted the American premieres of Wagner's "Tristan und Isolde" in 1886 and the world premiere of Dvorák's "New World" Symphony in 1893; He died of ptomaine poisoning in 1898; Deaths 1793 - Italian composer and violinist Pietro Nardini, age 71, in Florence; 1818 - Bohemian composer Leopold (Jan Antonín, Ioannes Antonius)Kozeluch (Kotzeluch, Koželuh), age 70, in Vienna; 1825 - Italian composer Antonio Salieri, age 74, in Vienna; Premieres 1824 - Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 ("Choral") at the Kärntnertor Theater in Vienna, with the deaf composer on stage beating time, but with the performers instructed to follow the cues of Beethoven's assistant conductor, Michael Umlauf; 1888 - Lalo: "Le Roi d'Ys" (The King of Ys) at the Opéra Comique, in Paris; 1926 - Milhaud: opera "Les malheurs d'Orphée" (The Sorrows of Orpheus), in Brussels at the Théatre de la Monnaie; 1944 - Copland: "Our Town" Film Music Suite (revised version), by the Boston Pops conducted by Leonard Bernstein; An earlier version of this suite aired on CBS Radio on June 9, 1940, with the Columbia Broadcasting Symphony conducted by Howard Barlow; 1947 - Virgil Thomson: opera "The Mother of Us All," at Columbia University in New York City; 1985 - David Ward-Steinman: "Chroma" Concerto for multiple keyboards, percussion, and chamber orchestra, in Scottsdale, Ariz., by the Noveau West Chamber Orchestra conducted by Terry Williams, with the composer and Amy-Smith-Davie as keyboard soloists; 1988 - Stockhausen: opera "Montag von Licht" (Monday from Light), in Milan at the Teatro alla Scala; 1988 - Michael Torke: ballet "Black and White," at the New York State Theater, with the NY City Ballet Orchestra, David Alan Miller conducting; 1993 - Harrison Birtwistle: "Five Distances for Five Instruments," in London at the Purcell Room, by the Ensemble InterContemporain; 1998 - Joan Tower: "Tambor," by the Pittsburgh Symphony, Mariss Jansons conducting; 1999 - Robert X. Rodriguez: "Bachanale: Concertino for Orchestra," by the San Antonio Symphony, Wilkins conducting; Others 1747 - J.S. Bach (age 62) visits King Frederick II of Prussia at his court in Potsdam on May 7-8; Bach improvises on a theme submitted by the King, performing on the King's forte-piano; In September of 1747 Bach publishes a chamber work based on the royal theme entitled "Musical Offering." 1937 - The RKO film "Shall We Dance?" is released, with a filmscore by George Gershwin; This film includes the classic Gershwin songs "Beginner's Luck," "Let's Call the Whole Thing Off," "They Can't Take That Away from Me" and an instrumental interlude "Walking the Dog" (released as a solo piano piece under the title "Promenade"). Links and Resources A BBC story on "Rehabilitating Salieri" On Anton Seidl On the Seidl papers at Columbia University

Op Beethovens geboortedag: Orkestwerken IIIb: Opus 21, 93 en 115 1. Ouvertüre zur Namensfeier, opus 115 Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart olv. Sir Neville Marriner 2. Symfonie nr. 8 in F op. 93 Orkest van het Oosten olv. Jan Willem de Vriend. Symfonie no. 1, in C, opus 21. London Symphony Orchestra; Bernard Haitink.  

Pedro Segundo, just what the corona doctor ordered. Killer percussionist, drummer, beautiful soul, Pedro treated us to magnificent sounds, gentle humility, and a heartfelt message about human connection through music. From classical to jazz, Pedro studied, honoring his gifted craft with the passion and unique vision he presents through it. Ever since seeing Pedro at NAMM, I’ve been obsessed. I couldn’t take my eyes or ears off him. Pedro is the embodiment of dynamism. Equally, at home behind 18th-century-style kettle drums and a five-piece drum kit, Pedro makes every object he touches a channel for his incredible musical energy. Pedro’s been the house drummer for Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club for the past 10 yrs. He’s toured Europe, North America, and the Far East with Dennis Rollins Academy of Saint Martin in the Fields, as guest timpanist with Sir Neville Marriner, Murray Perahia, and Joshua Bell and more recently with his own Solo Segundo, Dennis Rollins’ Velocity Trio, Judith Owen, and his Hammond Organ and Drums duo with Ross Stanley. We talked Judith, Harry Shearer, Lee Sklar, Marcus Eaton, his early days in his native Portugal with his talented pianist/vocalist, sister, their supportive parents, studying there, and then in London. Making his way to America, falling in love, and manifesting his childhood dream. Pedro's music can be found here: https://spoti.fi/3aIsrwc & http://www.pedrosegundo.com/ Grateful for a soulfilling hour of gentle gifts. This GC 's & Pedro's closing tune are dedicated to Flo Lawrence, another beautiful soul who left us this day. Pedro Segundo on Game Changers With Vicki Abelson Wed, 8/19/20, Live @5pm PT Live on The Facebook Replay here: https://bit.ly/3aEC4fD All BROADcasts, as podcasts, also available on iTunes apple.co/2dj8ld3 Soundcloud http://bit.ly/2hktWoS Stitcher bit.ly/2h3R1fl tunein bit.ly/2gGeItj YouTube https://bit.ly/31aIvny Thanks to Rick Smolke of Quik Impressions, the best printers, printing, the best people people-ing. quikimpressions.com Nicole Venables of Ruby Begonia Hair Studio Beauty and Products, for tresses like the stars she coifs, and regular peoples, like me. I love my hair, and I loves Nicole. http://www.rubybegoniahairstudio.com/ Blue Microphones and Kevin Walt And, Peter And Paul Cartoons.

Vasily Petrenko is a busy conductor worldwide and I really enjoyed talking with him about a wide range of topics. We discussed the state of music education in the UK, I found out how Sir Neville Marriner helped him early in his career and how close he came to becoming an Olympic swimmer! 

In this podcast, we'll be hearing from internationally acclaimed double bassist Leon Bosch. For many people around the world, the last few weeks have not been easy to process not only with the current COVID-19 pandemic but also the tragic murdering of George Floyd, which has reawakened support of the #BlackLivesMatter movement. In this discussion, we'll be hearing Leon's views on this recent news. We'll also learn about his harrowing experiences of living, studying and working in apartheid South Africa, and his encounters of racism within the classical music business. Many thanks to Leon for generously taking the time to talk to us especially for the podcast about his experiences. Podcast released 28 June 2020; interview recorded 26 June 2020. http://leonbosch.co.uk For twenty years principal double bass with the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Leon Bosch left the orchestra in 2014, devoting himself to his musical interests elsewhere: performing and recording as a soloist, setting up his chamber ensemble I Musicanti and teaching in the UK and internationally. Encouraged by his former colleague at the ASMF, Sir Neville Marriner, and having directed orchestras from the solo double bass many times, he also took up conducting and now appears regularly on the podium and as soloist/director. Born in Cape Town, although now a British citizen, he graduated from the University of Cape Town before completing his double bass studies at the Royal Northern College of Music. As soloist, Leon Bosch has so far recorded ten CDs, including the world premiere recording of music by the Catalan virtuoso Josep Cervera whose work he rediscovered and has been instrumental in reviving. He has commissioned dozens of works for the instrument. If you are affected by any of the issues in this podcast, please consult the following organisations and helplines: Runaway Helpline (a free 24/7, confidential helpline) Call or text for free on: 116000 https://www.runawayhelpline.org.uk/advice/racism-and-discrimination The Monitoring Group 24 hour helpline: 0800 374 618 http://www.tmg-uk.org CALM Nationwide helpline: 0800 58 58 58 (5pm-midnight, 365 days a year) https://www.thecalmzone.net/help/webchat https://www.thecalmzone.net/help/get-help/racism Citizens Advice https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/law-and-courts/discrimination/protected-characteristics/race-discrimination Musicians' Union - Reflecting on #TheShowMustBePaused https://www.musiciansunion.org.uk/Home/News/2020/Jun/Reflecting-on-TheShowMustBePaused

In this episode, Gustav Hoyer discusses research led by Dr. Tomas Schäfer as published through his research into the psychology of music listening (1).  Music is a mirror for our own personal inward journeys, a tool to help define our moods, and a glue that connects us to others. We explore these three reasons that his research identified and Gustav shares some of his own compositions as well as excerpts of other works that have served these functions for him. In this episode we hear:Hoyer, Piano Quartet in c-minor, 3rd mvmt (‘Wonder’)Grieg,  Holberg Suite, IV. Aria excerpt(performed by Sir Neville Marriner and Academtn of St. Martin in the Fields)Rachmaninov, Second Piano Concerto, 2nd Mvmt excerpt (performed by Gary Graffman and the NY Philharmonic Orchestra)Hoyer, Vignettes from an American Life. 5th mvmd (‘Front Porch Rondo’)Bach, Toccata in D-Major excerpt (performed by Glenn Gould)These links will take you to Spotify, but they are available at many other music locations as well.If you like this podcast, please leave us a review wherever you get this podcast, and share it with your friends. If you have thoughts, complaints, ideas about this podcast, please reach out to him at salutations@gustavhoyer.com.  We'd love to hear from you!(1) The psychological functions of music listening Frontiers in Psychology, August 2013, Vol 4, Article 511 Thomas Schäfer1*, Peter Sedlmeier1, Christine Städtler1 and David Huron2 

Reinhold Friedrich has been a prolific performer on major stages around the world such as the Musikverein in Vienna, the Concertgebouw Amsterdam and the Berlin Philharmonie. As a soloist, Reinhold Friedrich performs both on modern and historic keyed trumpet with renowned ensembles such as the Bamberger and Wiener Symphoniker, the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, the BBC Symphony Orchestra, the Berliner Barock Solisten and the Cappella Andrea Barca; conducted amongst others by Sir András Schiff, Reinhard Goebel, Sir Neville Marriner, Christopher Hogwood, Semyon Bychkov, Michael Gielen, Adam Fischer and Vladimir Fedossejev. From 1983 to 1999 Reinhold Friedrich held the position of solo trumpeter at the Radio Sinfonieorchester Frankfurt. He is permanent solo trumpeter of the Lucerne Festival Orchestra under Claudio Abbado, now Riccardo Chailly, and artistic director of the Lucerne Festival Orchestra Brass Ensemble. Reinhold Friedrich is a professor of trumpet at Karlsruhe University of Music, honorary professor at the Royal Academy of Music in London and the Escuela Superior de Musica Reina Sofia in Madrid as well as a sought-after lecturer for masterclasses all over the world. Reinhold has premiered a large number of significant works including pieces by Wolfgang Rihm, Hans Werner Henze, Luciano Berio, Sir Peter Maxwell Davis and Peter Eötvös. Numerous CD recordings on labels such as DG, Capriccio, MDG and Sony. The show notes for this episode may be found at bobreeves.com/71.

Matthew Lipman is a 2015 Avery Fisher Grant winner, has recorded with Rachel Barton Pine and Sir Neville Marriner. Since graduating from Juilliard Lipman is now on the viola faculty at Sony Brook University and concertizes around the world. His debut CD, Ascent, is in tribute in part to his mother (d. 2014), and commissioned “Metamorfose” from Clarice Assad in her memory. In his conversation with program director John Pitman, Lipman shares stories of how he transitioned from trumpet to viola in grade school; his somewhat awkward first session with his longtime piano partner Henry Kramer; and makes the case that there are enough quality works for his instrument to deflate the inevitable viola jokes. Lipman’s recording is a regular feature of All Classical’s playlist.

International viola soloist Matthew Lipman can be heard on the best stages around the world!  In this episode he discusses his road to success, how to practice and get ready for a competition, and the importance of mental preparation before a performance. He elaborates on: The importance of music education in the schools and the important of funding for music an arts programs in our public schools Studying with Roland Vamos and how he directed his attention got directed in the right way early on in his training Studying with Heidi Castelman and how she got him to focus on tone production Studying with Tabea Zimmermann and how she got him to listen ever more to himself How learning to listen to ourselves is so important and why feeling like we sound bad can be good: “when you are experiencing growth, you think that you sound horrible, and it helps you reach a new level” How being consistent is key in progressing How listening to the sound and tone can completely lead the way to huge progress How you have to take a step back and understand how our body works and how the instrument responds instead of trying to push the sound How preparing for competition can be hard, but focusing on the process and adopting the right mindset can really lead you to new heights The process of preparing for an international competition o   Choosing repertoire that “lets you shine” o   Practice performing your repertoire a lot before the competition o   Be organized – using chart and planning properly o   Have clear and specific goals How to efficiently work with metronome: how you can reach freedom through working with one How preparing mentally for a performance is a long but important process How you have to be able to zoom in on the details, and also zoom out and see the big picture   ABOUT MATTHEW: Website: http://www.matthew-lipman.com/index.php Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center: https://www.chambermusicsociety.org/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/melodiousmatt1/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/melodiousmatt/ His recording of Mozart's Sinfonia Concertante with Rachel Barton Pine and the Academy of St-Martin in the Fields conducted by Sir Neville Marriner Carl Fischer Foundation Studies for the Viola - Book 2 (from Opp. 45 and 74) performed by Matthew Playing the Viola: Conversations with William Primrose, by David Dalton Mozart's Sinfonia Concertante for Violin, Viola and Orchestra - featuring Erin Keefe and Matthew Lipman with the Minnesota Orchestra.   The recipient of a prestigious 2015 Avery Fisher Career Grant, 25-year-old American violist Matthew Lipman has been hailed by the New York Times for his "rich tone and elegant phrasing" and by the Chicago Tribune for his "splendid technique and musical sensitivity.” In demand as a soloist, he has recently performed concertos with the Minnesota, Illinois Philharmonic, Grand Rapids Symphony, Wisconsin Chamber, Juilliard, Ars Viva Symphony, Montgomery Symphony, Innsbrook and Eggenfelden Festival orchestras and recitals at the WQXR Greene Space in New York City and the Phillips Collection in Washington, DC. Highlights this season include a debut solo album on Cedille Records, which will include his own transcription of Waxman's Carmen Fantasy and a world premiere by Brazilian composer Clarice Assad, and several performances of the Telemann Viola Concerto in Alice Tully Hall. The Telegraph praised Mr. Lipman as “gifted with poise and a warmth of timbre” on his Avie recording of Mozart's Sinfonia Concertante with violinist Rachel Barton Pine and the Academy of St Martin in the Fields with Sir Neville Marriner, which reached No. 2 on the Billboard classical charts. He was the only violist featured on WFMT Chicago's list of "30 Under 30" top classical musicians and has been profiled by The Strad and BBC Music magazines. Mr. Lipman performs internationally as a chamber musician with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center as a member of CMS Two, at the Music@Menlo, Marlboro, Bad Kissingen, Malaga, and Ravinia Festivals, and regularly with distinguished artists like Itzhak Perlman, Mitsuko Uchida, and Pinchas Zukerman. A top prizewinner of the Primrose, Tertis, Washington, Johansen, and Stulberg International Viola Competitions, he received his bachelor's and master's degrees as an inaugural Kovner fellow from The Juilliard School, where he continues to serve as teaching assistant to Heidi Castleman, and is currently mentored by Tabea Zimmermann in Kronberg, Germany. A native of Chicago, Mr. Lipman performs on a fine 1700 Matteo Goffriller viola loaned through the generous efforts of the RBP Foundation and an 1845 Dominque Peccatte viola bow.   If you enjoyed the show, please leave a review on iTunes!  I truly appreciate your support! Visit www.mindoverfinger.com for information about past and future podcasts, and for more resources on mindful practice.   THANK YOU: Most sincere thank you to composer Jim Stephenson who graciously provided the show's musical theme!  Concerto #1 for Trumpet and Chamber Orchestra – Movement 2: Allegro con Brio, performed by Jeffrey Work, trumpet, and the Lake Forest Symphony, conducted by Jim Stephenson. Also a huge thank you to my producer, Bella Kelly!   MIND OVER FINGER: www.mindoverfinger.com https://www.facebook.com/mindoverfinger/   (As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases, which helps cover some of the costs associated with the production of the podcast.  Thank you for your support.)

Underbarnet som vid 60 år fortfarande konserterar lokalt och globalt. Michala Petri har gjort mer än 70 CD-inspelningar och 4 000 konserter sedan hon var 11 år. Michala Petri är en av de främsta blockflöjtvirtuoserna i världen och har en enorm repertoar av klassiska och nutida kompositioner. Kuriosa: Vivaldis Blockflöjtskonsert i C-dur, har hon spelat över tusen gånger på konserter. Hennes första CD-inspelning gjorde hon efter en konsert i London med Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, endast 17 år gammal. Nyfiken och öppen för alla musikaliska genrer har hon spelat med så olika artister som Sir Neville Marriner, Keith Jarrett, Gidon Kremer och Bjørn Svin. När Michala Petri var 11 år fanns det ingen i Köpenhamn som kunde lära henne något mer på blockflöjten, så hennes mamma Hanne Petri, som själv är pianist, tog med Michala till professor Ferdinand Conrad i Hannover. Han bad henne omgående starta sina studier vid Musikkonservatoriet där. Michala Petri slutade genast sin skolgång i Danmark för att satsa helt på sin professionella bana som musiker. Varje måndag morgon tog hon och hennes mamma nattåget till Hannover. Lektioner väntade på eftermiddagen och under tisdagen. På onsdagen for de hem för att öva och sedan vidtog samma procedur varje vecka. - Du måste ha både råstyrka och vara intuitiv och mottagande för att gå upp på en scen, uppträda och sända ut så mycket energi till en publik, säger hon. Det är energi jag förmedlar med blockflöjten. Att spela svagt kan också vara otroligt energiskt, säger Michala Petri, som spelat instrumentet sedan hon var 3 år. 12 år gammal fick hon en tvärflöjt, men hon kände sig som en lurendrejare när hon spelade på den eftersom tvärflöjten är betydligt lättare att intonera på. För Michala Petri var blockflöjten en utmaning hon inte kunde motstå. Hon spelar på fyra olika storlekar, sopraninon, sopranen, som är den vanligaste, och så alt- och tenorblockflöjten. Hon har många exemplar av varje storlek. Jag räknade till ett fyrtiotal hemma hos henne. Michala Petri köper ständigt nya flöjter, eftersom hon byter hela tiden. Efter ett par timmars spel tar en flöjt skada om den inte får vila. Hon vet aldrig från början om en flöjt kommer att hålla måttet eller inte. Kanske känns den bra i starten, men efter några månader kan den utveckla en usel klang. Å andra sidan kan en flöjt som inledningsvis inte klingar särskilt bra plötsligt utveckla en mycket fin klang efter ett halvår. Kanske är blockflöjter precis som människor. När Michala Petri gav konsert i samband med Mostly Mozart Festival i Lincoln Center i New York tog Keith Jarrett kontakt med henne. Hon kände honom bara till namnet, hade inte hört honom spela. Men det visade sig att Keith Jarrett även spelade blockflöjt och cembalo. De träffades i hans hem och spelade några Händelsonater och några Bachsonater. Senare tog Michala Petri kontakt med Jarrett som tackade ja till den här inspelningen. - Keith Jarrett är en otroligt fin musiker, säger Michala Petri. Han lyssnar intensivt och fångar upp de signaler man sänder ut för att omgående svara på dem. Jag har spelat med klassiska musiker som har samma begåvning för att uppfånga musikaliska intentioner. Jag lyssnade mycket på vad Keith Jarrett gjorde och tänkte mindre på vad jag själv hade förberett. När hon var barn kände hon att musiken var det enda som gav henne identitet. Hade hon inte musiken så var hon ingenting. -När jag har utvecklat mig, fött mina två döttrar och mognat som människa så har även spelet förändrats, säger hon. Michala Petri har bl a fått Léonie Sonnings Musikpris, Europeiska solistpriset, Nordiska Rådets musikpris och 2016 vann hon priset som bästa barock-instrumentalist vid International Classical Music Awards. Michala Petri är fortfarande mycket aktiv och ger både lokala och globala konserter. Den 7 juli 2018 fyller hon 60 år och Tivoli i Köpenhamn firar henne den 1 juli 2018 med en Festkonsert. Alexander Shelley dirigerar då Tivoli Copenhagen Phil.   LÅTLISTA:   Yemandja Angelique Kidjo, sång, m fl Aye Island Records Mango 74321 16646 2   Partita in c BWV 1013 - 1 Allemande J S Bach Michala Petri, blockflöjt. Lars Hannibal, gitarr, luta. JS Bach   Souvenir RCA Victor 09026 62530 2   Concerto For Piano And Orchestra No. 1 Rondo. Allegro Non Troppo, Brahms Nikolaj Koppel, piano. DR's Symfoniorkester. Thomas Dausgaard, dir Retrospect EMI CLASSICS 50999 6287362 8       Fem Klaverstykker, Op. 3 Mignon Carl Nielsen Nikolaj Koppel, piano. Retrospect  EMI CLASSICS 50999 6287362 8   Intermezzi, Op. 117 - 2. Andante Non Troppo Johannes Brahms Nikolaj Koppel, piano. Retrospect EMI CLASSICS 50999 6287362 8   Piano Concerto #1 In D Minor, Op. 15 - 2. Adagio Johannes Brahms Nikolaj Koppel, piano. Thomas Dausgaard: Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra Retrospect EMI CLASSICS 50999 6287362 8   Préludes, Book 1 - La Sérénade Interrompue       Claude Debussy Nikolaj Koppel, piano. Retrospect EMI CLASSICS 50999 6287362 8   Scarlatti (D): Harpsichord Sonata In E, K 20 Domenico Scarlatti Nikolaj Koppel, piano. Retrospect EMI CLASSICS 50999 6287362 8   Rong (Fusion) Yao Hu Michaela Petri Recorders. Chen Yue Xiao & Dizi Dialogue East Meets West OUR Recordings 6.220600   Ancient Chinese Beauty- Clay Figurines Chen Yi Michala Petri. Copenhagen Philharmonic; lan Shui Chinese Recorder Concertos OUR Recordings 6.220603   Flute Quartet In G Major K.285a - 2. Tempo Di Menuetto W A Mozart Michala Petri (Re), Carolin Widmann (Vn), Ula Ulijona (Va), Marta Sudraba (Vc) Mozart Flute Quartets OUR Recordings 6.220570   Nele's Dances - 10 In a symphony of galloping hooves Thomas Koppel Michala Petri, blockflöjt. Lars Hannibal, gitarr, luta. Souvenir RCA Victor 09026 62530 2                   Nele's Dances - 3 And I'm still feeling you in my arms Thomas Koppel Michala Petri, blockflöjt. Lars Hannibal, gitarr, luta. Souvenir  RCA Victor 09026 62530 2   Sonata G RV 59 - 2 Allegro ma non presto Vivaldi Michala Petri, blockflöjt. Lars Hannibal, gitarr, luta. Souvenir     RCA Victor 09026 62530 2   Concerto C-Major; Largo Vivaldi Michala Petri, blockflöjt. Kremerata Baltica Michala Petri 50th Birthday Concert OUR Recordings 8.226905

Im April 1764 bekam Mozarts Vater starke Halsschmerzen. Wolfgang und Nannerl sollten leise sein und nicht Klavier spielen. Um sich zu beschäftigen, begann der 8-jährige Mozart seine erste Symphonie zu komponieren. Bernhard Neuhoff stellt dieses Werk gemeinsam mit Sir Neville Marriner vor.

Comenzamos rindiendo nuestro pequeño homenaje a Sir Neville Marriner, director de orquesta recientemente fallecido. En nuestra sección sobre anécdotas de grandes músicos, traemos a Rossini. Continuaremos con una lección de música en la que hablaremos de tonos y semitonos. Os ofrecemos a continuación una sorpresa musical y, para acabar, escucharemos la banda sonora de Cyrano de Bergerac.iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/es/podcast/musicalia/id1118970448?mt=2Web: http://puntoprimario.com/musicalia/Feed: http://feedpress.me/musicalia

Comenzamos rindiendo nuestro pequeño homenaje a Sir Neville Marriner, director de orquesta recientemente fallecido. En nuestra sección sobre anécdotas de grandes músicos, traemos a Rossini. Continuaremos con una lección de música en la que hablaremos de tonos y semitonos. Os ofrecemos a continuación una sorpresa musical y, para acabar, escucharemos la banda sonora de Cyrano de Bergerac.iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/es/podcast/musicalia/id1118970448?mt=2Web: http://puntoprimario.com/musicalia/Feed: http://feedpress.me/musicalia

Iestyn Davies, Samuel West, Joshua Bell, Southbank Gamelan, James Gilchrist.

Matthew Bannister on Sir Neville Marriner the conductor who founded the Academy of St Martin in the Fields and led them to become the world's most recorded orchestra. Father Gabriele Amorth, the Catholic Church's leading exorcist who said he'd tackled over a hundred cases of demonic possession. Beryl Crockford, one of the first two British women to become rowing world champions. Professor Louis Herman the American psychologist who caused a sensation by communicating with dolphins. Rod Temperton, a member of the band Heatwave who wrote a string of hits for Michael Jackson including the title track of his album Thriller. Producer: Neil George.

Tom Stoppard discusses the new production of his "dishevelled comedy" Travesties, Brexit and his desire to write a new play about the migrant crisis.The Girl on The Train, Paula Hawkins' thriller about a divorced alcoholic who becomes caught up in a missing person investigation, has sold 11 million copies worldwide and been turned into a film starring Emily Blunt. But has the transition onto the silver screen and the move from London to New York worked? Mark Eccleston reviews.We report from Shapes of Water, Sounds of Hope, a mass participatory performance artwork, led by the distinguished American artist Suzanne Lacy which took place in Pendle, Lancashire this weekend.As a new exhibition opens exploring the Feminist Avant-Garde of the 1970s, artist Lynn Hershman Leeson and historian Professor Hilary Robinson look back at those years and ask if there's still a need for feminist art today?And we remember the conductor and violinist Sir Neville Marriner, who has died aged 92. Presenter: Samira Ahmed Producer: Rachel Simpson.

The pianist Till Fellner joins Sir Neville Marriner for his 92nd birthday celebrations.

Violinist Rachel Barton Pine joins Lara in The Green Room to talk about Midwestern values, Mozart, mentorship and motherhood. Featuring Rachel's new recording of the complete Mozart Violin Concertos, with Sir Neville Marriner conducting The Academy of St Martin in the Fields. http://www.amazon.com/Mozart-Complete-Concertos-Sinfonia-Concertante/dp/B00PG0O7M6

Sir Neville Marriner reflects on half-a-century of recording history with the ensemble he founded in the late 50s, the Academy of St Martin in the Fields.

Conductor Sir Neville Marriner inherits Handel's Messiah performed by The Academy of St Martin in the Fields and passes on Schoenberg's Verklärte Nacht performed by the Hollywood String Quartet.

Richard Coles and Aasmah Mir are joined by the writer and comedian Katy Brand, author Harry Bucknall who followed all 1,411 miles of the Via Francigena Pilgrims walk from the City of London through England, France, Switzerland and Italy to Rome, and actor Daniel Laurie who's become the first student with Downs Syndrome to be accepted to the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama Theatre School Summer Course. Author and former news correspondent Gerald Seymour recalls his meeting with Maurice Bailey who, in 1973, with his wife Maralyn survived for 117 days on a rubber raft in the Pacific Ocean, and Maurice tells his side of the story. Alice Morrison has recently run the toughest footrace on earth - the Marathon Des Sables: six marathons in six days across the desert in temperatures of 50 degrees, carrying all your own provisions. The conductor and violinist Sir Neville Marriner shares his Inheritance Tracks and JP Devlin will be in the studio reading your emails and waiting to take your calls. Katy Brand will be at the Wilderness Festival in Oxfordshire on the Sunday 10th August and her book Brenda Monk Is Funny was published by crowd-funding publisher Unbound on 31st July 2014. Harry Bucknall's book Like A Tramp, Like A Pilgrim: On Foot, Across Europe to Rome was published in July 2014 by Bloomsbury. Gerald Seymour's book Vagabond is out now. Sir Neville Marriner inherits Handel's Messiah performed by The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields and passes on Schoenberg's Verklärte Nacht performed by the Hollywood String Quartet. He's conducting Prom 32 on Sunday August 10th. Producer: Maire Devine.

The singer Loudon Wainwright III, father of Rufus and Martha, discusses his latest album Haven't Got the Blues (Yet). Mad Men star Christina Hendricks talks about her new film, God's Pocket and Irish singer Sinead O'Connor on her new album and new image… The conductor, Sir Neville Marriner discusses his long and varied career and his return to the BBC Proms and following the success of the Inbetweeners TV sitcom making a successful transfer to the big screen, co-creators Damon Beesley and Iain Morris talk about their second Inbetweeners film. And Samira Ahmed talks to writer DBC Pierre about his new novella, Breakfast With The Borgias

Sir Neville Marriner, who turned 90 this year, is the most recorded living conductor. He talks to Kirsty Lang about his long and varied career, and his return to the BBC Proms. The Inbetweeners is a rare example of a television sitcom which made a successful transfer to the big screen. Co-creators Damon Beesley and Iain Morris discuss their second Inbetweeners film in which the four friends take their teenage antics on a gap year to Australia. The words of Poets Laureate across three and a half centuries feature in a new exhibition opening this week. From the first poet appointed to the post, John Dryden, to the current one, Carol Ann Duffy - original manuscripts and rare editions of their works are on display. In addition, historic recordings of Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Ted Hughes and Sir John Betjeman, as well as readings by actors Timothy West, Sir Daniel Day-Lewis and Dame Judi Dench can be heard, bringing new resonance to the poems themselves. Curator Deborah Clarke tells Kirsty about the start and development of the post of Poet Laureate, and about bringing their words to life. Kirsty is joined by critic David Benedict to review a new production of My Night With Reg, a 1994 gay comedy set during the AIDS crisis. Image: Sir Neville Marriner (c) Mark Allan.

We’re wrapping up the interview with Pittsburgh Symphony Principal Bassist Jeff Turner that we began on episode 26 of the podcast, plus featuring music from U.K.-based bassist Leon Bosch’s new album titled The British Double Bass on this week’s episode of the podcast. About Jeff Turner: Principal Bass Jeffrey Turner joined the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra in 1987. He served as Principal Bass of the New American Chamber Orchestra from 1984 to 1986 and became a member of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra in 1986. Mr. Turner, a native of South Carolina, holds a Bachelor of Music degree from the Eastman School of Music of the University of Rochester. His teachers include James VanDemark, Lawrence Hurst and Robert Gladstone. Mr. Turner serves on the faculties of Duquesne University and Carnegie Mellon University. He is the Artistic Director of the City Music Center’s Young Bassist Program, and gives annual seminars and master classes at universities and conservatories throughout the world. He has also served as Visiting Professor at the Eastman School of Music and Lecturer at the University of Maryland. Mr. Turner has been a resident artist for many annual festivals including the Pacific Music Festival in Japan and the Korsholm Festival in Finland. He has been featured as a presenter at the conventions of The International Society of Bassists, and has served on the faculty of The Asian Youth Orchestra (Hong Kong) under the direction of Lord Yehudi Menuhin. Mr. Turner is a faculty member of the National Orchestral Institute. As winner of the Y Music Society’s Passamaneck Award, Jeffrey Turner appeared in a critically acclaimed recital at Carnegie Music Hall in 1989. He was also a winner of the 1990 Pittsburgh Concert Society’s Artist Award. About Leon Bosch: Leon had to overcome many difficult circumstances in the early years of his career. He was arrested by members of the Cape Town special branch when he was just 15 years old for demonstrating against the Apartheid government outside of parliament. He faced a month’s detention and torture, only to be found not guilty on all charges. This experience fired up his ambition to become a lawyer, but this field of study was forbidden to him by the regime at the time. He then chose to study a subject that would be the least likely to mark him out as subversive – music. Had Bosch been able to pursue his prime aspiration to become a lawyer, the cello/double bass debate might never have occurred. Born in Cape Town, South Africa in 1961, Bosch was forbidden by the repressive regime of the time to study law, so applied to the University’s music faculty instead `as a light-hearted prank.’ The `prank’ soon turned more serious. Once enrolled at the University, Bosch studied with Zoltan Kovats, principal double bassist of the Cape Town Symphony Orchestra at that time. A single year into his studies, the young student was invited to play in the Symphony Orchestra’s bass section alongside his mentor. Only another 12 months passed before he was giving his first solo performance of Dittersdorf ’s concerto in E major. Completing his Batchelor of Music Performance degree at the University, he received the highest mark ever awarded there in a performance examination. Post-university, Bosch quickly realised that he would have to study abroad if he really wanted to further his performance career, but was thwarted once again by the apartheid laws which decreed that overseas scholarships could only be given to white performers. However, Bosch was undeterred. `I had a passionate commitment to the double bass and never enter- tained the idea that I would fail in my pursuit’, he asserts. Fortunately, a number of private individuals came forward to sponsor his travel to England where he was heard playing by Rodney Slatford, the former Head of School of Strings at the Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM), who offered to teach him. Bosch enrolled at the RNCM following a successful interview with Eleanor Warren to study with Slatford and Duncan McTier. He describes his time at RNCM as `extremely fruitful’. Bosch’s prestigious record of achievements also continued there, as he received the College’s PPRNCM (Professional Performer of the RNCM) with distinction, the first such award to a double bassist in the College’s history. Studies completed, Bosch embarked on the varied professional orchestral and chamber career that continues to this day. His first assignment was with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, moving onto The Manchester Camerata as principal in 1985. His playing career has also taken in the BBC Philharmonic, Hall, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Opera North and Scottish Chamber orchestras, plus the Moscow Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra, Brodsky Quartet and Goldberg Ensemble as a freelance performer, a career path that he chose to `give me greater variety in my playing.’ A decade after his first principal appointment, Bosch began his current association with the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, touring with the orchestra’s founder, Sir Neville Marriner. `Chamber music represents the most enjoyable part of my musical life,’ he enthuses, explaining why he has focused on this area through most of his professional career – which has taken in almost all of the major chamber orchestras in the UK.

This week's Contrabass Conversations episode features an interview with Chicago Symphony bassist Brad Opland. In addition to the interview, you'll get a chance to hear Brad perform on the double bass in his own arrangement of Ibert's Quatre Causons (four songs) de Don Quichotte for bassoon and bass and hear Brad perform on the electric bass in his south side Chicago church. Enjoy! About Brad Born in Minot, North Dakota, Bradley Opland began his musical studies at an early age and, by the time he was 10, knew that he wanted a career in a symphony orchestra. After graduating from high school a year early, he moved to Philadelphia to continue his music studies at the Curtis Institute of Music. One year later, Stanislaw Skrowaczewski appointed Brad to the bass section of the Minnesota Orchestra at the age of 18, one of the youngest musicians ever hired. He remained in Minnesota through Sir Neville Marriner’s tenure, coming to Chicago in 1984 after Sir Georg Solti offered him a position in the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. - See more at: http://cso.org/about/performers/chicago-symphony-orchestra/bass/bradley-opland/#sthash.c5IOnq3y.dpuf

Born in Aleppo, Syria into a musical family of six boys and three girls, François discovered the double bass at the age of thirteen when one of his brothers brought an instrument home and allowed him to experiment with it. When the family moved to Beirut, Lebanon he found an old copy of Edouard Nanny's Contrabass Method in a tailor shop and with some difficulty, since he read neither music nor French, began to teach himself. After nine years of work in Beirut, François saved enough money to move to Paris for a year. He was eager to go to the Paris Conservatory, meet with Monsieur Nanny and show him what he was able to do with the bass. When he applied at the Conservatory he was disappointed to learn that Nanny had died in 1947. He was also told that auditions were to be held in three days and that he would never have enough time to learn the required pieces. He asked for the music anyway and returned three days later to finish first among the applicants. However, his stay at the Conservatory was a brief one, since it didn't take very long to see that he was not only far ahead of the other students but of the professors as well! François Rabbath's uniqueness stems from his refusal to accept any traditional limitations. Whether performing his own fascinating compositions, the music of others or the classical repertoire, one is always moved by his profound musicianship and dazzling virtuosity. You quickly discover that he brings you such a sense of security that the most difficult passages sound effortless. The importance of François Rabbath to the development of double bass playing can be compared with that of Paganini to the violin. Since the early 1800s when Nicole Paganini established the violin as a virtuoso instrument, solo violinists have practiced the most brilliant of instrumental art. Meanwhile, the development of double bass playing had been seriously neglected. The great and popular 19th century composers did not consider the bass worth their attention and in turn the bass repertoire did not attract potential virtuoso performers with enough genius to change the situation. It demanded an artist with the unique qualities of François Rabbath to break this impasse. http://www.liben.com/FRBio.html Musical Guest - Leon Bosch You will be hearing the Bottesini Elegy and the Bottesini Gavotta from Leon Bosch’s recent solo album called Virtuoso Double Bass, which is available from Meridian Records. Leon’s website: http://www.leonbosch.co.uk Album information for Virtuoso Double Bass: http://www.leonbosch.co.uk/music.php Click here to order this great album from Leon Bosch: http://www.meridian-records.co.uk/acatalog/CDE84544a.html Meridian Records website: http://www.meridian-records.co.uk/ About Leon Bosch: (Visit his website for more information about this great artist’s career and the challenges he had to overcome during his early years in Apartheid South Africa.) From liner notes to his recent release as well as an interview with Lawrence Milner – published in the Summer 2003 edition of Double Bassist magazine: Leon had to overcome many difficult circumstances in the early years of his career. He was arrested by members of the Cape Town special branch when he was just 15 years old for demonstrating against the Apartheid government outside of parliament. He faced a month’s detention and torture, only to be found not guilty on all charges. This experience fired up his ambition to become a lawyer, but this field of study was forbidden to him by the regime at the time. He then chose to study a subject that would be the least likely to mark him out as subversive—music. Had Bosch been able to pursue his prime aspiration to become a lawyer, the cello/double bass debate might never have occurred. Born in Cape Town, South Africa in 1961, Bosch was forbidden by the repressive regime of the time to study law, so applied to the University's music faculty instead `as a light-hearted prank.' The `prank' soon turned more serious. Once enrolled at the University, Bosch studied with Zoltan Kovats, principal double bassist of the Cape Town Symphony Orchestra at that time. A single year into his studies, the young student was invited to play in the Symphony Orchestra's bass section alongside his mentor. Only another 12 months passed before he was giving his first solo performance of Dittersdorf 's concerto in E major. Completing his Batchelor of Music Performance degree at the University, he received the highest mark ever awarded there in a performance examination. Post-university, Bosch quickly realised that he would have to study abroad if he really wanted to further his performance career, but was thwarted once again by the apartheid laws which decreed that overseas scholarships could only be given to white performers. However, Bosch was undeterred. `I had a passionate commitment to the double bass and never enter- tained the idea that I would fail in my pursuit', he asserts. Fortunately, a number of private individuals came forward to sponsor his travel to England where he was heard playing by Rodney Slatford, the former Head of School of Strings at the Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM), who offered to teach him. Bosch enrolled at the RNCM following a successful interview with Eleanor Warren to study with Slatford and Duncan McTier. He describes his time at RNCM as `extremely fruitful'. Bosch's prestigious record of achievements also continued there, as he received the College's PPRNCM (Professional Performer of the RNCM) with distinction, the first such award to a double bassist in the College's history. Studies completed, Bosch embarked on the varied professional orchestral and chamber career that continues to this day. His first assignment was with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, moving onto The Manchester Camerata as principal in 1985. His playing career has also taken in the BBC Philharmonic, Hallé, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Opera North and Scottish Chamber orchestras, plus the Moscow Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra, Brodsky Quartet and Goldberg Ensemble as a freelance performer, a career path that he chose to `give me greater variety in my playing.' A decade after his first principal appointment, Bosch began his current association with the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, touring with the orchestra's founder, Sir Neville Marriner. `Chamber music represents the most enjoyable part of my musical life,' he enthuses, explaining why he has focused on this area through most of his professional career ¬ which has taken in almost all of the major chamber orchestras in the UK.