Cancer… and Conducting
Cancer… and Conducting Music has always been a huge part of my life, and I have derived enormous joy from listening to music. When our family immigrated to the US in 1951, I recall that …
Conductors Archive
Levine’s Mahler
Mahler: Symphony No. 2 in C minor ‘Resurrection’ Historical performance on 19th August 1989 Kathleen Battle (soprano), Christa Ludwig (mezzo) Performed by the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor , conducted by James …
Mahler’s 2nd
Mahler: Symphony No. 2 in C minor ‘Resurrection’ Perfomed by Christiane Oelze (soprano) & Sarah Connolly (alto), with the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, MDR Rundfunkchor, Berliner Rundfunkchor & GewandhausChor, conducted by Riccardo Chailly The Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra …
Mahler’s 3rd
Mahler’s 3rd symphony, conducted by Dimitri Mitropoulos Dimitri Mitropoulos was born in Athens, Greece. He was musically precocious, demonstrating his abilities at an early age. From the ages of eleven to fourteen, when Mitropoulos was …
Levine’s Mozart
Levine’s Mozart When I look at the face of conductor James Levine, while he conducts the overture to, say, “The Marriage of Figaro”, “The Magic Flute”, or a Mozart symphony, I see a face filled …