Frans Bruggen 1934-2014

[PJPJ]

Sad news - RIP

Frans Brüggen has died.

[Roslynmuse]

Sad indeed.

Your link refers to his work on the classical repertoire; he was also much involved with new music, and I particularly associate him with the music of Louis Andriessen.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOXKFejKTHc

[aka Calum Da Jazbo]

A great artist; in the early 1970s his recordings of baroque and early recorder works were a deep and sustaining inspiration. His scholarship and advocacy helped change how we hear and appreciate music.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

A great artist;

- his first recording of the Eroica was the one that made me most fully aware of the power that "period" instruments could bring to this Music and Beethoven's total mastery of the timbres these instruments could produce. Music took on completely unexpected dimensions for me from that time onwards.

RIP and thank you, FB

[Ockeghem's Razor]

Heard him at the Wigmore Hall in the late 70s, just sublime. Thank you, FB

[BBMmk2]

Oh dear, RIP

[doversoul1]

Very sad news indeed. R.I.P.

[MickyD]

What a wonderful recorded legacy we have to cherish; I love his discs of orchestral suites from Rameau's operas.

[amateur51]

What a wonderful recorded legacy we have to cherish; I love his discs of orchestral suites from Rameau's operas.

He opened my ears to so much wonderful music and ways of playing it.

Many thanks Maestro

[pastoralguy]

[pilamenon]

A colossus of the early music world. Like fhg, I heard Beethoven afresh in his performances, and his Bach B minor mass, too. In fact, I think his work with the O of 18thC is hard to rival in baroque/classical repertoire, not to mention his pioneering virtuosity on the recorder.

What a week - Robin Williams, Lauren Bacall and now Frans Bruggen all gone.

[jayne lee wilson]

Where do you start? The wonderfully fulfilling time I've spent with his Rameau (unsurpassed - I bought every one!) Haydn, and that first cycle of Beethoven Symphonies, barely a weak link anywhere. Plays recorder beautifully on the Das Alte Werk set of Telemann's TWV55 Suites with Harnoncourt... among the too little known: Haydn's Seven Last Words with the O18thC (Glossa)...

A great loss yes, but - a greater joy, a life full of glorious music!
I think he deserves a rest, don't you?

Goodnight sweet Frans - de la musique avant toute chose...
May flights of Angels sing you to your rest...

[richardfinegold]

I saw him live with the Orchestra Of the Age Of Enlightenment (I think) many years back, at the dawn of the HIPP movement, at Northwestern University Concert Hall. It was probably the first time I heard a period Orchestra live. I don't remember the program but I do remember the impression of the sounds of the Orchestra and the vitaity of the conductor. I have many of the recordings previously cited. A real loss.

[Dave2002]

Really sad to hear about this. I never saw him play recorder, but I did see him conducting a concert of Beethoven's music at Tanglewood. He really brought the music to life. I was hoping he'd go on for ever. At least I'd hoped we might still be able to enjoy him in live performances for a few more years.

Thanks for what you achieved.

[HighlandDougie]

Very sad - I'd just been listening to his recent Mozart 39/40/41 set (and thinking "he's become a bit like a HIPP Klemperer") when I read the thread heading. This set (appearing next Monday)

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Beethoven-Complete-Symphonies-Decca-Collectors/dp/B00KNTLZ5W/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1408010582&sr=1-1&keywords=beethoven+bruggen

now seems like a memorial to this great musician. But, as Jayne has said, a bringer of much joy