R.I.P Stanisław Skrowaczewski

[pastoralguy]

The Minnesota Orchestra have just posted his death on their Facebook page. He was 93

R.I.P Maestro.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Oh! Terribly sad - but great that he was still so active right up to the end of his life.

R I P, Stan the Man

[PJPJ]

Sad news - a fine musician

RIP

[Stanfordian]

I attended a number of your concerts in Manchester and admire many of your recordings especially a 2014 recording of Bruckner 3 with the LPO.

R.I.P Maestro

[Beef Oven!]

Very sad. I feared this when news of his stroke came. I’m a real Johnny-come-lately to SS, if I’d paid attention to the forum discussion a couple of years ago I may have got to see him perform in London.

I top-flight musician who will be sorely missed.

[cloughie]

Sorry to see him go, Minneapolis, Halle et al.
RIP Stanislaw

[EnemyoftheStoat]

RIP Stanisław. An unsung great has left us, but has left us with riches.

[Richard Barrett]

Could someone put his name right in the thread title please?

[Bryn]

Could someone put his name right in the thread title please?

Indeed. Looks like either predictive text or spell-check intervention. I think some of the Oehms 90th birthday box is going get quite bit of spinning tomorrow.

[pastoralguy]

Could someone put his name right in the thread title please?

Yes, please do. It was predictable text!

[bluestateprommer]

The Minneapolis Star-Tribune has this tribute to Skrowaczewski:

http://www.startribune.com/stanislaw-skrowaczewski-minnesota-musical-giant-dead-at-93/414391273/#1

Had the privilege of hearing him conduct Bruckner back in the day, as a guest-conductor. I remember one of the orchestra musicians saying afterwards: "We love the old guys."

[ahinton]

R.I.P. indeed.

Well on form until very close to the end; an excellent musician and well loved and respected, too.

[P. G. Tipps]

Very sad news.

My love of Bruckner's music blossomed in the 80s in Manchester when we were blessed with Stan at the Halle and frequent guest visits by Herbig and Klee at the BBC Phil ... and to think I thought the otherwise sprightly Stan was "getting on a bit" even then!

There have been some great Bruckner conductors around but I cannot think of any other (with the possible exception of Blomstedt) who, until comparatively recently, bounded onto the platform, his body language exuding pure enthusiasm. Stan never needed a score when it came to Bruckner. As he himself often recounted he first heard part of the 7th Symphony coming from someone's open window when he was a seven-year old boy in Poland and it literally gave him a fever for days!

Coincidentally, as I am in the South East for the next few days, I am attending this evening's BBCSO performance of Bruckner 7 at the Barbican. The coda of the Adagio will be particularly moving and relevant tonight.

God Bless You, Stan, & May Your Soul Rest In Everlasting Peace ...

[pastoralguy]

A nice tribute to Stan on 'In Tune' tonight.

[PJPJ]

A nice little interview from Gothenburg here.