Performers who died too young

[amateur51]

Burnt to death by the Bosch in his own house at the outset of WW1.

Boche

[Nick Armstrong]

Burnt to death by the Bosch in his own house at the outset of WW1.

... along with a lot of his music apparently

I really, really need to make time to get to know Magnard.

[teamsaint]

... along with a lot of his music apparently

I really, really need to make time to get to know Magnard.

A few of us might make that journey together.
You never know, one might get performed sometime , as well.

[Barbirollians]

Burnt to death by the Bosch in his own house at the outset of WW1.

Did his dishwasher blow up ?

[Beef Oven!]

Did his dishwasher blow up ?

No, he had an Indesit!

[Beef Oven!]

Boche

Yeah, they had a hand in it too.

[Nick Armstrong]

Jehan Alain (1911 - 1940) wrote many more works than I realised... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jehan_Alain

Here with his sister...



...who is here, several decades later, playing one of his best pieces, one which seems somehow appropriate for this weekend

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrH-zCJMb7s

[mangerton]

Jehan Alain (1911 - 1940) wrote many more works than I realised... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jehan_Alain

Here with his sister...



...who is here, several decades later, playing one of his best pieces, one which seems somehow appropriate for this weekend

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrH-zCJMb7s

Indeed it is. One of my favourites, and as you say, very appropriate for now.

[verismissimo]

Awash with Schubert songs as I am recently, I'm very conscious of the loss of the greatest lieder singer of the mid-twentieth century, Peter Anders at just 46 in 1954. He was killed in a car accident. His Winterreise is unsurpassed IMO.

And here he is as Lohengrin: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHHCeEO_0-4

[Karafan]

Awash with Schubert songs as I am recently, I'm very conscious of the loss of the greatest lieder singer of the mid-twentieth century, Peter Anders at just 46 in 1954. He was killed in a car accident. His Winterreise is unsurpassed IMO.

And here he is as Lohengrin: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHHCeEO_0-4

http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Unforgotten-Voice-Peter-Anders/dp/B00ELU78NW/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1384192378&sr=8-1&keywords=peter+anders

[richardfinegold]

... along with a lot of his music apparently

I really, really need to make time to get to know Magnard.

You are about 100 years to late, although if you journey to Northern France you may find some of his ashes fluttering about...

[Dave2002]

I listened to some music arranged for trombone today, performed by Steven Witser.
I looked him up. Sadly he was the principal trombonist with the LA PO, and died at the age of 48 in 2009.

His CD, "Among Friends" is rather good, even though I'm not used to hearing recorder sonatas played that way,
or Schumann's Romances Op 94.