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"The sound is the handwriting of the conductor" - Bernard HaitinkComment
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I watched the deeply moving rendition of the Beethoven Eroica funeral march in the La Scale performance with Barenboim last night on youTube.
It's identical to the RAI link above given by Radio64 except that there is no audio until 3.40 in. Presumably the RAI link will disappear in time.
A truly moving and emotional performance and the best tribute Abbado could have had."The sound is the handwriting of the conductor" - Bernard HaitinkComment
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Lets hope the Proms offer a suitable tribute this season.Comment
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Pet and Prommer: Stone cold sober!!
I would love top obtain the conductor's version of Schubert's 9th Symphony. There are not many I like, in this particular canon.Don’t cry for me
I go where music was born
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Hello there,
To Radio and Pet
Many thanks for posting the links. Crikey indeed. Clearly Abbado was deeply loved and respected. Dare I wonder if such a tribute could ever happen to a musical figure in Britain?
Best Wishes,
Tevot
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Interesting point Tevot. He was fairly well known and respected in Italy, although not on the same level as, say, Pavarotti.
He had appeared quite a few times on a kind of limited audience TV culture-talk-show but I doubt that many would have actually been to one of his concerts. I think people here were generally surprised at how well known he was 'abroad'."Gone Chopin, Bach in a minuet."Comment
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I read somewhere that this is a traditional tribute to all former music directors of La Scala.Originally posted by Petrushka View PostComment
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They have done it for all their General Music Directors since Toscanini, Slarty tells me.
K."Let me have my own way in exactly everything, and a sunnier and more pleasant creature does not exist." Thomas CarlyleComment
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"Gone Chopin, Bach in a minuet."Comment
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with thanks to PJPJ for Live in 1958Originally posted by Radio64 View Post
According to the best estimates of astronomers there are at least one hundred billion galaxies in the observable universe.Comment
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Many thanks for this. I was at that Prom and remember it well. One for the Petrushka Archives, I think.Originally posted by Radio64 View Post"The sound is the handwriting of the conductor" - Bernard HaitinkComment
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There was a nice homage to Abbado on Italy telly tonight opening up this evening's Sanremo Song Festival. The orchestra del teatro de la Fenice, Venice played the overture to Le nozze di Figaro.
Conductor Diego Matheuz had some kind words to say about Abbado.
I'll put up a link to video if I find one on the morrow.
Night all!"Gone Chopin, Bach in a minuet."Comment
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A rummage through the Petrushka Archives has revealed that not only was I at that Prom but Abbado signed my programme after that very concert when I slipped backstage. It was the first of two occasions when I met him.Originally posted by Petrushka View Post"The sound is the handwriting of the conductor" - Bernard HaitinkComment
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