Sir Neville Marriner (born April 15, 1924) is an English conductor and violinist. Events 1450 - Battle of Formigny: Toward the end of the Hundred Years' War, the French attack and nearly annihilate English Year 1924 ( MCMXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Conducting is the act of directing a Musical performance by way of visible gestures The following lists of violinists are available List of classical violinists, names of great violinist from baroque era till 20th century
Marriner was born in Lincoln and studied at the Royal College of Music and the Paris Conservatoire. Lincoln (ˈlɪŋkən is a Cathedral city and County town of Lincolnshire, England. The Royal College of Music is a well known conservatoire located in the South Kensington district of London, England, and one The Conservatoire de Paris is an institution of higher education that has played an important role in the development of Music in France and Western Europe He played the violin in the Philharmonia Orchestra and London Symphony Orchestra[1]. The Philharmonia is an Orchestra based in London. Since 1995 it has been based in the Royal Festival Hall. The London Symphony Orchestra ( LSO) is one of the major orchestras of the United Kingdom. He later formed the Jacobean Ensemble with Thurston Dart before going to Hancock, Maine in the United States to study conducting with Pierre Monteux at his school there. Robert Thurston Dart ( 3 September 1921 &ndash 6 March 1971) was an eminent British musicologist, conductor and keyboard Hancock is a town in Hancock County, Maine, United States. The population was 2147 at the 2000 census WikipediaWikiProject Classical music#Biographical_infoboxes --> Pierre Monteux ( April 4, 1875 &ndash July In 1959, he joined the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields chamber orchestra and recorded widely with them. The Academy of St Martin in the Fields is an English chamber Orchestra.
Outside of the UK, Marriner was the first music director of the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, from 1969 to 1978. The Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra (LACO is a 40-member American chamber Orchestra based in Los Angeles, California, praised by the music critic From 1979 to 1986, he was music director of the Minnesota Orchestra. The Minnesota Orchestra is an American Orchestra based in Minneapolis Minnesota. In Germany, he was principal conductor of the Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra from 1986 to 1989. The Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra (German Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR) is an Orchestra based in Stuttgart in Germany.
Marriner has recorded for various labels, including Argo, L'Oiseau Lyre, Philips and EMI Classics. His recorded repertoire ranges from the baroque era[2] to 20th century British music, as well as opera. Among his recordings are two CDs of British music for Philips Classics with Julian Lloyd Webber, including acclaimed performances of Benjamin Britten's Cello Symphony and Sir William Walton's Cello Concerto. Philips Classics Records was started in the eighties as the new classics Record label for Philips Records. Julian Lloyd Webber (born April 14 1951) is one of the world's most renowned solo cellists Edward Benjamin Britten Baron Britten, OM CH (22 November 1913 – 4 December 1976 was an English Composer, conductor, The violoncello (abbreviated to cello, or 'cello, plural cellos or celli —the c is tʃ A symphony is a Musical composition, often extended and usually for Orchestra. Sir William Turner Walton, OM ( March 29, 1902 &ndash March 8, 1983) was a British Composer and The term Concerto (plural concertos or concerti) usually refers to a three part musical work in which one solo instrument is accompanied by an Orchestra Marriner also supervised the Mozart selections for the soundtrack of the 1984 film Amadeus. Amadeus is a 1984 drama directed by Miloš Forman. Based on Peter Shaffer 's stage play Amadeus, the film [3].
Marriner was knighted in 1985. Knight is the English term for a social position originating in the Middle Ages. He is the father of the clarinettist Andrew Marriner, Principal Clarinet of the London Symphony Orchestra. Andrew Marriner is a British classical Clarinetist and the son of the famed conductor Neville Marriner. The London Symphony Orchestra ( LSO) is one of the major orchestras of the United Kingdom.
References
- ^ Charlotte Higgins. "One hundred years of attitude", The Guardian, 14 February 2007. Retrieved on 2007-09-06. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 3114 BC - According to the Proleptic Julian calendar the current era in the Maya Long Count Calendar started
- ^ Goldman, Richard Franko, "Reviews of Records: Italian Concertos" (April 1966). The Musical Quarterly, 52 (2): pp. 268-270.
- ^ Philip French. "Amadeus", The Observer, 28 July 2002. Retrieved on 2007-09-07. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1251 BC - A Solar eclipse on this date might mark the birth of legendary Heracles at Thebes Greece.
| Preceded by (no predecessor) |
Music Director, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra 1969–1978 |
Succeeded by Gerard Schwarz |
| Preceded by Stanisław Skrowaczewski |
Music Director, Minnesota Orchestra 1979–1986 |
Succeeded by Edo de Waart |
| Preceded by Sergiu Celibidache |
Principal Conductor, Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra 1986–1989 |
Succeeded by Gianluigi Gelmetti |
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