Rafael Jeroným Kubelík (June 29, 1914 – August 11, 1996) was a Czech conductor and composer. Events 512 - A Solar eclipse is recorded by a monastic chronicler in Ireland. Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Events 2492 BC - Traditional date of the defeat of Bel by Hayk, progenitor and founder of the Armenian nation Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Czechs (Češi ˈt͡ʃɛʃɪ archaic Čechové) are a western Slavic people of Central Europe, living predominantly in the Czech Republic Conducting is the act of directing a Musical performance by way of visible gestures A composer (literally meaning 'one who puts together' is a person who creates Music, usually in the medium of notation, for Interpretation and Performance
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Biography
Kubelík was born in Býchory, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary, today's Czech Republic. Býchory is a village in Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. Bohemia (Čechy; Bohemia Czechy is a historical region in central Europe, occupying the western two-thirds of the traditional Czech Lands, currently the The Czech Republic ( ˈt͡ʃɛskaː ˈrɛpuˌblɪka short form in Česko ˈt͡ʃɛskɔ also called Czechia, He was the sixth child of the renowned Bohemian violinist Jan Kubelík, whom the younger Kubelík described as "a kind of god to me. Jan Kubelík ( July 5, 1880 &ndash December 5, 1940) was a Czech Violinist and Composer. " Rafael Kubelík studied violin with his father, and later violin, composition, and conducting at the conservatory in Prague. Prague (ˈprɑːg Praha (ˈpraɦa see also other names) is the Capital and Largest city of the Czech Republic. He graduated from the conservatory in 1933, at the age of 19; at his graduation concert he played a Paganini concerto and a composition of his own for violin and orchestra. Kubelík was also an accomplished pianist, and served as his father's piano accompanist on a tour of the United States in 1935.
Career
In 1939, Rafael Kubelík became music director of the Brno Opera, a position he held until the Nazis shut the company down on November 12, 1941. Brno ( IPA:; Brünn is the second-largest City in the Czech Republic. The Nazis allowed the Czech Philharmonic to continue operating, and Kubelík became its principal conductor. The Česká filharmonie ( Czech Philharmonic) is a Symphony orchestra based in Prague and is perhaps the most well known and respected orchestra in the (He had first conducted the Czech Philharmonic in 1934 when he was 20 years old. ) In 1944, after various incidents, including one in which he declined to greet the Nazi Reich-Protector with a Hitler salute — along with his refusal to conduct Wagner during the War — Kubelík "deemed it advisable to disappear from Prague and to spend a few months undercover in the countryside so as not to fall into the clutches of the SS or Gestapo" (Albert Scharf, in Rafael Kubelík: His Life and Achievement, p. 114).
Kubelík conducted the orchestra's first post-war concert in May, 1945. In 1946, he helped found the "Prague Spring" Festival, and conducted its opening concert. But after the Communist coup of February 1948, Kubelík left Czechoslovakia, vowing not to return until the country was liberated. Communism is a Socioeconomic structure that promotes the establishment of an egalitarian, classless, stateless Society based Czechoslovakia may also refer to what is now the Czech Republic and Slovakia. "I had lived through one form of bestial tyranny, Nazism," he told an interviewer, "As a matter of principle I was not going to live through another. "
Defection
He defected during a trip to the United Kingdom. He had flown there to conduct Mozart's Don Giovanni at the Glyndebourne Festival, where he had been engaged on the recommendation of Bruno Walter (whom Kubelík had assisted in this work at the 1937 Salzburg Festival). Don Giovanni ( K527; complete title Il dissoluto punito ossia il Don Giovanni, literally "The Rake Punish'd or Don Giovanni This article is about the country house and its Opera house. See Glyndebourne Festival Opera for the summer opera festival WikipediaWikiProject Classical music#Biographical_infoboxes --> Bruno Walter ( September 15, 1876 &ndash February is the fourth-largest city in Austria and the capital of the federal state of Salzburg. Kubelík told his wife of his decision to defect as their plane left Czechoslovakia. Upon arriving in London, Kubelík and his wife surrendered their Czech passports.
In 1953, the Communist government convicted the couple in absentia of "taking illicit leave" abroad. In 1956 the regime invited him back "with promises of freedom to do anything I wanted," said Kubelík, but he refused the invitation. In a 1957 letter to The Times of London, Kubelík said he would seriously consider returning only when all the country's political prisoners were freed and all emigrees were given as much freedom as he possessed. The Times is a daily national Newspaper published in the United Kingdom since 1785 when it was known as The Daily Universal Register. He was invited back by the regime in 1966 but again refused; in 1968, after the Soviet "Prague Spring" invasion, he organized an international boycott, in which most of the major classical artists of the West participated.
Kubelík eventually did return to Prague after the fall of Communism, leading the Czech Philharmonic in the Prague Spring Festival in 1990.
In 1950, Kubelík became music director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, choosing the position over an offer from the BBC to succeed Sir Adrian Boult as chief conductor. The Chicago Symphony Orchestra ( CSO) is an American orchestra based in Chicago Illinois. WikipediaWikiProject Classical music#Biographical_infoboxes --> Sir Adrian Cedric Boult CH ( 8 April 1889 But in 1953, he left. Some hold that he was "hounded out of the [Chicago] job" (to quote Time Magazine) by the "savage attacks" (to quote the New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians) of the Chicago Tribune music critic Claudia Cassidy. For other uses see Time (disambiguation Time is a component of a measuring system used to sequence events to compare the durations of The Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians is an Encyclopedic dictionary of music and musicians The Chicago Tribune is a major daily Newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois, United States, and owned by the Tribune Company Claudia Cassidy (1899&ndash1996 born in Shawneetown Illinois, was a Music, Dance, and Drama Critic. [1] But Chicago Sun-Times music critic Robert C. Marsh argued in 1972 that it was the Chicago Symphony trustees who were behind the departure. Their foremost complaint, and that of Cassidy as well, was that Kubelík introduced too many contemporary works (about 70 of them) to the orchestra. Recordings made by Kubelík in Chicago, many available on CD, are now greatly admired by critics.
After leaving Chicago, Kubelík became music director of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden from 1955 to 1958. WikipediaWikiProject Opera --> The Royal Opera House is an Opera house and major performing Covent Garden (Pronunciation kɒvʌnt is a district in London, England, located on the easternmost parts of the City of Westminster and the southwest Among his notable conducting achievements there was the 1957 production of Les Troyens, performed on a single evening. [2] Although Covent Garden sought to renew his contract, he chose to leave, partly because of a letter to the newspapers by the aged Sir Thomas Beecham decrying the engagement of "foreign" artists at the Royal Opera. Sir Thomas Beecham 2nd Baronet, CH (29 April 1879 &ndash 8 March 1961 was a British conductor and Impresario. Kubelík then accepted the position of music director of the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra in 1961; he remained until 1979, when he retired. The Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra ( Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks) is the internationally renowned Orchestra of the Bayerischer Rundfunk Kubelík's association with the Bavarian Radio Symphony is generally regarded as the high point of his career both artistically and professionally.
In 1971, Göran Gentele, the new general manager of the Metropolitan Opera, New York City, asked Kubelík to accept the newly created position of Music Director of the Met. Göran Gentele ( September 29, 1917 &ndash July 18, 1972) was a Swedish Actor, director, and Opera The Metropolitan Opera Association of New York City, founded in April 1880 is a major presenter of all types of opera including Grand Opera. The City of New York [3] Kubelík accepted partly because of his strong artistic relationship with Gentele. The death of Gentele in an automobile accident in 1972 undermined Kubelík's reasons for working at the opera house. The first production that Kubelík conducted as the Met's Music Director was Les Troyens. [4] Kubelík had prior conducting commitments away from the Met in his first season in New York City, and these so diverted his attention from the Met that the opera company began to experience stresses that undermined their situation, and Kubelík's position. Thus Kubelík resigned from Met in 1974, after only 6 months as music director. [5]
In his post-Czechoslovakian career, Kubelík worked closely with such orchestras as Berlin Philharmonic, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Vienna Philharmonic, Israel Philharmonic, Orchestre de Paris, and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. The Berlin Philharmonic (in German: Die Berliner Philharmoniker) is an Orchestra based in Berlin, Germany. The Boston Symphony Orchestra is an American orchestra based at Symphony Hall in Boston Massachusetts, USA The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (In Dutch: Koninklijk Concertgebouworkest) is the best-known and most respected Symphony orchestra of the The Vienna Philharmonic (in German: die Wiener Philharmoniker) is an Orchestra in Austria, regularly considered one of the finest in the The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra (abbreviation IPO; Hebrew: התזמורת הפילהרמונית הישראלית ha-Tizmoret ha-Filharmonit ha-Yisre'elit The Orchestre de Paris is a French Orchestra founded in 1967 based in Paris, whose current music director is Christoph Eschenbach. The Chicago Symphony Orchestra ( CSO) is an American orchestra based in Chicago Illinois. His penultimate conducting appearance, in October of 1991, was with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra; at the end, the orchestra gave him an honorary fanfare, a tribute it had offered conductors only rarely in its history. His final concert was with the Czech Philharmonic.
Retirement
In 1985, ill-health (notably severe arthritis in his back) caused Kubelík to retire from full-time conducting, but the fall of Communism in his homeland led him to accept a 1990 invitation to return to conduct the Czech Philharmonic at the festival he had founded, the Prague Spring Festival. Arthritis (from Greek arthro-, joint + -itis, inflammation plural arthritides is a group of conditions involving damage to the Joints of the body He recorded the Smetana Má Vlast live with the Czech Philharmonic for Supraphon, his fourth recording of the piece. Má vlast (traditionally translated as My Country or more literally My Fatherland) is a set of six Symphonic poems composed between 1874 and The Česká filharmonie ( Czech Philharmonic) is a Symphony orchestra based in Prague and is perhaps the most well known and respected orchestra in the He also recorded the Mozart "Prague" and Dvořák "New World" symphonies at the Festival. During the rehearsal of the "New World," he told the Czech Philharmonic, "It is my joy to hear this. I always wanted it to sound like this but never really found it with any other orchestra in the world. That eighth [note] is great!”
Among his compositions are five operas, a number of symphonies, three settings of the Requiem text, other choral works, and many works of chamber music. Opera is an art form in which Singers and Musicians perform a Dramatic work (called an opera which combines a text (called a Libretto A symphony is a Musical composition, often extended and usually for Orchestra. Chamber music is a form of Classical music, written for a small group of instruments which traditionally could be accommodated in a palace chamber
Personal life
Kubelík married the Czech violinist Ludmilla Bertlova in 1943. Their son, Martin Kubelík (b. 1946) is an architectural historian. Bertlova died in Switzerland, where the couple then lived, in 1961 as a result of injuries sustained in an automobile accident. In 1963, he remarried, to the Australian soprano Elsie Morison (b. Elsie Jean Morison (born 15 August 1924 is an Australian Soprano. 1924).
Kubelík died in 1996 in Kastanienbaum, in the Canton of Lucerne, Switzerland. Lucerne (Luzern is a canton of Switzerland. It is located in the centre of Switzerland Switzerland (English pronunciation; Schweiz Swiss German: Schwyz or Schwiiz Suisse Svizzera Svizra officially the Swiss Confederation His ashes are interred next to the grave of his father in Vyšehrad cemetery in Prague. Established in 1869 on the grounds of Vyšehrad Castle in Prague, Czech Republic, the Vyšehrad Cemetery ( Vyšehradský hřbitov
Awards
- Sonning Award (1983; Denmark)
Discography
Kubelík recorded a large repertory, in many cases more than once per work. The Léonie Sonning Music Prize, or Sonning Award, which is recognized as Denmark 's highest musical honor is given annually to an international Musician The Kingdom of Denmark ( ˈd̥ænmɑɡ̊ (archaic ˈd̥anmɑːɡ̊ commonly known as Denmark, is a country in the Scandinavian region of northern Europe We have two complete recordings of his traversals of three major symphony cycles - those of Johannes Brahms, Robert Schumann, and Ludwig van Beethoven. Johannes Brahms ( pronounced ˈbʁaːms (May 7 1833 &ndash April 3 1897 was a German Composer Robert Schumann, sometimes given as Robert Alexander Schumann (June 8 1810 &ndash July 29 1856 was a German Composer, Aesthete and influential Music critic Ludwig van Beethoven ( English ˈlʊdvɪg væn ˈbeɪtoʊvən, 16 December 1770 &ndash 26 March 1827 was a German Composer and Pianist. When Kubelík recorded his first complete Beethoven symphony cycle, for Deutsche Grammophon, he insisted on using nine different orchestras, one for each symphony. Deutsche Grammophon is a German classical Record label. The company has long been known for its high standards of audio fidelity. His complete cycle of Gustav Mahler's symphonies (recorded from 1967 to 1971 with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra) is widely regarded as one of the essential Mahler sets. Of his Mahler, Daniel Barenboim remarked, "I often thought I was missing something in Mahler until I listened to Kubelík. These is a lot more to be discovered in these pieces than just a generalized form of extrovert excitement. That is what Kubelík showed. " (Barenboim, A Life in Music, p. 223) Kubelík also left much-admired recordings of opera by Verdi (his Rigoletto was recorded at La Scala with Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau), Mozart, Janacek and others, including Wagner, whose music he had shunned during the war, but which he led to great effect in later years. Rigoletto is an Opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi. The Italian Libretto was written by Francesco Maria Piave based The Teatro alla Scala (or La Scala, as it is known in Milan, Italy, is one of the world's most famous Opera houses The theatre was The German Baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (born 28 May 1925 is a German singer and conductor of Classical music, one of the most famous Leoš Janáček ( (July 3 1854 &ndash August 12 1928 was a Czech Composer, musical theorist, folklorist, publicist and teacher
Kubelík's complete discography is enormous, with music ranging from Malcolm Arnold through Jan Dismas Zelenka, with recordings both in the studio and in concert. Sir Malcolm Henry Arnold, CBE (21 October 1921 – 23 September 2006 was an English Composer and symphonist. Jan Dismas Zelenka, also known as Johann Dismas Zelenka (October 16 1679 &ndash December 23 1745 was a Czech Baroque Composer. Aside from complete cycles of Beethoven, Brahms, Dvorak, and Mahler, Kubelík made recordings of great orchestral and operatic works by composers such as Bach, Mozart, Haydn, Tchaikovsky, Wagner, Verdi and many others, including many modern composers.
| Composer | Composition | Date | Orchestra | Recording |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bartók | Concerto for Orchestra | 1974 | Boston Symphony Orchestra | Deutsche Grammophon |
| Beethoven | Symphony No. 4 | 1975 | Israel Philharmonic Orchestra | |
| Symphony No. 5 | 1973 | Boston Symphony Orchestra | ||
| Symphony No. 6 | Orchestre de Paris | |||
| Symphony No. 7 | 1974 | Wiener Philharmoniker | ||
| Symphony No. 8 | 1975 | The Cleveland Orchestra | ||
| Symphony No. 9 | Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks | |||
| Berg | Violin Concerto | 1971 | ||
| Brahms | Ein deutsches Requiem | 1978 | Unknown | |
| Bruckner | Symphony No. 3 | 1954 | Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra | Radio Netherlands |
| 1985 | Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks | Sony Classical | ||
| Dresden | Dansflitsen | 1954 | Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra | Radio Netherlands |
| Dvořák | Symphonic Variations on The fiddler | 1974 | Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks | Deutsche Grammophon |
| Ouverture to a play by F. Béla Viktor János Bartók (March 25 1881&ndashSeptember 26 1945 was a Hungarian Composer and Pianist, considered to be one of the greatest Concerto for Orchestra ( Sz 116 BB 127 is a five-movement musical work for orchestra composed by Béla Bartók in 1943 The Boston Symphony Orchestra is an American orchestra based at Symphony Hall in Boston Massachusetts, USA Deutsche Grammophon is a German classical Record label. The company has long been known for its high standards of audio fidelity. Ludwig van Beethoven ( English ˈlʊdvɪg væn ˈbeɪtoʊvən, 16 December 1770 &ndash 26 March 1827 was a German Composer and Pianist. Ludwig van Beethoven 's Symphony No 4 in B Flat Major, Op 60 was written in 1806. The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra (abbreviation IPO; Hebrew: התזמורת הפילהרמונית הישראלית ha-Tizmoret ha-Filharmonit ha-Yisre'elit Ludwig van Beethoven 's Symphony No 5 in C minor Op 67 was written in 1804–08 The Orchestre de Paris is a French Orchestra founded in 1967 based in Paris, whose current music director is Christoph Eschenbach. Ludwig van Beethoven began concentrated work on his Symphony No The Vienna Philharmonic (in German: die Wiener Philharmoniker) is an Orchestra in Austria, regularly considered one of the finest in the Symphony No 8 in F Major Op. 93 is a Symphony in four movements composed by Ludwig van Beethoven in 1812 The Cleveland Orchestra, located in Cleveland, Ohio is one of the major symphony Orchestras in the United States. The Symphony No 9 in D minor Op 125 "Choral" is the last complete Symphony composed by Ludwig van Beethoven. The Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra ( Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks) is the internationally renowned Orchestra of the Bayerischer Rundfunk Alban Maria Johannes Berg (February 9 1885 &ndash December 24 1935 was an Austrian Composer. Alban Berg 's Violin Concerto was written in 1935 (the score is dated August 11, 1935) Johannes Brahms ( pronounced ˈbʁaːms (May 7 1833 &ndash April 3 1897 was a German Composer Anton Bruckner (4 September 1824 &ndash 11 October 1896 was an Austrian composer known primarily for his symphonies, masses, and Motets Anton Bruckner 's Symphony No 3 in D minor (WAB 103 was dedicated to Richard Wagner and is sometimes known as his "Wagner Symphony" The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (In Dutch: Koninklijk Concertgebouworkest) is the best-known and most respected Symphony orchestra of the Radio Netherlands Worldwide ( RNW, short for Radio Nederland Wereldomroep in Dutch) is a public Radio and Television network based The Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra ( Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks) is the internationally renowned Orchestra of the Bayerischer Rundfunk Sony BMG Masterworks is a Record label. It is the result of a "restructuring" of Sony BMG Music Entertainment 's classical music division Sem Dresden ( Amsterdam, 1881-04-20 - The Hague, 1957-07-30) was a Dutch composer Antonín Leopold Dvořák ( (often pronounced in English as; DVOR-zhahk; September 8 1841 – May 1 1904 was a Czech composer of Romantic music, who employed F. Samberk | 1973-4 | |||
| Hussite Dramatic overture | ||||
| In Nature's realm Concert Overture | ||||
| Carnival Concert Overture | 1977 | |||
| Othello Concert Overture | ||||
| Scherzo capriccioso | 1975 | |||
| Symphony No. 1 | 1973 | Berliner Philharmoniker | ||
| Symphony No. 2 | ||||
| Symphony No. 3 | ||||
| Symphony No. 4 | ||||
| Symphony No. 5 | ||||
| Symphony No. 6 | ||||
| Symphony No. 7 | 1950 | Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra | Radio Netherlands | |
| 1971 | Berliner Philharmoniker | Deutsche Grammophon | ||
| Symphony No. 8 | 1966 | |||
| Symphony No. 9 | 1973 | |||
| The Noon Witch | 1974 | Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks | ||
| The Water Goblin | ||||
| The Wild Dove | ||||
| 1976 | ||||
| Grieg | Piano Concerto | 1964 | Berliner Philharmoniker | |
| Hindemith | Chamber Music No. The Symphony No 6 in D major opus 60, was composed by Antonín Dvořák in the very short period from 27 August to 15 October, 1880 Symphony No 7 in D minor (" Symfonie c 7 d moll " Op 70 by Antonín Dvořák (published as No The Symphony No 8 in G major (op 88 was composed and orchestrated by Antonín Dvořák within the two-and-a-half-month period from August 26 to November 8 "New World Symphony" redirects here for the Miami -based orchestra see New World Symphony Orchestra. The Water Goblin ( Vodník) is a Symphonic poem, Op 107 (B195 written by Antonín Dvořák in 1896. The Piano Concerto in A minor, Op 16 by Edvard Grieg (1843-1907 was the only Concerto Grieg completed Paul Hindemith (16 November 1895 &ndash 28 December 1963 was a German Composer, Violist, violinist teacher music theorist and conductor. 5 | 1966 | Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks | Bayerischer Rundfunk |
| Concerto Music ( Op. Bayerischer Rundfunk Broadcasting (BR is the Public broadcasting authority for the German Freistaat (Free State of Bavaria, with its main offices located 48) | 1963 | |||
| Der Schwanendreher | 1968 | |||
| Janáček | Concertino | 1970 | Deutsche Grammophon | |
| The Diary of One Who Disappeared | ||||
| Glagolitic Mass | ||||
| Sinfonietta | 1970 | |||
| Taras Bulba | 1951 | Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra | Radio Netherlands | |
| 1970 | Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks | Deutsche Grammophon | ||
| Mahler | Symphony No. 1 | 1967 | ||
| 1979 | Bayerischer Rundfunk | |||
| Symphony No. 2 | 1969 | Deutsche Grammophon | ||
| 1982 | Bayerischer Rundfunk | |||
| Symphony No. 3 | 1967 | Deutsche Grammophon | ||
| Symphony No. 4 | 1968 | |||
| Symphony No. 5 | 1971 | |||
| 1981 | Bayerischer Rundfunk | |||
| Symphony No. 6 | 1968 | Deutsche Grammophon | ||
| Symphony No. 7 | 1970 | |||
| Symphony No. 8 | ||||
| Symphony No. 9 | 1967 | |||
| Symphony No. 10 | 1968 | |||
| Mendelssohn | Violin Concerto | 1951 | Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra | Radio Netherlands |
| Mozart | Eine kleine Nachtmusik | 1962 | Wiener Philharmoniker | EMI |
| Mass No. Leoš Janáček ( (July 3 1854 &ndash August 12 1928 was a Czech Composer, musical theorist, folklorist, publicist and teacher The Glagolitic Mass (also called Slavonic Mass; in Czech Glagolská mše and sometimes Mša glagolskaja) usually refers to a particular composition for The Sinfonietta (subtitled 'Military Sinfonietta' or 'Sokol Festival' is a very expressive and festive late work for large orchestra (of which 25 brass players by the Taras Bulba is a rhapsody for orchestra by the Czech composer Leoš Janáček. The Symphony No 1 in D major is a Symphony by Gustav Mahler first composed between 1888 and 1894. The Symphony No 2 in C minor by Gustav Mahler, known as the Resurrection, was written between 1888 and 1894 and first performed in 1895 The Symphony No 3 in D minor by Gustav Mahler was written between 1893 and 1896 The Symphony No 4 in G major by Gustav Mahler was written between 1899 and 1901. The Symphony No 5 by Gustav Mahler was written in 1901 and 1902 mostly during the summer months at Mahler's cottage at Maiernigg. The Symphony No 6 in A minor by Gustav Mahler, sometimes referred to as the Tragische ("Tragic" was composed between 1903 and 1904 (rev Gustav Mahler 's Seventh Symphony was written from 1904 to 1906 The Symphony No 8 in E-flat major by Gustav Mahler, known as the Symphony of a Thousand, was mostly written in 1906 with its vast Orchestration The Symphony No 9 in D major by the Composer Gustav Mahler was written in 1909 and 1910 and was the last Symphony that he completed The Symphony No 10 by Gustav Mahler was written in 1910 and was his final composition Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, born and generally known as Felix Mendelssohn (February 3 1809 &ndash November 4 1847 was a German Composer Felix Mendelssohn 's Violin Concerto in E minor Op 64 is his last large orchestral work The Serenade No 13 for strings in G major, K 525 more commonly known as Eine kleine Nachtmusik ("a small serenade" -- rendered more literally The EMI Group is a British music company comprising the major record company EMI Music – which operates several labels and is based in Kensington in 9 (Missa brevis) | 1973 | Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks | Deutsche Grammophon | |
| Symphony No. 36 | 1962 | Wiener Philharmoniker | EMI | |
| Rachmaninov | Piano Concerto No. 2 | 1951 | Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra | Radio Netherlands |
| Schoenberg | Piano Concerto | 1972 | Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks | Deutsche Grammophon |
| Violin Concerto | ||||
| Schubert | Symphony No. 9 | 1960 | Royal Philharmonic Orchestra | EMI |
| Schumann | Piano Concerto | 1964 | Berliner Philharmoniker | Deutsche Grammophon |
| Smetana | Má vlast | 1971 | Boston Symphony Orchestra | |
| Tansman | Music for Orchestra | 1950 | Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra | Radio Netherlands |
| Tchaikovsky | Symphony No. 4 | 1961 | Wiener Philharmoniker | EMI |
| Verdi | Rigoletto | 1964 | Orchester del Teatro alla Scala | Deutsche Grammophon |
| Wagner | Lohengrin | 1971 | Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks | |
| Weber | Der Freischütz | 1980 | Decca | |
| Oberon | 1970 | Deutsche Grammophon |
References
- ^ "Into the Fray", Time, 11 April 1969. The Symphony No 36 in C major KV 425 (known as the Linz Symphony) was written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart during a stopover in the Austrian The EMI Group is a British music company comprising the major record company EMI Music – which operates several labels and is based in Kensington in WikipediaWikiProject Composers#Lead section --> Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninoff (Сергей Васильевич Рахманинов Piano Concerto No 2, Op. 18 is a work in C minor for Piano accompanied by Orchestra, composed by Sergei Rachmaninoff between the Arnold Schoenberg ( pronounced ˈʃøːnbɛrk (13 September 1874 &ndash 13 July 1951 was an Austrian and later American Composer, associated with Arnold Schoenberg 's Piano Concerto, Op 42 (1942 consists of one movement with four sections Andante Molto allegro Adagio and Giocoso The Violin Concerto ( Op 36 by Arnold Schoenberg dates from Schoenberg's time in the United States of America, where he had moved in 1933 to The Symphony No 9 in C major D 944, known as the Great, is the final symphony completed by Franz Schubert. The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra ( RPO) is a British Orchestra based in London. Robert Schumann, sometimes given as Robert Alexander Schumann (June 8 1810 &ndash July 29 1856 was a German Composer, Aesthete and influential Music critic The Piano Concerto in A minor, Op54 is a famous Romantic Concerto by Robert Schumann, completed in 1845. "Smetana" redirects here For the soured cream see Smetana (dairy product. Má vlast (traditionally translated as My Country or more literally My Fatherland) is a set of six Symphonic poems composed between 1874 and Alexandre Tansman ( June 12, 1897, Łódź – November 15, 1986, Paris) was a prolific composer and virtuoso pianist Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky 's Symphony No 4 in F minor, Op 36 was written 1877 &ndash 1878 Rigoletto is an Opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi. The Italian Libretto was written by Francesco Maria Piave based The Teatro alla Scala (or La Scala, as it is known in Milan, Italy, is one of the world's most famous Opera houses The theatre was Lohengrin is a romantic Opera (or music drama in three acts composed and written by Richard Wagner. Carl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber ( 18 December 1786 in Eutin, Holstein, Germany - 5 June 1826 in London Der Freischütz is an Opera in three acts by Carl Maria von Weber to a Libretto by Friedrich Kind. Decca Records is a British Record label established in 1929 by Edward Lewis. Oberon or The Elf King's Oath is a romantic Opera in three acts by Carl Maria von Weber to an English Libretto by James Robinson Planche, after 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.
- ^ William Bender. "Epic at the Met", Time, 5 November 1973. Retrieved on 2007-08-10. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 612 BC - Killing of Sinsharishkun, King of Assyrian Empire
- ^ "Music Man for the Met", Time, 21 June 1971. Retrieved on 2007-08-10. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 612 BC - Killing of Sinsharishkun, King of Assyrian Empire
- ^ "A Win for the Trojans", Time, 25 March 1974. Retrieved on 2007-08-10. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 612 BC - Killing of Sinsharishkun, King of Assyrian Empire
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Bibliography
- Barenboim, Daniel (2002). A Life in Music. London: Arcade Pub. ISBN 1559706740.
- Freeman, John W. "Music First," Opera News, May 2007, pp. 42-45.
- Moritz, Reiner Rafael Kubelík: Music Is My Country (DVD, RM Creative, Munich, 2003)
- Ulm, Renate, editor The Golden Era of Rafael Kubelík (Munich: Bavarian Broadcasting, 2006)
External links
| Preceded by Karl Rankl |
Music Director, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden 1955-1958 |
Succeeded by Georg Solti |
| Preceded by Eugen Jochum |
Chief Conductor, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra 1961-1979 |
Succeeded by Sir Colin Davis |
| Preceded by none |
Music Director, Metropolitan Opera 1973-1974 |
Succeeded by James Levine |
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