b. 1929 Dutch conductor Haitink studied with Felix Hupka and Ferdinand Leitner, who gave him a post as second conductor at the Netherlands Radio Union. He became principal conductor of the Concertgebouw Orchestra in 1961 (shared intitially with Eugen Jochum), and of the London Philharmonic Orchestra 1967–79. He was music director at Glyndebourne 1977–88, and at Covent Garden Opera ...
, waiting for her to die. Silently she drifts away. The daughter will take her place in the world. Recommended Recording: Pelléas et Mélisande, Orchestre National de France; Bernard Haitink, conductor; Naïve V 4923; Soloists: Anne Sofie von Otter (Mélisande), Hanna Schaer (Geneviève), Wolfgang Holzmair (Pelléas), Laurent Naouri (Golaud), Alain Vernhes (Arkel) Sounds Familiar Pelléas et Mélisande The best-known ...
Orchestra. He was principal conductor of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra 1969–78, and music director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra 1978–84. Introduction | Contemporary | Classical Personalities | Bernard Haitink | Contemporary | Classical ...
element in his work and the Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune has been called ‘the first piece of twentieth-century music’. Recommended Recording: La mer, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (cond) Bernard Haitink (Philips/Decca) Claude Debussy: Works Piano music: Arabesques (1888–91); Suite bergamasque (1890–1905); Pour le piano (1894–1905); Estampes (1903); L’isle joyeuse (1904); Images I and II (1904–07); Children’s Corner (1906–08); Préludes Books ...
b. 1947 American pianist After studying in New York, Perahia won the Leeds International Piano Competition in 1972. In 1973 he appeared at the Aldeburgh Festival, where he worked with Britten and Pears. He has recorded all the Mozart concertos (directing the English Chamber Orchestra from the keyboard), and the Beethoven concertos with the Concertgebouw Orchestra under Haitink. Introduction ...
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