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British-born American conductor (1882–1977)
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2024-03-07 11:18:42
Leopold Stokowski: A Maestro of Musical InterpretationStokowski’s Orchestral PaletteUnveiling
2024-02-19 04:16:00
Florence Price: Symphony 4 - William Dawson: Negro Folk Symphony (streaming review)
[…] we don't have quite the level of sound reproduction as some other recent DG efforts. Returning for a moment to my own reaction upon first hearing this work, the obvious question was this: where had this music been all my life, i.e., why had I not heard this work before, or indeed heard of Dawson at all? Surprisingly, the Negro Folk Symphony had been premiered by this very same orchestra, the Philadelphia, under Leopold Stokowski in 1934. By accounts of the time, not only was the critical reception positive but the audience was enthralled. There were a few more performances, also well received – and then the work effectively disappeared. There may have been multiple reasons, but at least one was that no publisher would take it on, and without a publisher – specifically one that could provide orchestral parts – performance could not happen. It's hard to know […]
The Boston Musical Intelligencer
2024-02-09 21:08:25
[…] their opinions about his interpretative depth in certain repertoire, completely respected his skill at running a rehearsal, and his balletic conductorial craft; indeed his conducting of polyrhythms with various parts of his bods reached a sine qua non. Your publishers’ first exposure came in a 1970 (ish) Dessoff Summer Sings of the Berlioz Requiem, in which a very, very young Seiji prepared us for the unforgettable experience of singing under the ancient but inspiring Leopold Stokowski. The Maestro could also bring total concentration to contacts with individuals. I’ll never forget sitting on a sofa with him the Symphony Hall green room while we pondered Art for a few minutes. Mark DeVoto saw Ozawa conduct only a few times, but found every occasion memorable. “I heard his Gurrelieder in Symphony Hall in 1977, a solid but not notably exciting performance which Ozawa conducted (as he, of course, almost always did) […]
2022-12-30 00:00:00
Bells for Stokowski and Arnold for Band (Jerry Junkin)
Bells for Stokowski01 - 09 Tielman Susato (arr. Patrick Dunnigan): Selections from 'The Danserye' [20'45] 10 - 12 Ralph Vaughan Williams: English Folk Song Suite [11'30]13 - 14 David Del Tredici: In Wartime [18'28] 15 Michael Daugherty: Bells for Stokowski [13'56]The University of Texas Wind Ensemble conducted by Jerry JunkinReference Recordings RR104 [recorded May 2003; issued 2004][digital download; flacs, cover and inlay scans, booklet sourced from the internet]Malcolm Arnold - Arnold for Band01 - 04 (arr. John Poynter): Scottish Dances, op.59 [10'52]05 Overseas, op.70 [3'4806 - 08 (arr. John Poynter): Little Suite for Brass No. 1, op.80 [7'59]09 (arr. John Poynter): Tam o' Shanter, op.51 [8'09]10 - 12 Water Music, op.82b [8'54]13 The Padstow Lifeboat, op.94 [3'14]14 - 16 Little Suite for Brass No. 2, op.93 [7'12]17 Fanfare for Louis [2'08]18 - 21 (arr. Maurice Johnstone): English Dances, Set No. 1, op.27 [9'29]22 HRH The Duke of Cambridge, op.60 […]
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