I. Left over from last week

  Liz

  Keith

  Ron Pearl — Four at Three

• Listen to the whole thing, as Ron is expected to be joining our meeting this week.
• Emeritus professor at Loyola University Maryland in Baltimore, MD.
• His page.    His music page.

II. Conductors, Part I

  Arturo Toscanini — Brahms: Double Concerto

• Watch from 01:00 through 05:22
• Toscanini evoked terror in his musicians.
• Conducted the first live radio concert on December 25, 1937.

  Georg Solti — Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg — Prelude Act 1

• Begins at 47:20
• Watch the whole performance, through 57:40

  Herbert von Karajan — Die Meistersinger (again)

• Watch from 00:00 through 02:22
• Watch from 05:56 through 06:45
• Watch from 07:45 through 09:15

  Klaus Tennstedt — Die Meistersinger (and again)

• Watch from 00:00 through 04:00
• Watch from 07:44 through end at 09:54

  Sergiu Celibidache — Die Meistersinger (yet again)

• Watch from 01:45 through 04:20.
• Celibidache was the post-war conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic. Later, he was long-term conductor of the Munich Philharmonic.
• If you want to see Celibidache conducting, there is a video (1974; optional), but the 1993 recording has clearer sound.

  Wilhelm Furtwangler — Die Meistersinger (a final time)

• Watch from 00:00 through 05:05. However,
• The entire film is worth watching for its musical and historical value.
• Furtwangler conducted the Berlin Philharmonic at a factory in 1942.
• Lena Riefenstahl recorded the proceedings as another propaganda film.
• Furtwangler is possessed!

  Leopold Stokowski — Die Meistersinger (okay, I couldn't resist)

• Watch from 00:00 through 01:09
• Watch from 01:30 through 02:00

  Frank Zappa

• Watch from 00:00 through 01:52
• Conductor(?) as lead improviser

  A crash course in conducting!