The assistant conductor at the time to the New York Philharmonic, Claudio Abbado, conducting Ravel’s Introduction and Allegro. Excerpt from The Young People’s Concert no. 5 in 1963. Credit to the Leonard Bernstein Office, Inc.
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Depiction of Schubert in his later years as he tries to compose while dealing with depression. Poor health, poverty, friends being absent, and failed relationships didn’t stop the genius from composing.
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The Tortelier Family playing Handel’s Trio Sonata in G-Minor 393. Maud and Paul with the cellos and Maria Tortelier at the piano. The Tortelier household was a complete music household. Paul’s wife, Maud, was a great cellist herself. Paul’s daughter, Maria was also a great pianist but not very well known. Paul’s son, Yan Pascal, is a an accomplished conductor and violinist. Tortelier withdrew his children from school at a young age so that they could concentrate on music and nothing else.
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