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A portrait in four movements : the Chicago Symphony under Barenboim, Boulez, Haitink, and Muti / Andrew Patner ; edited by John R. Schmidt and Douglas W. Shadle ; with a foreword by Alex Ross.
LIBRA ML28.C4 C424 2019
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Patner, Andrew, 1959-2015, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
- History.
- Concerts.
- Illinois--Chicago.
- Conductors (Music)--Interviews.
- Conductors (Music).
- Concerts--Illinois--Chicago.
- Chicago Symphony Orchestra--History.
- Barenboim, Daniel, 1942-.
- Barenboim, Daniel.
- Boulez, Pierre, 1925-2016.
- Boulez, Pierre.
- Haitink, Bernard, 1929-2021.
- Haitink, Bernard.
- Muti, Riccardo.
- Genre:
- Interviews.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 255 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Other Title:
- Portrait in 4 movements
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2019.
- Contents:
- I Daniel Barenboim (1991-2006) p. 27
- Early Weaknesses and Emerging Strengths p. 31
- Celebrating a Great Trumpeter p. 33
- Taking on Signature Pieces p. 34
- Lightning Strikes with Radu Lupu in Berlin p. 36
- Returning Home to Argentina p. 38
- Reaching New Heights at Home and Abroad p. 40
- A Conversation among Geniuses p. 45
- Going Out on Top p. 46
- Looking Back at His Chicago Years p. 48
- II Pierre Boulez (1991-2010) p. 61
- A Visitor Enchants the City p. 65
- Revelatory Analyses from the Podium p. 67
- Ligeti, Ravel, Berio, and Berlioz p. 70
- Tackling New Music p. 74
- A Musician's Evolution p. 81
- Modernism from Mahier to Janácek p. 89
- III Bernard Haitink (2006-2010) p. 99
- Taking the Stage in a New Role p. 101
- Impressing with a Wide Repertoire p. 112
- Chicago's Greatest Ambassador p. 116
- Bruckner Beyond Words p. 119
- A Profound Beethoven Cycle p. 120
- Mahler by a Master Interpreter p. 126
- A New "Creation" p. 128
- Beethoven's Greatest Mass p. 136
- IV Riccardo Muti (2010-) p. 139
- A Musical Romance p. 143
- Triumph in the Verdi Requiem p. 155
- Austria v. Germany p. 161
- Celebrating His Arrival p. 166
- Verdi's Otello p. 167
- Open Hands, Open Heart p. 173
- New Music in Chicago and California p. 176
- A Forgotten Classical Master p. 181
- An Emotional Return to Italy with "His Orchestra" p. 187
- Embracing Eclecticism p. 188
- The Challenge of a "Universal" Mass Setting p. 198
- Finding the Sacred in Verdi, Vivaldi, and Mozart p. 205
- Verdi's Macbeth p. 212
- What Makes a Composer Italian? p. 220
- A Musician's Retirement and a Conductor's Teacher p. 226
- Three Russians p. 230.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (page 249) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1932 Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9780226609911
- 022660991X
- OCLC:
- 1051669891
- Publisher Number:
- 99981074217
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