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13. Mai 2024 · So it was with last night’s concert from the London Symphony Orchestra, when the great conductor Michael Tilson Thomas, ill and frail, became confused and seemed to be about to leave the podium ...
13. Mai 2024 · The third movement of Mahler’s Third, ostensibly a Scherzo, is one of the most magical and atmospheric pieces he ever wrote. At its heart is a posthorn solo, played here by Matthew Williams, the sounds of which should float in the wind above a cushion of susurrating strings. Mahler directs that the instrument should sound “from afar”.
14. Mai 2024 · And at the centre is Nietzsche’s hymn to the human longing for eternity. To hold all this together is a hugely taxing thing for any conductor, but especially so for Tilson Thomas, the American conductor who has been a much-loved member of the LSO family for almost 40 years. He has been suffering from a brain cancer for some years, and as he ...
13. Mai 2024 · Conductors with limited experience of Mahler tend to fuss over this music to little avail, but after a lifetime Tilson Thomas knows just to let it breathe and sing. The performance ended with a ...
13. Mai 2024 · I suspect a good number in the Barbican Hall audience would have been cognisant of the fact that Michael Tilson Thomas, Conductor Laureate of the London Symphony Orchestra, was diagnosed, just a few years ago, with an aggressive form of brain cancer. He gave his last scheduled performance with his San Francisco Symphony Orchestra in January this year, with Mahler’s Fifth Symphony. Apparently ...
14. Mai 2024 · In 2021, Michael Tilson Thomas – conductor laureate of the London Symphony Orchestra – was diagnosed with glioblastoma, an aggressive form of brain tumour. Recent outings for the San Francisco Symphony have been greeted almost as farewell performances. Yet, despite his obvious frailty, he has travelled to London to conduct – twice, and ...
13. Mai 2024 · It is a celebration of nature, of the miracle of life. Choosing this, of all Mahler’s symphonies — not the fresh spring of the First nor the profound farewell of the Ninth — felt like a profound choice for Michael Tilson Thomas as he returned to conduct his former band, the London Symphony Orchestra. In 2021 the American conductor, now 79 ...
