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    Sir John Barbirolli CH (né Giovanni Battista Barbirolli; 2 December 1899 – 29 July 1970) was a British conductor and cellist. He is remembered above all...
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    first Principal, as recorded by a blue plaque on Southampton Row. Sir John Barbirolli, the conductor and cellist, was born in Southampton Row on 2 December...
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    Indian actress Radhika Apte in 2012. Royal Philharmonic Society – Sir John Barbirolli Award (solo viola) Lynn Foundation Scholarship (solo viola) Westmorland...
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    Williams's Symphony No. 8 in D minor was composed between 1953 and 1955. Sir John Barbirolli, its dedicatee, conducted the Hallé Orchestra in the premiere at...
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  • Evelyn, Lady Barbirolli OBE (24 January 1911 – 25 January 2008) was an English oboist, and the wife of the eminent conductor Sir John Barbirolli. She was...
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    December 1955) Sir John Barbirolli, Berlin Philharmonic, Testament SBT1342 (live recording of 13 January 1966 performance) Sir John Barbirolli. New Philharmonia...
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    working relationships with major musical figures, including Britten, Sir John Barbirolli, Bruno Walter and the accompanist Gerald Moore. She became known...
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    Notable burials include British spy Peter Ashmun Ames, conductor Sir John Barbirolli, and activist Marcus Garvey. The cemetery, which is open year-round...
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  • conductors Sir John Barbirolli, Bruno Walter and Sir Malcolm Sargent. The initial appeal for a memorial fund was launched by Sir John Barbirolli, Roy Henderson...
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    (Presto) "Troyte" Performed by the Hallé Orchestra, conducted by Sir John Barbirolli Problems playing these files? See media help. Variation VIII (Allegretto)...
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  • notably with Josef Krips at the Royal Albert Hall in 1950, and with Sir John Barbirolli and the Hallé Orchestra at King's Lynn in 1966. She founded the King's...
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    anti-graffiti solution. Beside the main entrance is a sculpture of Sir John Barbirolli by Byron Howard (2000). Since its opening on 11 September 1996, it...
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    Allegro Performed by Artur Schnabel and the London Symphony Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli conducting Problems playing these files? See media help. The Piano...
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  • Williams, Trevor Harvey, Cameron, Sir John Barbirolli, Boult, Sir Charles Groves, Vernon Handley, Sir Andrew Davis, Sir Roger Norrington, Jerzy Maksymiuk...
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  • 1953, he painted his Portrait of Sir John Barbirolli which was later given to the Royal Academy of Music by Lady Barbirolli. In the 1960s he produced up to...
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  • 1939 by Jaromír Weinberger. It premiered under the direction of Sir John Barbirolli in New York City on October 12, 1939. The work is based on an English...
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  • Orchestra (LSO), who together gave the premiere on 13 June 1954 with Sir John Barbirolli conducting. The same musicians made the work’s first recording that...
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  • Dream of Gerontius, with conductor Sir John Barbirolli, live recording Rome 1957 Handel: Messiah, with conductor Sir Thomas Beecham, RCA Victor 1959 Vaughan...
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    Church's excellent acoustics have also attracted secular musicians: Sir John Barbirolli recorded a famous performance of the Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas...
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  • Williams dedicated the new symphony. An orchestral score was sent to Sir John Barbirolli, who had secured the composer's agreement that he should conduct...
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    Francisco Symphony Pierre Monteux 1960 RCA London Symphony Orchestra Sir John Barbirolli 1969 EMI Los Angeles Philharmonic Zubin Mehta 1969 Decca Royal Concertgebouw...
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  • Philharmonia/Sir John Barbirolli Label: PHILIPS 465 253-2. Elizabeth Poston Jesus Christ The Apple Tree The Choir of King's College, Cambridge/Sir David Willcocks...
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  • Op. 125. 1930: Gregor Piatigorsky, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli, Naxos, Warner 1942: nl:Tibor de Machula, Berlin Philharmonic, Wilhelm...
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    du Pré as soloist and the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sir John Barbirolli. It was this recording that according to one critic "even persuaded...
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    the Elgar Concerto for EMI with the London Symphony Orchestra and Sir John Barbirolli, which brought her international recognition. This recording has...
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    Philharmonic, 1960 Bruno Walter with the Columbia Symphony Orchestra, 1962 Sir John Barbirolli, with the Berlin Philharmonic, 1964 Kirill Kondrashin with the Moscow...
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  • merchant and politician Evelyn Rothwell (1911–2008) (Lady Barbirolli), oboist; wife of Sir John Barbirolli, orchestral conductor Frank Rothwell (born 1936), Irish...
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  • visit to Jamaica, Evelyn Rothwell, the oboist and wife of conductor Sir John Barbirolli, heard him sing and suggested that he go to study in London. Instead...
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    director, Sir John Barbirolli, restored the Hallé to national prominence. On 3 February 1946 The Hallé Orchestra and Chorus (conducted by John Barbirolli) performed...
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  • Concertmaster of the Hallé Orchestra of Manchester under Sir John Barbirolli. Mehta came to regard Barbirolli as "one of the greatest influences of my conducting...
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