Ole Schmidt 1928-2010

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March 29, 2010, 02:53:34 AM Last Edit: March 29, 2010, 02:56:04 AM by vandermolen
Sad news about the death of this conductor. I didn't realise that he was also a composer. Saw him conduct Havergal Brian's 'Gothic Symphony' in London and always enjoyed his Unicorn Nielsen cycle (now on Regis).

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/music-obituaries/7533120/Ole-Schmidt.html
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mahler10th

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March 29, 2010, 03:10:37 AM
Yes, it is a sad one.
I'll play his Nielsen 4 just to remember... :(

vandermolen

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March 29, 2010, 03:26:38 AM
Quote from: John on March 29, 2010, 03:10:37 AM
Yes, it is a sad one.
I'll play his Nielsen 4 just to remember... :(

Yes, that is a fine version. I think that he was the first to conduct a complete cycle with the same orchestra (LSO).
"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm" (Churchill).

'The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good' (Stanley Kubrick).

alkan

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March 29, 2010, 03:38:21 AM
Very sad to hear this news.

I still have fond memories of a magnificent performance of Nielsen's 5th at the Free Trade Hall in Manchester ..... over 30 years ago.        His complete set of recordings of the symphonies is the best available ..... IMHO.

RIP

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Lethevich

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March 29, 2010, 07:03:38 AM
His compositions are pretty good judging from the DaCapo concertos disc. Pleasantly cool neoclassical styled, always listenable.
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