Mariss Jansons has died

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ritter

December 01, 2019, 01:56:31 AM
Conductor Mariss Jansons died yesterday in his St. Petersburg home, aged 76.

I really never really collected his recordings (his focus as a conductor didn't coincide very much—in terms of repertoire—with my interests), but did have the chance to talk to him briefly at a reception here in Madrid when he visited with the Pittsburgh orchestra more than two decades ago. He was a very pleasant, unassuming man.

R.I.P.

The new erato

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December 01, 2019, 02:16:31 AM Last Edit: December 01, 2019, 02:27:52 AM by The new erato
According to Norwegian newspapers from heart xailure at his home in St Pdtersburg.

The new erato

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December 01, 2019, 02:19:47 AM
I overlooked this and seems to have doubleposted. Oops.

Que

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December 01, 2019, 02:24:50 AM
Sorry to hear!
I attended some concerts conducted by him during his tenure in Amsterdam.

Q

vandermolen

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December 01, 2019, 02:30:10 AM
Very sorry to hear that. I enjoy his Shostakovich boxed set and his Honegger recordings in particular.
"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).

Que

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December 01, 2019, 02:34:40 AM
Quote from: The new erato on December 01, 2019, 02:19:47 AM
I overlooked this and seems to have doubleposted. Oops.

fixed

Florestan

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December 01, 2019, 02:45:02 AM
Sad news. RIP.
"Beauty must appeal to the senses, must provide us with immediate enjoyment, must impress us or insinuate itself into us without any effort on our part. ." — Claude Debussy

Cato

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December 01, 2019, 03:08:06 AM
76 is not particularly old these days!  Yes,very sad!

https://www.classicfm.com/artists/mariss-jansons/latvian-conductor-dies-aged-76/
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Marc

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December 01, 2019, 03:53:31 AM
Almost can't believe it... last night, I was watching a YouTube clip of Brahms' Double Concerto with him conducting and enjoying his gestures... and now I have to read this.
I have many good memories (Dutch telly) and some good recordings of him.

Rest In Peace, maestro Jansons.

Wanderer

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December 01, 2019, 04:05:32 AM
Very sad news. I've attended concerts of his in Athens and he was to conduct here again in March 2020. May he rest in peace.

aligreto

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December 01, 2019, 04:33:28 AM
Sad news indeed.

J.A.W.

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December 01, 2019, 06:16:51 AM Last Edit: December 01, 2019, 06:19:49 AM by J.A.W.
Sorry to hear this.
Hans

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December 01, 2019, 07:55:55 AM
A shame, indeed. What a marvelous conductor and he seemed like a genuinely nice person. RIP, Maestro Jansons.

Symphonic Addict

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December 04, 2019, 03:08:52 PM
Is it me or has this year been especially tragic? So many losses lately.
The current annihilation of a people on this planet (you know which one it is) is the most documented and at the same time the most preposterously denied.

Symphonic Addict

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December 04, 2019, 03:11:44 PM
Here the Royal Concertgebouw performing Honegger's 3rd Symphony under Jansons. A rather fine rendition.

https://www.youtube.com/v/jK9mGN7KZg4
The current annihilation of a people on this planet (you know which one it is) is the most documented and at the same time the most preposterously denied.

André

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January 17, 2020, 04:48:10 AM Last Edit: January 17, 2020, 04:54:31 AM by André
Homage concert from the BRSO conducted by Zubin Mehta, January 15, 2020. They play Mahler's Resurrection symphony.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-ycwcCiz2Q&feature=youtu.be

Note: the concert starts at 12 min 30 s., after the speeches.
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