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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456434503321

Autore

Warren Richard S.

Titolo

Begins with the oboe : a history of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra / / Richard S. Warren

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2002

©2002

ISBN

1-282-01469-2

9786612014697

1-4426-7123-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (302 p.)

Disciplina

784.2/06/0713541

Soggetti

HISTORY / Canada / General

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword - Sir Andrew Davis -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- ONE: Prelude -- TWO: 1922-1931: Luigi von Kunits -- THREE: 1931-1945: Sir Ernest MacMillan, Part 1 -- FOUR: 1945-1956: Sir Ernest MacMillan, Part 2 -- FIVE: 1956-1965: Walter Susskind -- SIX: 1965-1973: Seiji Ozawa and Karel Ančerl -- SEVEN: 1973-1975: Victor Feldbrill, Resident Conductor 109 -- EIGHT: 1975-1982: Andrew Davis at Massey Hall -- NINE: 1982-1987: Andrew Davis at Roy Thomson Hall -- TEN: 1988-1994: Gunther Herbig -- ELEVEN: 1994-2000: Jukka-Pekka Saraste -- Toward the Unknown: 2001-2002 -- Afterword - The Honourable Bob Rae -- Notes -- Appendices -- Select Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

The Toronto Symphony Orchestra has been a part of the arts scene in Toronto for eighty years. Richard Warren, the orchestra's archivist since 1976, uncovers taped interviews and other documentation of the orchestra's musicians, visiting artists, music directors, and administrative personnel, to present an insider's view of the orchestra, and by doing so makes the history of this great cultural institution come alive.In describing the challenges, achievements, and trials of the



orchestra, Warren includes the stories of artists who performed with the orchestra and who then went on to become outstanding performers on the world stage, including Seiji Ozawa, Sir Andrew Davis, Jon Vickers, Lois Marshall, Maureen Forrester, Zara Nelsova, and Ben Heppner, among many others. He also recounts the orchestra's tours through China, the United States, Britain, Japan, Australia, and Europe, and their performances in the renowned theatres of London, New York, Sydney, Vienna, and Berlin. The symphony has become an icon of Canadian culture and enriched the lives of Torontonians and all Canadians as an important part of our heritage.