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Wolfgang Sawallisch (born August 26, 1923) is a German conductor and pianist. This Manual of Style has the simple purpose of making things easy to read by following a consistent format — it is a style guide. ... August 26 is the 238th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (239th in leap years). ... {{year nav|1939 1923 (MCMXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar). ... A conductor conducting a band at a ceremony A conductors score and batons Conducting is the act of directing a musical performance by way of visible gestures. ... Pianist Claudio Arrau, Carnegie Hall, 1954. ...


He was born in Munich, and began his career at the opera house in Augsburg in 1947[1]. In 1953 he conducted the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, becoming the youngest person ever to do so. When he debuted at the Bayreuth Festspielhaus conducting Tristan und Isolde in 1957, he was the youngest conductor ever to appear there as well. From 1960 to 1970 he was Principal Conductor of the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, and from 1971 to 1992 was General Music Director of the Bavarian State Opera. From 1993 to 2003 he was Music Director of the Philadelphia Orchestra, and is currently its Conductor Laureate. He is also Honorary Conductor Laureate of the NHK Symphony Orchestra, Tokyo. Munich (German: , pronounced  ) is the capital of the German Federal State of Bavaria (German: ). Munich is Germanys third largest city and one of Europes most prosperous. ... Augsburg is a city in south-central Germany. ... 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1947 calendar). ... The Berlin Philharmonic rehearsing in the Berliner Philharmonie. ... The Bayreuth Festspielhaus (Bayreuth Festival Theatre) is an opera house built to the north of the town of Bayreuth in Germany, dedicated to the performance of Richard Wagners operas. ... Tristan und Isolde (Tristan and Isolde) is an opera in three acts by Richard Wagner to a German libretto by the composer, based largely on the romance by Gottfried von Strassburg, which in turn was based on the story of Tristan and Isolde as told in French by Thomas of... Categories: Musical group stubs | Austrian orchestras ... Munich, National Theatre The Bayerische Staatsoper or Bavarian State Opera is an opera company in Munich and is one of the leading opera companies in Germany and the world and has existed since 1653. ... The Philadelphia Orchestra, based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is one of the Big Five symphony orchestras in the United States and usually considered among the finest in the world. ... The NHK Symphony Orchestra (NHK交響楽団) in Tokyo, Japan began as the New Symphony Orchestra on October 5, 1926 and was the countrys first professional orchestra. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...


Sawallisch has been acclaimed as an interpreter of the music of Richard Strauss[2] [3]. As a pianist, he has accompanied a number of prominent singers in lieder, including Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Dame Elisabeth Schwarzkopf and Margaret Price. Sawallisch has also recorded, as piano accompanist, Franz Schubert's Die Winterreise and Robert Schumann's Liederkreis and other songs with Thomas Hampson. One of his most celebrated live concert appearances as a pianist was on 11 February 1994 in Philadelphia, when Sawallisch substituted for The Philadelphia Orchestra at an all-Wagner concert on the night that a severe snowstorm prevented much of the orchestra from arriving at the Academy of Music[4][5]. This article is about the German composer of tone-poems and operas. ... Lied (plural Lieder) is a German word, literally meaning song; among English speakers, however, it is used primarily as a term for European classical music songs, also known as art songs. ... The German baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (born May 28, 1925) is regarded by many as the finest Lieder singer of his generation, if not of the last century. ... Elisabeth Schwarzkopf Dame Elisabeth Schwarzkopf DBE (b. ... Dame Margaret Price DBE (born April 13, 1941) is a Welsh soprano. ... Franz Peter Schubert (January 31, 1797 – November 19, 1828) was an Austrian composer. ... For others with the same name see Robert Schumann (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see February (disambiguation). ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ... This article is becoming very long. ... The Academy of Music in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is the oldest opera house in the United States that is still used for its original purpose. ...


His other recordings for EMI include highly regarded issues of Richard Strauss' Capriccio and the four symphonies of Robert Schumann with the Dresden Staatskapelle. He made a quadrophonic stereo album (probably the only one ever made) of Mozart's The Magic Flute in 1973 for EMI, starring Peter Schreier as Tamino, Walter Berry as Papageno, Edda Moser as the Queen of the Night, Anneliese Rothenberger as Pamina, and Kurt Moll as Sarastro. Other recordings (EMI, Orfeo and Sony) include: This article is about the German composer of tone-poems and operas. ... For others with the same name see Robert Schumann (disambiguation). ... The Dresden Staatskapelle is an orchestra based in Dresden,Germany. ... Quadraphonic sound uses four channels in which speakers are positioned at all four corners of the listening space, reproducing signals that are independent of each other. ... Die Zauberflöte, K. 620, (en: The Magic Flute) is an opera in two acts composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to a German libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder. ... The EMI Group (LSE: EMI) is an English music company comprising the major record company, EMI Music which operates several labels, based in Brook Green in London, England, and EMI Music Publishing, based on Charing Cross Road, London. ... Peter Schreier (born July 29, 1935) is a German tenor and conductor. ... Walter Berry (April 8, 1929 - October 27, 2000) was an Austrian bass-baritone. ... The German soprano Edda Moser was born on October 27, 1938. ... Anneliese Rothenberger (born June 19, 1924) is a German opera lyrical soprano. ... Kurt Moll (born April 11, 1938) is a German bass. ...

One of his final concert and recording projects in Philadelphia focused on the music of Robert Schumann[6][7][8][9]. 1820 portrait by Joseph Karl Stieler Beethoven redirects here. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Antonín Dvořák Antonín Leopold Dvořák ( ; September 8, 1841 – May 1, 1904) was a Czech composer of Romantic music, who employed the idioms and melodies of the folk-music of his native Bohemia in symphonic and chamber music. ... Felix Mendelssohn at the age of 30 Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, born and known generally as Felix Mendelssohn (February 3, 1809 – November 4, 1847) was a German composer and conductor of the early Romantic period. ... The Berlin Philharmonic rehearsing in the Berliner Philharmonie. ... Franz Peter Schubert (January 31, 1797 – November 19, 1828) was an Austrian composer. ... The Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra in Munich was founded in 1949 by Eugen Jochum, he was also principal conductor until 1960. ... This article is about the German composer of tone-poems and operas. ... This article is about the German composer of tone-poems and operas. ... This article is about the German composer of tone-poems and operas. ... The Philharmonia Orchestra is an orchestra based in London. ... Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi (either October 9 or 10, 1813 – January 27, 1901) was an Italian Romantic composer, mainly of opera. ... Salzburg is a city in western Austria and the capital of the federal state of Salzburg (population 150,000 in 2006). ... Wilhelm Richard Wagner (May 22, 1813 – February 13, 1883) was an influential German composer, conductor, music theorist, and essayist, primarily known for his operas (or music dramas as he later came to call them). ... Bayreuth [pronounced by-royt] is a town in northern Bavaria, Germany, on the Red Main river in a valley between the Frankish Alb and the Fichtelgebirge. ... Wilhelm Richard Wagner (May 22, 1813 – February 13, 1883) was an influential German composer, conductor, music theorist, and essayist, primarily known for his operas (or music dramas as he later came to call them). ... For others with the same name see Robert Schumann (disambiguation). ...


After his tenure with the Philadelphia Orchestra, Sawallisch returned for guest-conducting appearances in Philadelphia and at Carnegie Hall[10]. However, ill health related to blood pressure problems in recent years has prevented Sawallisch from conducting. In an article from The Philadelphia Inquirer of August 27, 2006, Sawallisch stated for the record that he is retired from the concert podium: Carnegie Hall Carnegie Hall is a concert venue in Midtown Manhattan in New York City located at 881 Seventh Avenue, occupying the east stretch of Seventh Avenue between West 56th Street and West 57th Street. ...

"It can happen without announcement that my blood pressure is too low. This instability gives me the necessity to finish my career after 57 years of concert and opera conducting."[11]

Sawallisch's wife Mechthild died in 1998. They had a son, Jorg. Sawallisch is an honorary member of The Robert Schumann Society. In 2003, Sawallisch helped to establish a music school in Grassau, Germany, the Wolfgang Sawallisch Stiftung.


References

  1. ^ Stephen Moss, "Old school titan". The Guardian, 19 May 2000.
  2. ^ Edward Rothstein, "A Cheery, Old-World 'Ariadne'". New York Times, 17 May, 1995.
  3. ^ Anne Midgette, "Music: A Musical Capital Looks to America". New York Times, 5 August 2001.
  4. ^ Lesley Valdes and Peter Dobrin, "Snow or no snow, the show went on: a portrait of the Maestro as an impromptu concert pianist." Philadelphia Inquirer, 13 February 1994.
  5. ^ Tom Di Nardo, "Bons mots instead of notes from Maestro". Philadelphia Daily News, 28 February 1994.
  6. ^ Allan Kozinn, "Back to Schumann, With Care and Passion". New York Times, 19 October 2002.
  7. ^ Bernard Holland, "A Window Onto Schumann's Final Period". New York Times, 30 January 2003.
  8. ^ Anthony Tommasini, "A Vivid and Yet Draining Appearance by Sawallisch". New York Times, 2 May 2003.
  9. ^ Andrew Clements, review of Schumann: Symphonies Nos 1-4 et al. recordings with The Philadelphia Orchestra. The Guardian, 25 July 2003.
  10. ^ Anthony Tommasini, "Channeling Bruckner, Maestro Illuminates Elusive Score". New York Times, 15 January 2004.
  11. ^ Peter Dobrin, "At home with the maestro". Philadelphia Inquirer, 27 August, 2006

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Preceded by
Herbert von Karajan		 Principal Conductor, Vienna Symphony Orchestra
1960–1970		 Succeeded by
Josef Krips
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Joseph Keilberth		 General Music Director, Bavarian State Opera
1971–1992		 Succeeded by
Zubin Mehta
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Paul Kletzki		 Principal Conductor, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
1972–1980		 Succeeded by
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