It may safely be said that personal striving—vulgarly called ambition—is the hallmark of modernity. To be satisfied with one’s lot, we are told, is to default on our duty to self and world alike; to ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Pierre Monteux, who led the scandalous premiere of “The Rite of Spring,” went on to a career of remarkable peace and selflessness. Pierre Monteux, who led the scandalous ...

This week marks the end of the San Francisco Symphony's Centennial season celebration - a season that saw the return of the American Mavericks festival, concerts by six of the most significant ...

For ten years, walrus-mustached Pierre Monteux, conductor of the San Francisco Symphony, has spent part of each summer teaching younger musicians to conduct. Last week, after a visit to “Papa” Monteux ...

The audience in San Francisco’s huge, hangarlike Civic Auditorium was in fine fettle. Even Master of Ceremonies John Charles Thomas couldn’t resist getting into the act. “I’m glad to see such a crowd, ...

Pierre Monteux (1875-1964 ), famous for conducting the premiere of “The Rite of Spring” as well as for many other things, has long been one of my favorite conductors from the Golden Age. Here he is, ...

Pierre Monteux brought not only clarity and proportion to the music of Maurice Ravel but also tenderness and excitement, making this conflation of two LPs from the early 1960s a mid-price reissue that ...

Ten outstanding recordings of Franck's music, from Marie-Claire Alain, Pierre Monteux, Alina Ibragimova, Stephen Hough and more Has there ever existed a milder, more humble man who was also a great ...

Many music lovers consider Stravinsky’s “The Rite of Spring” (“Le Sacre du Printemps”), subtitled “Scenes from Pagan Russia,” the greatest orchestral composition of the 20th century. Or at least the ...

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