The ailing conductor was to have led the Staatskapelle Berlin in Brahms’s symphonies at Carnegie Hall. Yannick Nézet-Séguin jumped in.
Category: Staatskapelle Berlin
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Daniel Barenboim, Titan of Conducting, Steps Down in Berlin
The New York Times – Music:Because of deteriorating health, the 80-year-old conductor resigned as music director of the Berlin State Opera, a post he has held for decades.
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5 Classical Music Albums You Can Listen to Right Now
The New York Times – Music:A Schumann cycle conducted by Daniel Barenboim, works by Tyondai Braxton and Schubert sonatas by the pianist Paul Lewis are among the highlights.
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Daniel Barenboim, a Towering Maestro Held Back by Illness
The New York Times – Music:The pianist and conductor turns 80 soon, but deteriorating health has kept him from the celebrations he had long planned.