Mengelberg
Britishnoun
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As the end of his term approached, Van Zweden spoke in his office filled with photographs of four of his famous New York Philharmonic predecessors: Gustav Mahler, Willem Mengelberg, Arturo Toscanini and Leonard Bernstein.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 6, 2024
From 1926 to 1930, the New York Philharmonic performed the Franck as much as Beethoven’s Fifth; Arturo Toscanini, Pierre Monteux and Willem Mengelberg were among the 12 conductors who led it in that period.
From New York Times ● Mar. 18, 2022
The ICP Orchestra, an ensemble with shifting personnel under the direction of Mr. Mengelberg and Mr. Bennink, toured Europe regularly and won praise for its unusual blend of anarchic improvisation and straight-ahead swing.
From New York Times ● Mar. 14, 2017
He was also playing with the German pianist-composer Alex von Schlippenbach's free-jazz big band, the Globe Unity Orchestra; with the multi-instrumentalist Gunter Hampel's group; and with Bennink, Mengelberg and the German saxophonist Peter Brötzmann.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 29, 2010
To hear Mengelberg direct "Tod und Verklaerung" of Strauss, with his own orchestra is one of the most tremendous things I have ever experienced.
From Confessions of an Opera Singer by Howard, Kathleen
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