Klarinet Archive - Posting 000324.txt from 1995/12

From: Neil Leupold <nleupold@-----.EDU>
Subj: Dan Leeson & Bruno Walter
Date: Wed, 13 Dec 1995 01:19:33 -0500

Dan wrote:

> I saw the NY Phil. do a Mozart symphony under Bruno Walter about 1943
> that had a doubled woodwind section. Today one does that kind of thing
> only at the peril of their life.

Wow, Dan! You saw Walter in '43? He must have been at the height of his
artistic maturity by then. 67 years old, conducting the New York Phil,
and still with nearly 20 years of life left in him. Remarkable.

Neil.

   
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