I can’t find a single obituary posted on the internet in English (there are two in French and Dutch), but news has broken that conductor Louis Frémaux has died. Frémaux made many fine recordings with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, which he served as principal conductor from 1969 to 1978. He also acted as chief conductor of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra from 1979 to 1982. Frémaux died at his home last Monday. He was 94 years-old. He is the second nonagenarian French conductor to die this year. Georges Prêtre passed in January at the age of 92.
Frémaux conducts Francis Poulenc’s “Stabat Mater”:
And Satie’s “Gymnopédie No. 1”: