Sad news, and I have no time to give him a proper eulogy. The pianist Jörg Demus has died at the age of 90. R.I.P.
https://halids.com/austria/the-pianist-jorg-demus-died-in-90-years-of-age/
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Michael Gielen Dies at 91
Conductor Michael Gielen has died at 91. So far, no claims that the reports are a hoax (with apologies to Jacques Loussier).
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Milos Forman Director of Cuckoo’s Nest Dies
Milos Forman, director of “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” and “Amadeus,” has died.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/14/obituaries/milos-forman-dead.html
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Colin Brumby RIP Australian Composer
I learn with sadness of the passing of Australian composer Colin Brumby. Brumby died yesterday in Brisbane at the age of 84. He was the composer of symphonies, concertos, operas, ballets, film scores, musicals, chamber music, songs, and choral works. I’ve always been particularly fond of his Piano Concerto No. 1, which isn’t posted on YouTube. However, I did find the slow movement of his Flute Concerto, which sounds equally lovely. I really should have written to him when I had the chance. R.I.P.
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Louis Frémaux Dies at 94 Obituary Notice
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”:
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