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Barbirolli

(ˌbɑːbəˈrɒlɪ)
n
(Biography) Sir John. 1899–1970, English conductor of the Hallé Orchestra (1943–68)
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He left Hollywood in 1965 to develop a career as a classical conductor and was named musical director of the Houston Symphony in 1967 where he succeeded Sir John Barbirolli. Thirty years later he had conducted every major orchestra in Europe.
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"Ultimately, she became the first African-American woman composer to earn an international reputation for her work, when she was commissioned by Britain's Sir John Barbirolli," Holzer said.
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Jack Cave and Lady Barbirolli recalled such a "surprise." Alf had invited Lady Barbirolli and her husband, the conductor Sir John Barbirolli, to a party he was hosting.
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Noteworthy exceptions are a bust of Sir John Barbirolli, charismatic conductor of the Halle Orchestra, and the Alan Turing memorial, which has the 'Father of Computer Science', codebreaker, and harassed homosexual seated on a park bench holding a sculpted apple, as opposed to a yet-to-be-invented Apple.
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I remember my first experience of going to the town hall, sitting behind the percussion section when Sir John Barbirolli was conducting - and it was amazing.
'DON'T LET THE MUSIC DIE' Cellist Jessica Burroughs, above, stood up at a concert in Huddersfield Town Hall to plead for the future of music teaching and performance in Kirklees
His thoughts on the subject were articulated succinctly in a letter to conductor John Barbirolli in 1936: "Although I know something about music, I am only a manager and can give you my reactions to your programs only from a managerial standpoint.
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Como no sentirse transportado por la version de Mischa Elman con John Barbirolli en London, o la de Heifetz con el mismo Barbirolli.
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When I searched for him in the school log books, I discovered the Mr Smith was very active in organising musical trips for his pupils, often going to the Little Theatre and the Town Hall to either participate as a choir or listen to musical performances - for example, Marriage of Figaro, Ballet Rambert, Northern Symphonia, and the Halle Orchestra conducted by Sir John Barbirolli. In 1959 Barbirolli was so taken with the boys' interest that he promised to play a piece of their choosing on his next visit.
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Although she was never regarded as a first-rank composer even at the height of her fame, her reputation was such that the great conductor John Barbirolli commissioned from her a work for string orchestra, which she eventually adapted for string quartet as her Negro Folksongs in Counterpoint.
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Later guests included another polar explorer Dr Fridtjof Nansen, followed by author GK Chesterton, conductors Sir Malcolm Sargent and Sir John Barbirolli, actors Robert Morley and Sir Ralph Richardson, violinist Yehudi Menuhin, and politician William Whitelaw.
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Googling a runner Barbirolli 1.00 Lingfield Sir John Barbirolli was an English conductor and cellist who was born in 1899 and died in 1970.
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He was of course speaking about Sir John Barbirolli and the Halle Orchestra Tweet of the Week Elin Rhys, managing director of Swansea television production company, Telesgop: Have fallen in love with eight lifeboat men in Burry Port.
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