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Claudio
Arrau
Piano 1903 - 1991 https://www.arrauhouse.org |
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Claudio
Arrau
Piano 1903 - 1991 https://www.arrauhouse.org |
| 'ArrauHouse'
- A
Chronology |
| Maturity
Period - 1963 to 1983 |
| 1963 | ||
| 1963 | Canada | Performances by Claudio Arrau of Beethoven's Piano Concerto N.5 Emperor with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra conducted by Irwin Hoffman on Saturday 5th January at 8:30 pm and Sunday 6th January at 2:30 pm, in Vancouver's Queen Elizabeth Theatre. The programme also included R.Strauss's Don Juan Overture and Beethoven's Symphony No.5. [Source: The Vancouver Sun, British Columbia, 29 Jan 1962] [Source: The Province, Vancouver, 7 and 8 Jan 1963] |
| 1963 | U.S.A. | Claudio Arrau performance
of Weber’s Konzertstück for Piano and Orchestra in F minor and Brahms's Piano Concerto No.2, with the Tucson Symphony
Orchestra conducted by Frederic Balazs at the University of Arizona's Auditorium on Tuesday 8th January at 8:30 pm, as part of the University Artists Series. [Source: Tucson Daily Citizen, Arizona, 5 and 9 Jan 1963] |
| 1963 | U.S.A. | Claudio Arrau performance
on Saturday 2nd February at the Foothill College Gymnasium, Los Altos, California,
forming part of the Los Altos Concert Series. [As announced in pianist Alexander Brailowsky's programme for 19 Jan 1963] This entry needs corroboration/completion. |
| 1963 | U.S.A. | Claudio Arrau performances
of Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 1 and Liszt's Totentanz (Paraphrase
on the 'Dies Irae') for Pianoforte and Orchestra, with the Seattle Symphony
Orchestra conducted by Milton Katims on Monday 11th and Tuesday 12th
February. The programme also comprised Piston's Symphonic Prelude and Berlioz's Excerpts from the Dramatic Symphony 'Romeo and Juliet'. [Source: Printed concert programme] |
| 1963 | U.S.A. | Under
the title 'Arrau at 60 ', the
March issue of 'Musical America' publishes on page 27 a tight account
of Claudio Arrau's biography, awards, concert tours and remarkable career,
written by Thomas F. Johnson. |
| 1963 | Germany | Special Pro Musica recital by Claudio Arrau at the Concert Hall of the Berlin's College of Music on Tuesday 26th March at 8:00 pm, with a programme consisting of works by Beethoven, Brahms and Schumann. Sould-out early. [Source: Guide to the Concert Halls of Berlin (Fürer durch die Konzertsäle Berlins)] This entry needs completion. |
| 1963 | Germany | Subscription concert performance by Claudio Arrau in the Radio House's Grand Broadcasting Hall [Grosser Sendesaal, Haus des Rundfunks] at Masurenallee, Berlin, on Sunday 7th April at 11:00 am, Monday 8th April at 8:00 pm, and Tuesday 9th April at 8:00 pm, interpreting Brahms's Piano Concerto No.2 in B flat major with the Radio-Symphonie-Orchester [RIAS-Symphonie-Orchester] Berlin, conducted by Hans Werner Henze. The programme also included Rossini's Semiramis-Ouvertüre and Schuberts's Symphonie Nr.VII C-dur. [Source: Guide to the Concert Halls of Berlin (Fürer durch die Konzertsäle Berlins)] |
| 1963 | Germany | Claudio Arrau performance
of Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 2 Op.83, with the North German Radio Symphony
Orchestra [NDR Sinfonieorchester] conducted by Hans
Schmidt-Isserstedt at the Hamburg Musikhalle on Sunday 5th and Monday 6th of May. [CD: NDR 20012 /EMI 7243 5 62848 2 1, Germany, 2004] |
| 1963 | Austria | Claudio Arrau's all-Beethoven sonata recital at The Musikverein on Friday 10th May, sponsored by the Friends of Musik Society of Vienna [Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Wien]. [This enty needs corroboration/completion] |
| 1963 | Italy | Recital
by Claudio Arrau on Monday 20th May at the Kursaal, Teatro Appollo, as part of 'I Concerti di Lugano'. |
| 1963 | Germany | Recital by Claudio Arrau at the Schwetzinger Festspiele in Schwetzingen on Sunday 26th May. The programme comprised the following compositions: I > Beethoven: Rondo No.2 in G major Op.51 > Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.28 Op.101 II > Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Händel Op.24 III > Schumann: Carnaval Op.9 [CD: SWR Music. SWR19054CD. Germany. 2018] |
| 1963 | Germany | Performance by Claudio Arrau
of Schumann’s Piano Concerto Op.54, with the Kölner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester [currently the WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln) under the baton of Rafael Kubelík on 31st May. This entry needs completion. |
| 1963 | England | Performances by Claudio Arrau of Brahms’s Piano Concertos No. 2 Op.83 and No.1 Op.15 at the Royal Festival Hall,
with the Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Sir Adrian Boult
on Wednesday 5th June at 8:00 pm. The programme also included Brahms's Academic Festival Overture Op.80. [Source: Printed schedule] [Source: Signed printed concert programme] |
| 1963 | England | An all-Chopin programme performed by Claudio Arrau on 7th June at 8:00 pm at Bath's Assembly Rooms, as part of the Bath International Music Festival (6th-16th June). The programme comprised the following compositions: > Fantasy in F minor Op.49 > Ballade in A flat major Op.47 > Ballade in F minor Op.52 > Sonata in B minor Op.58 Interval > Barcarolle in F sharp major Op.60 > Polonaise-Famtaisie in A flat major Op.61 > Nocturne in B major Op.62 No.1 > Scherzo in E major Op.54 [Source: Bath Festival 1963's prospectus] [Source: Electronic copy of printed programme pages] |
| 1963 | England | Claudio Arrau performance
in London of Schumann’s Piano Concerto Op.54,
with the London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by George Hurst on Sunday 8th June. [Blu Ray: Idéale Audience - Classic Archive 3073984, Austria] [DVD: EMI Classics DVB 4928399, BBC INA CNC, 2004] This entry needs completion. |
| 1963 | England | Performances
by Claudio Arrau of Beethoven’s Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 4 at the Royal Festival
Hall, with the Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Sir Adrian
Boult on Wednesday 12th June at 8:00 pm. The programme also included Beethoven's Overtures Leonore No.3 and Egmont. [Source: Printed schedule] |
| 1963 | England | All-Chopin recital by Claudio Arrau, performed
at the Newcastle City Hall on Thursday 13th
June in the evening, comprising at least the following compositions: > Ballade No.3 > Sonata in B minor > Nocturne in B major > Poloniase-Fantasy [Source: Newcastle Journal, 14 June 1963] This entry needs completion. |
| 1963 | England | Claudio Arrau performance
of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No.5 and Brahms's Piano Concerto No.2,
at the Liverpool Philharmonic Hall, with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic
Orchestra conducted by Charles Groves, on Saturday 15th
June at 7:30 pm, as part of the Summer Series. The programme commenced with Handel's Samson overture. [Source: Printed concert programme] [Source: Liverpool Echo, 17 June 1963] |
| 1963 | Scotland | Claudio Arrau performance
of Brahms’s Piano Concerto No.2
Op,83 at the Kelvin Hall of Glasgow, with the Scottish National
Orchestra conducted by Sir Alexander Gibson, on Monday 17th
June. [CD: BBC BBCL 4125-2, UK, 2001] |
| 1963 |
England |
All-Beethoven recital by Claudio Arrau at the Royal Festival Hall of London on Thursday 20th June
at 8:00 pm. |
| 1963 |
England |
All-Chopin recital by Claudio Arrau at the Royal Festival Hall of London on Thursday 27th June
at 8:00 pm. |
1963 |
Portugal |
Claudio Arrau's performance of Brahms's Piano Concerto No.1 Op.15 and Piano Concerto No.2 Op.83, with the 'Orquestra Sinfónica da Emissora Nacional' conducted by Maestro Joaquim da Silva Pereira at the 'Teatro Nacional' of São Carlos on Thursday 4th July at 22:00 pm. |
1963 |
Portugal |
Performance by Claudio Arrau of Brahms's Piano Concerto No.1 Op.15 and Piano Concerto No.2 Op.83, with the 'Orquestra Sinfónica da Emissora Nacional' conducted by Maestro Joaquim da Silva Pereira at the 'Teatro Tivoli' of Lisbon on Friday 5th July at 6:30 pm. |
| 1963 |
U.S.A. |
All-Chopin recital by Claudio Arrau
on 6th Ausgust at
the Weston Playhouse in Vermont, New England, with proceeds towards
the Weston Community Club Building Fund. |
1963 |
Brazil |
Performance
by Claudio Arrau of Brahms's Piano Concerto No.2 Op.83 at the 'Teatro Municipal' of Rio de Janeiro, as part of the
'Festival Internacional de Música', on Saturday 31st August and Sunday 1st September at 9:00 pm, with the visiting Philharmonia Orchestra of London conducted by Sir John Barbirolli. The programme also included Rossini's La Gazza Ladra Overture and Debussy's La Mer. [Source: Printed concert programme for 31 Aug 1963]. |
| 1963 |
Switzerland |
Claudio Arrau performance
of Schumann's Piano Concerto Op.54 at the Kunsthaus, as part of the
'Internationale Musik-Festwochen' in Lucerne on Saturday 7th September
at 7:30 pm, with the Berliner Philharmonisches Orchester conducted by
André Cluytens. The programme commenced with Haydn's Symphonie No.96 The Miracle and concluded with Moussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition. [Source: Internationale Musik-Festwochen Luzern 1963's prospectus] |
| 1963 |
Belgium |
Claudio Arrau performance of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No.5 L'Empereur Op.73, as part of the 'Nuits de Septembre' at Liège, on Sunday 15th September, with the Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège conducted by Fernand Quinet. [Broadcast by Radio Musiq3, Belgium, on 11th Dec 2010] |
| 1963 |
U.S.A. |
An
all-Beethoven recital by Claudio Arrau at the West Auditorium of the US Department
of State, presented on Monday 30th
September at 8:30 pm by the President's Cabinet
under the stewardship of the First Lady, Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy, with the title of 'An Evening with Claudio Arrau'. The event was part of a promotional program
entitled 'Image of Chile'. |
1963 |
England |
A new 'International Concert Hall' series begins on the BBC on Tuesday 8th October at 10:25 pm, when the London Philharmonic Orchestra plays under the baton of George Hurst, with Claudio Arrau as the soloist in Schumann's Piano Concerto in A minor. |
1963 |
Germany |
Pro Musica subscription, all-Chopin recital by Claudio Arrau at the Concert Hall of the Berlin's College of Music on Thursday 17th October. Works included in the programme were: Fantasie Op.49, Two Balladas, Sonata in B minor, Barcarolle, Polonaise, and others. [Source: Guide to the Concert Halls of Berlin (Fürer durch die Konzertsäle Berlins)] This entry needs completion. |
| 1963 | Italy | An all-Beethoven recital by Claudio Arrau at the Turin Conservatory on Wednesday 6th November in the evening, sponsored by the 'Amici della Musica'. The programme incl;uded the following compositions: > Sonata Op.27 No.1 quasi una fantasia > Sonata Op.27 No.2 quasi una fantasia Chiaro di luna > Sonata No.32 Op.111 > Sonata No.26 Op.81a Gli addie > Sonata No.23 Op.57 Appassionata [Source: Stampa Sera, Turin, 6 Nov 1966]] |
| 1963 |
England |
As
part of The Beethoven Festival 1963 [10 October - 2 December] at the Royal Festival Hall
in London, Claudio Arrau celebrates
his sixtieth birthday year by performing Beethoven's Piano Concertos Nos. 3, 4 &
5 with The Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Otto Klemperer,
on Tuesday
12th, Saturday 16th & Saturday 23rd November, all at 8:00 pm. |
1963 |
U.S.A. |
Announced concerto performance
by Claudio Arrau at Hartford's Bushnell Memorial Auditorium, Connecticut, with the Hartford Symphony Orchestra on Wednesday 20th November
at 8:15 pm. |
1963 |
Canada |
Claudio Arrau's performance of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No.5 Emperor, with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Seiji Ozawa at the 'Forum de Montréal' on Monday 25th November at 8:20 pm, as part of this season's 'Star Dollar Concerts' series. The programme commenced with Berlioz's Roman Carnival Overture, and concluded with Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade Symphonic Suite Op.35. [Source: The Gazette, Montreal, 22, 23 & 26 Nov 1963] |
1963 |
Canada |
Performance by Claudio Arrau' of of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No.5 Emperor, with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Seiji Ozawa at the Capitol Theatre in Quebec City on Tuesday 26th November. The programme commenced with Berlioz's Roman Carnival Overture, and concluded with Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade Symphonic Suite Op.35. [Source: The Gazette, Montreal, 22 Nov 1963] |
| 1963 |
U.S.A. |
Claudio Arrau recital
at the Constitution Hall of Washington on 1st December, presenting
an all-Beethoven program as a tribute to the late President John F.
Kennedy: > Piano Sonata No.13 Op.27 No.1 Sonata quasi una fantasia > Piano Sonata No.14 Op.27 No.2 Moonlight > Piano Sonata No.32 Op.111 > Piano Sonata No.26 Op.81a Les adieux > Piano Sonata No.23 Op.57 Appassionata [Appraised by Charles Crowder in The Washington Post of 2nd Dec 1963] |
1963 |
U.S.A. |
All-Beethoven recital
by Claudio Arrau at the Hunter College in New York City on Saturday 7th December in the evening, performing five Beethoven sonatas. |
| 1963 |
U.S.A. |
Claudio Arrau recital
at The Library of Congress, Washington, with The
Juilliard Quartet on Wednesday 18th December,
to mark the 227th death anniversary of Antonio Stradivari:
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| 1963 |
U.S.A. |
Claudio Arrau recital
at The Library of Congress, Washington, with The
Juilliard Quartet on Thursday 19th December,
to
mark the 227th death anniversary of Antonio Stradivari:
> Schubert's Quintent for Piano and Strings in A, D.667 (The Trout), and > Franck's Quintet for Piano and String in F minor. [As appraised by Paul Hume in The Washington Post of 20th Dec 1963] CD: DOREMI 2-CD, DHR-5701 in 2003] |
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1963 |
Germany |
The 1963 Deutscher Schallplattenpreis is awarded to the 1960 and 1962 recordings of Brahm's Piano Concertos No.1 Op.15 and No.2 Op.83, respectively, by Claudio Arrau with the Philharmonia Orchestra under Carlo Maria Giulini, for the English Columbia label (EMI). |
| 1963 | U.S.A. | Claudio Arrau performance
of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5 Emperor, with the Minneapolis Symphony
Orchestra conducted by Stanislaw Skrowaczewski. [This entry needs completion] |
| 1963 | Netherlands | Performances
by Claudio Arrau of Grieg’s Piano Concerto Op 16 and Schumann’s Piano Concerto
Op 54, with The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam [Das Koninklijk
Concertgebouw Orchester Amsterdam] conducted by Christoph von
Dohnanyi. [This entry needs completion] |
| 1963 | Switzerland | Performance
by Claudio Arrau of Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 1 Op.15, with the Zurich Townhall Symphony
Orchestra [Tonhalle Orchester Zürich] conducted by Erich
Schmid. [This entry needs completion] |
| 1963 | Switzerland | Claudio Arrau performance
of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 3, with Nello Santi conducting the Zurich Townhall Symphony Orchestra [Tonhalle Orchester
Zürich]. [This entry needs completion] |
| 1963 | Scotland | Claudio Arrau performances
of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4, with The Royal Scottish National Orchestra conducted by Alexander
Gibson. [This entry needs completion] |
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1964 |
U.S.A. |
Recital by Claudio Arrau for the Lubbock Community Concerts Association at the Monterey High School Auditorium, on Tuesday 7th January in the evening, as part of the Association's 1963-64 Season. |
1964 |
U.S.A. |
Claudio Arrau performance of Brahms's Piano Concerto No.1 in D minor Op.15 at the San Antonio Municipal Auditorium on Saturday 11th January in the evening, with the San Antonio Symphony Orchestra under the baton of visiting conductor Guglielmo Sabatini. Numerous curtain calls. [Source: Express and News, Texas, 12 Jan 1964] This entry needs completion. |
| 1964 | Canada | Performance by Claudio Arrau of Brahms's Piano Concerto No.1 in D minor Op.15 with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra conducted by Irwin Hoffman in the Queen Elizabeth Theatre of Vancouver on Saturday 25th January at 8:30 pm and Sunday 26th January at 2:30 pm. The concert also comprised Villa-Lobos's tone poem Uirapuru and Debussy's La mer. [Source: The Vancouver Sun, Vancouver, 18, 24 and 27 Jan 1964] |
| 1964 | U.S.A. | Claudio Arrau performance of Brahms's Piano Concerto No.1 in D minor Op.15 at the Lincoln Centre's Philharmonic Hall, as part of the New York Philharmonic's 122nd Season 1963-1964, on Sunday 16th February at 3:00 E.S.T., with Josef Krips conducting. The program was broadcast live over the NYP Radio Network, and also included Weber's Overture to Euryanthe and Walton's Symphony No.1. [Source: Printed concert programme from the NYP Radio Membership Edition] |
| 1964 |
U.S.A. |
All-Mozart recital by Claudio Arrau at the Philharmonic Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, on Wednesday 4th March at 8:30 pm, including the following works: I > Sonata in G major K.283 > Sonata in A minor K.310 II > Fantaisie in C minor K.475 > Sonata in C minor K.457 Intermission III > Sonata in B flat major K.570 > Sonata in D major K.576 The printed programme of the recital includes programme notes on the works performed and a brief assay on the tragic character of Mozart's compositions, entitled 'Understanding Mozart in the Twentieth Century', both written by Maestro Claudio Arrau. [Please see 'Documents' sub-section in the 'Miscellanea' section of 'ArrauHouse'] |
1964 |
Canada |
Claudio Arrau's recital broadcast on Thursday 5th March in 'The Concert Hour' telecast by French-speaking Radio Canada Television, which included the following items: > Mozart: Piano Sonata No.7 in a minor K.310 – Brief interview in French > Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.32 in C minor Op.111 [DVD: VAI 4388, New York] |
| 1964 | Germany 
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Arrau's Beethoven Concerto
Cycle in three evenings - [Sources: |
| 1964 | Austria | Piano
recital by Claudio Arrau in Vienna on Wednesday 15th April at 7:30 pm, presented
by the 'Vienna Friends of Music Society' [Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde
in Wien]. The programme included: > Beethoven: Sonate Nr.7 D-Dur op.10 Nr.3 > Beethoven: Sonate Nr.21 C-Dur op.53 Waldsteinsonate Pause > Schumann: Fantasie C-Dur op.17 > Liszt: Gnomenreigen > Liszt: Mephistowaltzer [Source: Autographed printed recital programme] |
| 1964 | Germany | Beethoven-Arrau
Concerto Cycle at Berlin's new Philharmonie Hall in three evenings - Third Evening: 18th of April > Piano Concerto No. 4 and > Choral Fantasy with piano and orchestra Op 80, with Claudio Arrau and the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra [Berliner Philharmonisches Orchester] conducted by Wolfgang Sawallisch at the new Philharmonie of Berlin. The programme commenced with Overture Leonore 3. |
| 1964 | Germany | Performance
by Claudio Arrau of Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 1 Op.15, with Rafael Kubelík conducting the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
[Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks] at the Herkulesaal der
Münchner Residenz of Munich on 23rd and 24th April. [CDs for 24 April 1964: - Orfeo d'or C 500 991 B, Germany, 1999. - Praga Digitals PRD/DSD 350 068, Austria, 2015] |
| 1964 | Netherlands | Claudio Arrau recordings of Beethoven’s complete piano concerto cycle with The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam [Das Königliche Concertgebouw Orchester Amsterdam] and Bernard Haitink conducting, in April, June & September, for the Philips label. |
| 1964 | Spain | Claudio Arrau's peformnces in Barcelona in May. [Source: A.B.C., Madrid, 31 May 1964, p.93] This entry needs completion. |
| 1964 | Mexico | Concerto
performances by Claudio Arrau with Mexico's National Symphony Orchestra [Orquesta Sinfónica
Nacional] conducted by Edouard van Remoortel on Friday 15th and Sunday 17th May. [This entry needs corroboration/completion] |
| 1964 | Mexico | Recital
by Claudio Arrau on Monday 18th May. [This entry needs corroboration/completion] |
| 1964 | England | Claudio Arrau performance
at the Royal Albert Hall of London on Thursday 4th June at 7:30
pm, with the New Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Sir Adrian
Boult. |
| 1964 | England | Performance
by Claudio Arrau of Mozart's Piano Concerto in D major K.451, on Saturday 6th June at 3:00
pm at the Bath Assembly Rooms, with the Bath Festival Orchestra conducted by Yehudi Menuhin, as part of the 1964 Bath Festival. |
| 1964 | England | An all-Beethoven piano recital by Claudio Arrau at the Royal Albert Hall of London on Sunday 7th June
at 7:30 pm is cancelled due to illness. |
1964 |
Puerto
Rico |
Claudio Arrau performances
at the Pablo Casals' Festival in San Juan early in June. [This entry needs completion] |
| 1964 | Canada | Canadian Television's Festival show of Wednesday 17th June rebroadcast a recently recorded (5th March) programme where Claudio Arrau interprets Mozart's Sonata No.7 K.310 and Beethoven's Sonata No.32 Op.111, including a brief interval interview in French. |
| 1964 | U.S.A. | Claudio Arrau performance
of Mozart's Piano Concerto No.15 in B flat major K.450 at Tanglewood, with the Boston
Symphony Orchestra conducted by Erich Leinsdorf on
Friday 3rd July at 8:00 pm. |
| 1964 | U.S.A. | Claudio Arrau performance
of Mozart’s Piano Concerto No.16 in D major (K451) at Tanglewood, with the Boston Symphony
Orchestra conducted by Erich Leinsdorf on Saturday 4th July. [Source: The North Adams Transcript, Massachusetts, 6 July 1964] |
| 1964 | England | Claudio Arrau performance of Mozart's Piano Concerto in B flat major K.450 at the St. Lawrence Jewry next Guildhall, as part of the Festival of the City of London, with the English Chamber Orchestra conducted by John Pritchard on Wednesday 8th July at 8:00 pm. |
| 1964 | U.S.A. | All-Mozart recital by Claudio Arrau on Tuesday 21st July at 8:00 pm, at Taglewood Theatre-Concert Hall, Boston, this being the Fourth Concert of the Chamber Music Series forming part of the 'Berkshire Festival 1964'. The programme featured
the following compositions: |
| 1964 | Colombia |
Concerto performances by Claudio Arrau in the 'Teatro Colón' of Bogotá, with the 'Orquesta Sonfónica de Colombia' on 3rd September. The programme started with Mozart's Overture 'El Rapto del Serrallo' KV 384, and continued with: > Beethoven: Concierto No.5 en Mi bemol Op.73 para piano y orquesta > Brahms: Concierto No.2 en Si bemol Op.83 para piano y orquesta. [This entry needs completion and printed press corroboration] |
| 1964 | Switzerland |
Claudio Arrau performance
of Brahms’s Piano Concerto No.1 Op.15, with L’Orchestre National
de la Radiodiffusion-Télévision Française conducted
by Jascha Horenstein as part of the Montreux Festival of Music on Thursday 17th September. The programme also included Schubert's Unfinished Symphony and R.Strauss's symphonic poem Don Quixote. [Source: Montreux-Vevey Septembre Musical schedule] [Source: Concert press review by critic B.A.M.] [Source: Nouvelliste du Rhône, 7 août et 21 september, 1964] [CD: Archipel ARPCD 0557, 2013] |
| 1964 | Switzerland |
In September, it was announced in Geneva that six of the world's leading pianists will feature on a long-playing record being put on sale by the United Nations in October towards aiding the world's refugees. Contributing pianists are: Claudio Arrau, Wilham Backhaus, Alexander Brailowsky, Robert Casadesus, Byron Janis and Wilhelm Kempff. [Source: Coventry Evening Telegraph, England, 22 Sept 1964] |
| 1964 | Finland | Claudio Arrau performances
in Helsinki late in September. [This entry needs corroboration/completion] |
| 1964 |
Israel |
Claudio Arrau's sixth
concert tour in October. . [This entry needs corroboration/completion] |
1964 |
Israel |
Performance by Claudio Arrau of Brahms's Piano Concerto No.1 in D minor Op.15 at the Mann Auditorium of Tel Aviv on Sunday 4th October, with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Paul Paray. |
| 1964 |
Scotland |
Claudio Arrau performances
of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No.4 Op.58, as part of the Scottish National
Orchestra's 1964-65 Season, under Alexander Gibson
at the Edinburgh Usher Hall on Friday 6th November at 7:30 pm,
and at the Glasgow Concert Hall on Saturday 7th November, also
at 7:30 pm. |
| 1964 |
England |
Claudio Arrau performance
of Brahms's Piano
Concerto No.2 in B flat on
Sunday 8th November at 7:00 pm, with the Hallé
Orchestra conducted by Francesco Mander,
at the Free Trade Hall of Manchester, this being the Hallé Concerts
Society's 107th Season. The programme commenced with Vivaldi's Concerto Grosso in A minor (for 2 violins, strings and organ), and concluded with Moussorgsky-Ravel's Pictures from an Exhibition. [Source: Hallé Season 1964-65 printed programme schedule] [Source: Printed concert programme] |
| 1964 |
England |
Claudio Arrau performance
of Brahms's Piano
Concerto No.1 in D minor Op.15 on
Tuesday 10th November at 7:30 pm, with the Royal
Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra under conductor Charles Groves. The programme commenced with Haydn's Symphony No.102 in B flat, and Britten's Sinfonia da Requiem Op.20. [Source: Printed concert programme] [Source: Liverpool Echo, 10 & 11 Nov 1964] |
1964 |
England |
Performance by Claudio Arrau
of Brahms's Piano
Concerto No.1 in D minor Op.15 and Liszt's Totentanz on Thursday
12th November at 7:30 pm, with the London Philharmonic Orchestra and conductor John Pritchard at the Royal Albert Hall in London. The programme also comprised a Beethoven Overture and Prokofiev's Classical Symphony. [Source: Concert Annals] [Source: Birmingham Daily Post, 9 Nov 1964] [Source: Musical Events magazine, Nov 1964] |
1964 |
England |
Claudio Arrau performance
of Weber's Konzertstück for Piano and Orchestra & Brahms's Piano
Concerto No.2 on Saturday 14th November at 7:30 pm, with the London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by John Pritchard at the Royal Albert Hall in London. The programme also included Beethoven's Symphony No.8. [Source: Concert Annals] [Source: Printed concert programme] [Source: Musicl Events magazine, Nov 1964] |
| 1964
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U.S.A.
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Recital
at The Library of Congress, Washington, with Claudio Arrau and The
Juilliard Quartet,
on Saturday 12th December: |
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1964 |
Germany |
Claudio Arrau takes part in the inauguration
of the Berlin
Philharmonic Orchestra's New Philharmonic Hall - the Philharmonie - with
a Complete Beethoven sonata cycle. [This entry needs corroboration/completion] |
| 1964 | Germany | Performance
by Claudio Arrau of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5 Emperor, with the Hamburg Philharmonic
Orchestra [Hamburger Philharmoniker] conducted by Wolfgang Sawallisch. [This entry needs corroboration/completion] |
| 1964 | England | Claudio Arrau performances
of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No.4 Op.58 and Brahms’s Piano Concerto
No.1 Op.15, with the London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Sir
John Michael Pritchard. [This entry needs corroboration/completion] |
1964 |
Japan |
Claudio Arrau's first concert tour of Japan, under the sponsorship of the Osaka Festival. The most enthusiastic welcome by critics and the public. [This entry needs completion] |
| 1964 | U.S.A. | Claudio Arrau performance
of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 3, with the Rochester Philharmonic
Orchestra and Laszlo Somogyi conducting. [This entry needs corroboration/completion] |
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| 1965 |
U.S.A. |
Recital by Claudio Arrau
at the Philharmonic Hall, Lincoln Centre of New York, on Tuesday 16th
February at 8:30 pm, with an all-Beethoven program. |
| 1965
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U.S.A.
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Claudio Arrau's recital at the Philharmonic Hall, Lincoln Centre of New York, on Tuesday 23rd
February at 8:30 pm, with a program consisting of: |
| 1965 |
U.S.A. |
Recital
by Claudio Arrau at the Philharmonic Hall, Lincoln Centre of New York, on Wednesday
3rd March at 8:30 pm, with a program including works by Brahms,
Schumann, and Debussy. |
| 1965 | Germany | Concert performance by Claudio Arrau at the Europa Palace, Berlin, on Saturday 13th March at 6:00 pm, interpreting works by Mozart, Schumann and Chopin, with the Radio-Symphonie-Orchester [RIAS-Symphonie-Orchester] Berlin, conducted by Carlo Zecchi. [Source: Guide to the Concert Halls of Berlin (Fürer durch die Konzertsäle Berlins)] This entry needs completion. |
| 1965 | Germany | Subscription concert performances by Claudio Arrau in the Radio House's Grand Broadcasting Hall [Grosser Sendesaal, Haus des Rundfunks] at Masurenallee, Berlin, on Sunday 14th March at 11:00 am, Monday 15th March at 8:00 pm, and Tuesday 16th March at 8:00 pm, interpreting Chopin's Piano Concerto No.1 in E minor Op.11 with the Radio-Symphonie-Orchester [RIAS-Symphonie-Orchester] Berlin, conducted by Carlo Zecchi. The programme likewise included Mozart's Symphony No.27 KV 199 and Schumann's Symphony No.4. [Source: Guide to the Concert Halls of Berlin (Fürer durch die Konzertsäle Berlins)] |
| 1965 | Germany | Claudio Arrau's performance of Brahms's Piano Concerto No.2 in B flat major Op.83 with the visiting Czech Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Karel Ancerl at the Hannover's Stadthalle on Monday 22nd March. The orchestral programme also featured Stravinsky's Petrushka. |
| 1965 | Germany | Performance by Claudio Arrau of Brahms's Piano Concerto No.2 in B flat major Op.83 with the visiting Czech Philharmonic Orchestra under Karel Ancerl at the Dusseldorf's Rheinhalle on Wednesday 24th March. The orchestral programme also featured Weber's Oberon Overture & Stravinsky's Petrushka. |
| 1965 | Germany | Claudio Arrau's all-Chopin recital at the Philharmonie of Berlin, on Saturday 3rd April at 8:00 pm. Works included in the programme are: > Fantasy > Ballades > Sonate h-moll > Barcarolle > Polonaise > Nocturne [Source: Guide to the Concert Halls of Berlin (Fürer durch die Konzertsäle Berlins)] This entry needs completion. |
| 1965 | Japan | Claudio Arrau début
at the Osaka Festival Hall on Saturday 24th April, including performances
of Brahms's Piano Concertos No. 1 Op.15 and No.2 Op.83 in the same evening, with the Japan
Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra conducted by Takashi Asahina.
A review by Ernst Gottschalk, for the Asahi Evening News of 26th April, highlights the superior attributes of Mr. Arrau's artistry, which showed through its masterly performances despite a low quality piano and an unsure conductor. |
| 1965 | Japan | An all-Beethoven solo recital on Monday 26th April, at the Osaka Festival Hall. [This entry needs completion] |
| 1965 | France | Cover page photograph of Maestro Claudio Arrau on Le Guide du Concert weekly magazine no. 457, of 22nd to 28th May. |
| 1965 |
England |
Claudio Arrau recital
at the Royal Festival Hall of London on Thursday 3rd June at 8:00
pm. |
1965 |
Poland |
Claudio Arrau's return
tour in June, after a 27-year absence. Lavishing praise from Warsaw critics. Maestro Arrau was presented with the Mask of Chopin (a cast of Chopin's hand), and Chopin's facsimile manuscripts. [This entry needs completion] |
| 1965 |
England |
Claudio Arrau performance
of Liszt's Piano Concerto No. 2 in A, and Strauss's Burlesque in D minor,
at the Royal Festival Hall of London, as part of the "LSO International
Series", with the London Symphony Orchestra under Colin
Davis, on Sunday 20th of June at 7:30 pm. The programme commenced with Stravinsky's Symphony in C and concluded with Sibelius's Symphony No.3 in C. [Source: Printed concert programme] |
| 1965 |
England |
Performance
by Claudio Arrau of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat Emperor at the Royal Festival
Hall of London, as part of the "LSO International Series",
with the London Symphony Orchestra under Colin Davis,
on Sunday 27th June at 7:30 pm. The programme commenced with Tippett's Symphony No.2 and concluded with Berlioz's Harold in Italy. [Source: Printed concert programme] [Source: Birmingham Daily Post, 28 June 1965] |
| 1965 | Croatia | Performance/s by Claudio Arrau at the Dubrovnik Summer Festival, which runs over the July-August period. [Source: Dubrovnik local press review] This entry needs corroboration/completion. |
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Beethoven's
complete piano concerto cycle performed by Claudio Arrau at the Teatro Colón
of Buenos Aires, where, for the first time ever in the history of this
theatre,11,000 additional spectators in
every concert were allowed standing-up attendance only. [Please see details below]. |
| 1965 | Argentina | Claudio Arrau performance
of Beethoven’s Piano Concertos No. 1 Op.15 & No.5 Op.73 Emperor, with the National Symphony Orchestra [Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional] conducted by Teodoro Fuchs at the 'Teatro Colón' of Buenos Aires on Sunday 1st August at 11:00 am. This was the first event of a series of 10 subscription concerts forming part of the 'Amigos de la Musica' 1965 Season. The concert also included Beethoven's Overture Leonore No.3 Op.72. [Source: Printed concert programme] [Audio: https://teatrocolon.org.ar/es/culturaencasa/archivo-historico/claudio-arrau-con-la-orquesta-sinfonica-nacional-1965 ] |
| 1965 | Argentina | Claudio Arrau's recital at the 'Teatro Gran Rex' of Buenos Aires on Tuesday 3rd August at 6:15 pm, presented by the 'Asociación Wagneriana de Buenos Aires' in its 53rd Concert Season. The programme, broadcast by LRA Radio Nacional, comprised the following compositions: I > Beethoven: Sonata No.7 en Re mayor Op.10 No.3 > II > Debussy: Estampes - >>>>Pagodes. Soirée dans Grenade. Jardins sous la pluie. > Debussy: L'isle joyeuse > Liszt: Estudio de ejecución transcendental No.11 Harmonies du soir > Liszt: Estudio de ejecución transcendental No.10 en Fa menor * [Replaced with Beethoven's Sonata No.32 en Do menor Op.111] [Source: Printed recital programme] |
| 1965 | Argentina | Performance by Claudio Arrau of Beethoven’s Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 3, with the National Symphony Orchestra [Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional] conducted by Teodoro Fuchs at the 'Teatro Colón' of Buenos Aires on Sunday 8th August at 11:00 am. This was the third event of a series of 10 subscription concerts forming part of the 'Amigos de la Música' 1965 Season. The concert also included Beethoven's Overture Egmont Op.84. [Source: Printed concert programme] |
| 1965 | Argentina | Recital by Claudio Arrau at the 'Teatro Colón' of Buenos Aires on Saturday 14th August at 5:30 pm, this being the Sixth Subscription Recital of the 1965 Official Season. The program comprised the following works: I > Beethoven: Sonata No.8 en Do menor Op.13 Patética > Schubert: Sonata en Si bemol mayor Op. póstuma II > Mozart: Adagio en Si menor K.540 > Beethoven: Sonata No.21 en Do mayor Op.53 Waldstein [Source: Printed recital programme] |
| 1965 | Argentina | Claudio Arrau performance of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4 Op.58 & Choral Fantasy Op.80, with the National Symphony Orchestra [Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional] conducted by Teodoro Fuchs, and the Lagun Onak Choir, at the 'Teatro Colón' of Buenos Aires on Sunday 15th August at 11:00 am. The concert also featured Beethoven's The Consecration of the Hause Overture Op.124. This was the fourth event of a series of 10 subscription concerts forming part of the 'Amigos de la Música' 1965 Season. [Source: Printed concert programme] |
| 1965 | Peru | Performance in Lima by Claudio Arrau of one of Johannes Brahms's piano concertos, with the newly reconstituted National Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Luis Herrera de la Fuente on Wednesday 18th August in the evening. The programme also included works by Gioacchino Rossini and Edgard Valcárcel. [Source: El Informador, Guadalajara, Mexico, 20 Aug 1965] This entry needs completion. |
| 1965 | Colombia | Claudio Arrau's all-Beethoven sonata recital on Friday 2oth August in the 'Teatro Lido' of Medellín, as part of the Pro Música season. The programme consisted of the following works: > Sonata No.13 casi una fantasía Op.27 No.1 > Sonata No.14 casi una fantasía Op.27 No.2 Claro de luna > Sonata No.32 en do menor Op.111 > Sonata No.26 en Mi bemol mayor Op.81a Los adioses [This entry needs printed press corroboration] |
| 1965 | U.S.A. | Recital by Claudio Arrau at the Southern Vermont Art Centre auditorium on Sunday 29th August in the evening. The program consisted of the following works: > Haydn's Variations in F minor > Mozart's Sonata in D major K.576 > Schubert's Drei Klavierstücke > Beethoven's Sonata No.8 in C minor Op.13 Pathétique > Beethoven's Sonata No.32 in C minor Op.111 Proceeds of this recital to go into the 'Claudio Arrau-Southern Vermont Art Center Performing Fund for Young Musicians'. The six-member board of directors of this fund will include Claudio Arrau and his manager Ms. Friede F. Rothe. [Source: The Bennington Banner, Vermont, 17 and 30 Aug 1965] |
| 1965 | Scotland | Claudio Arrau's performance
of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No.1 Op.15, at the Usher
Hall on Saturday 4th September at 8:00 pm, with the New Philharmonia
Orchestra conducted by Carlo Maria Giulini, as part of the Edinburgh
International Festival. The programme also included Haydn's Symphony No.94 in G major Surprise & Schumann's Symphony No.3 Rhenish. [Source: Printed concert programme] |
| 1965 | Scotland | Performance by Claudio Arrau of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5 Op.73 Emperor, at the Usher
Hall on Monday 6th September at 8:00 pm, with the New Philharmonia
Orchestra under Sir John Barbirolli, as part of the Edinburgh
International Festival. The programme also featured Elgar's Introduction and Allegro for Strings & Nielsen's Symphony No.5. [Source: Printed festival schedule] [Source: Printed concert programme] |
| 1965 | Scotland | Claudio Arrau performance
of Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 1 in the Usher Hall on Wednesday
8th September at 8:00 pm, with the BBC Scottish Orchestra conducted
by Norman Del Mar, as part of the Edinburgh International
Festival. The programme also included Busoni's Comedy Overture & Tippett's Symphony No.1. [Source: Printed festival schedule] [Source: Printed concert programme] |
| 1965 | Scotland | Recital by Claudio Arrau at the Usher Hall on Friday 10th September at 8:00 pm was cancelled due to illness. The programme comprised the following works: > Haydn: Piano Sonata in C major Hob.XVI:50 > Schubert: Drei Klavierstücke D.946 > Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.23 Op.57 Appassionata > Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.32 Op.111 [Source: Printed festival schedule] [Source: Liverpool Echo, 10 Sept 1965] |
| 1965 | Germany | Pro Musica subscription concert by Claudio Arrau at the Concert Hall of Berlin's College of Music on Friday 8th October at 8:00 pm. The programme includes: > Beethoven: Sonate Op.31 Nr.3 > Beethoven: Sonate Op.53 Waldstein > Schubert: Sonate in B flat major Op.posth. > Mozart: Adagio [Source: Guide to the Concert Halls of Berlin (Fürer durch die Konzertsäle Berlins)] |
| 1965 | Germany | Article entitled Virtuoser Brahms, by A.S. Mayer, in Bonn's "General Anzeiger" newspaper of 22nd October, with an appraisal of Claudio Arrau's performance of Brahms's Piano Concerto No.2 in Duisburg, under Professor Georg Ludwig Jochum conducting the Duisburg Symphonic Orchestra [Duisburger Symphoniker], in a program also including symphonic works by Schubert and Rudi Stephans. |
| 1965 | U.S.A. | Claudio Arrau recording of two pieces by Schumann in November, to be released on an LP record shared with other pianists, as a contribution towards the United Nations refugee efforts. [Source: Le Monde, Paris, 4 Dec 1965] [Everest LP: UN M2 and UN S2] |
| 1965 | Canada | Performance by Claudio Arrau of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No.4 Op.58 with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra conducted by Seiji Ozawa at the Massey Hall, Toronto, in December. The programme also included Tchaikovsky's Symphony No.4. [Source: The Gazette, Montreal, Quebec, 11 Dec 1965] [This entry needs corroboration/completion] |
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1965 |
France |
Claudio Arrau is awarded the: . Chevalier de l'ordre des arts et des lettres . by the Ministry of Culture of the French Republic. |
1965
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Germany
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. The 1965 Deutscher Schallplattenpreis is awarded to the 1964 recordings by Claudio Arrau of Beethoven's Five Piano Concertos with the Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam under Bernard Haitink for the Philips label. |
| 1965 | France | Claudio Arrau performance
of Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 1 Op.15 , with L’Orchestre philharmonique
de Strasbourg conducted by Alceo Galliera. http://arrausite.free.fr/Index.html This entry needs completion. |
| 1965 | France | Standing
ovation in Paris after Claudio Arrau's interpretation of Schubert's great Sonata
in B flat. [This entry needs completion] |
| 1965 | France | Claudio Arrau performance
of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5 Emperor, with L’Orchestre national
de France conducted by Zubin Mehta. [This entry needs completion] |
| 1965 | Switzerland | Claudio Arrau performance of Liszt’s Piano Concerto No. 2, with the Zurich Townhall Symphony Orchestra [Tonhalle Orchester Zürich] conducted by Zubin Mehta. |
| 1965 | Canada | Claudio Arrau performance of an all-Beethoven programme
as part of the 13th season of the Stratford Festival, Ontario, announced for this summer. [This entry needs corroboration/completion] |
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| 1966 | U.S.A. | Performances by Maestro Claudio Arrau
of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No.5 Emperor, with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra conducted by John
Nelson in the Clowes Memorial Hall (Buttler University Arts Center) on Saturday 8th December at 8:30 pm and Sunday 9th December at 3:00 pm. The programme also included Shostakovich's First Symphony, David Diamond's The World of Paul Klee & Rossini's Overture to Il Signor Bruschino. [Source: Printed concert flyer] [Source: Buttler Arts & Events Center records] |
| 1966 | U.S.A. | Recital by Claudio Arrau on Wednesday 2nd February in the evening at the Fresno Memorial Auditorium sponsored by the Fresno Musical Club. |
| 1966 | U.S.A. | Claudio Arrau performance of Beethoven’s complete piano concerto cycle and Choral Fantasia, in a 3-evening all-Beethoven Festival, with The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and The Cincinnati University College-Conservatory Chorus, conducted by Max Rudolf : Tuesday
1st March at 8:30 pm Wednesday
16th March at 8:30 pm |
| 1966 | Germany | Concert performances by Claudio Arrau at the Philharmonie of Berlin, on Tuesday 22nd March, Wednesday 23rd March and Thursday 24th March, all at 8:00 pm, interpreting: > Busoni's Indian Fantasy for Piano and Orchestra, and > Liszt's Totentanz for Piano and Orchestra, with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Wolfgang Sawallisch. The programme also included Händel's Concerto Grosso No.12 and Schubert's Symphony No.6. [Source: Guide to the Concert Halls of Berlin (Fürer durch die Konzertsäle Berlins)] |
| 1966 | Germany | Claudio Arrau performance
of Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 1 Op.15, with the North German Radio Symphony
Orchestra [NDR Sinfonieorchester] conducted by Hans
Schmidt-Isserstedt at the Hamburg Musikhalle on Sunday 3rd and Monday 4th of April. [CD: NDR 20012 /EMI 7243 5 62848 2 1, Germany, 2004] |
| 1966 | Denmark | Performance by Claudio Arrau of Brahms's Piano Concerto No.1 Op.15 with the Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra [DR Symfoniorkestret] conducted by János Ferencsik in the Danish Radio Concert Hall, Copenhagen, on Thursday 28th of April. |
| 1966 | U.S.A. | Claudio Arrau performance of Liszt's Piano Concerto No.2 and Totentanz for Piano and Orchestra, on Sunday 8th May at 2:30 pm, with the Philadelphia Orchestra under guest conductor Thor Johnson, as part of the University Choral Union's May Festival, presented (where?) by the University Musical Society of Michigan. The
programme commenced with Bernstein's Chichester Psalms, and Delius's
Requiem. |
| 1966 | Mexico | Claudio Arrau performnaces
in the Teatro Principal at the Puebla International Festival (4-t0-14 May) on Tuesday 10th and Thursday 12th of May. [Source: El Informador, Guadalajara, March 31 & May 4, 1966] [This entry needs completion] |
| 1966 | Mexico | First recital
by Claudio Arrau at the 'Festival de Puebla' (4-t0-14 May) on Wednesday 11th of May, at the 'Auditorio
de la Reforma', Puebla. [Source: El Informador, Guadalajara, March 31 & May 4, 1966] [Source: Electronic copy of printed Festival schedule] [This entry needs completion] |
| 1966 | Mexico | Interview of Claudio Arrau by journalist Sergio Dorantes Guzmán at the Hotel Lastra in the City of Puebla on Friday 13th May. |
| 1966 | Mexico | Second recital
by Claudio Arrau at the 'Festival de Puebla' on Friday 13th of May at 9:00 pm, at
the 'Auditorio de la Reforma', Puebla, with an all-Beethoven programme
consisting of: > Sonata No.30 en mi mayor, Op.109 (1820) > Sonata No.32 en do menor, Op.111 (1821-22) Intermedio > Sonata No.31 en la bemol mayor, Op.110 (1821-22) > Sonata No.23 en fa menor, Op.57 Appassionata (1804-05) [Source: Electronic copy of printed Festival programme] [Source: Electronic copy of printed Festival schedule] |
| 1966 | Spain | Claudio Arrau's recital on Monday 23rd May at the 'Palau de la Música Catalana' in Barcelona. [This entry needs completion] |
| 1966 | Spain | Recital by Claudio Arrau at the 'Palau de la Música Catalana', Barcelona, on Tuesday 24th May. [This entry needs completion] |
| 1966 | Spain | Claudio Arrau recital performance in Barcelona's 'Palau de la Música Catalana' on Thursday 26th May. [This entry needs completion] |
| 1966 | U.S.A. | On Wednesday 1st June 1966, special repeat broadcast on PBS TV Station Thirteen of a visit by journalist David Aram to the home of Claudio Arrau, filmed and first broadcast some time earlier, where the pianist discusses his Beethoven repertoire and is seen instructing his students on the first movement of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No.4. In a program that goes for 90 minutes, Mr. Arrau also plays Beethoven's Appassionata Sonata Op.57. [Source: The Bridgeport Post & Naugatuck Daily News, Connecticut, 1 June 1966] |
| 1966 | England | Claudio Arrau performance of Beethoven’s complete piano concerto cycle and Fantasia, in a 3-evening program, with The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and The Liverpool Philharmonic Choir conducted by Charles Groves: Sunday
5th June at 7:30 pm Thursday
16th June at 7:30 pm |
| 1966 | England | All-Beethoven recital by Claudio Arrau at the Royal Festival Hall of London on Wednesday 8th June at 8:00 pm. The programme comprised: > Sonata in E major > Sonata in C minor > Sonata in A flat major > Sonata in F minor Appassionata [Source: The Tatler, London, 4 June 1966] [Source: Printed recital/concert flyer] This entry needs completion. |
| 1966 | England | Claudio Arrau performance
of Beethoven's Piano Concertos No.4 and No.5 Emperor at the Royal Festival Hall,
on Monday 13th June at 8:00 pm, with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic
Orchestra conducted by Charles Groves. The programme also included Beethoven's Overture Eleonore No.2. [Source: Printed recital/concert flyer] [Source: Printed concert programme] [Source: Printed local newspaper clips] |
| 1966 | Denmark | Claudio Arrau recital in Copenhagen on Wednesday 21st September, with a programme of Beethoven sonatas. [This entry needs completion] |
| 1966 | Germany | Special Pro Musica recital by Claudio Arrau at the Philharmonie of Berlin on Monday 17th October at 8:00 pm. The programme comprised the following compositions: > Beethoven: Sonate C-dur Op.2 Nr.3 > Schumann: Fantasie C-dur Op.17 > Debussy: Pour le piano > Chopin: Polonaise-Fantasie > Chopin: Nocturne H-dur > Chopin: Scherzo E-dur [Source: Guide to the Concert Halls of Berlin (Fürer durch die Konzertsäle Berlins)] |
| 1966 | Germany | Claudio Arrau's performances
of Strauss's Burleske for Piano and Orchestra and
Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 1, with the Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra
[Nürnberger Symphoniker] under Erich Kloss on 24th October at 8:00 pm in the Großer Saal of the Meistersingerhalle. The programme started with Meldelssohn-Bartholdy's Symphonie Nr.4 A-Dur, Italienische. Note: Event fulfilling the suspended symphonic concert originally scheduled for 26 March 1966. [Source: Electronic copy of autographed printed concert programme] |
| 1966 | U.S.A. | An all-German recital by Claudio Arrau at the New Haven's Woolsey Hall, Connecticut, on Tuesday 22nd November in the evening. The program featured Beethoven's early Sonata in C major Op.2 No.3, Beethoven's last Sonata in C minor op.111, Schumann's Carnaval, and other works. [Source: The Bridgeport Post, Connecticut, 23 Nov 1966] This entry needs completion. |
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1966 |
U.S.A. |
Claudio Arrau
celebrates the 25th anniversary of his annual U.S.A. tours, with five
concerts at the New York Philharmonic Hall. [This entry needs completion] |
| 1966 | Scotland | Claudio Arrau performance
of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 1, with The Royal Scottish National
Orchestra conducted by Alexander Gibson. [This entry needs completion] |
1966 |
Japan |
Claudio Arrau's second
concert tour of Japan. [This entry needs completion] |
| 1966 | U.S.A. | Claudio Arrau performance
of Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 2, with the Florida Symphony Orchestra
conducted by John Canarina. [This entry needs completion] |
| 1966-7 |
U.S.A. | Concerto
performance by Claudio Arrau in Spartanburg City, with the St Louis Symphony Orchestra,
as part of the Concert Series under the auspices of the Spartanburg Civic
Music Association, South Carolina. [This entry needs completion] |
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1967 |
Canada |
Claudio Arrau performs Brahms's Piano Concerto No.2 Op.83 with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra and Otto Werner-Mueller as guest conductor on Sunday 15th January at 2:30 pm and Monday 16th January at 8:30 pm, in the Queen Elizabeth Theatre of Vancouver. The first part of the programme consisted of Mozart's La Clemenza di Tito overture, Stravinsky's Pulcinella Suite, and R.Strauss's Death and Transfiguration tone poem. [Source: The Vancouver Sun, Canada, 6 and 16 Jan 1967] [Source: Times Colonist, Victoria, Canada, 14 Jan 1967] [Source: The Province, Vancouver, Canada, 16 Jan 1967] |
1967 |
U.S.A. |
Claudio Arrau performance
of Brahms Piano Concerto No.1 in D minor Op.15, with the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
under the baton of guest conductor Hans Swarowsky on Thursday 26th and Friday 27th January in the evenings. The programme also included Berg's Three Symphonic Excerpts from 'Lulu' and Kodaly's Dances from Galanta. [Source: Independent, California, 28 Jan 1967] [CDs: Eyewitness Records - two separate CDs, for the 26th and the 27th January performances] |
1967 |
U.S.A. |
Claudio Arrau at the Carnegie
Hall's Diamond Jubilee 75th Season |
| 1967 |
U.S.A. |
Claudio Arrau at the Carnegie
Hall's Diamond Jubilee 75th Season |
| 1967 |
U.S.A. |
Claudio Arrau at the Carnegie
Hall's Diamond Jubilee 75th Season |
| 1967 | Germany | Recital by Claudio Arrau in the Beethovenhalle of Bonn on Thursday 20th April at 8:00 pm. The programme comprised the following compositions: > Beethoven: 15 Variationen mit Fuge op.35 xxxx(Eroica-Variationen) > Mozart: Phantasie für Klavier c-Moll KV.475 und > Mozart: Sonate c-Moll KV.457 Pause > Debussy: Images (I. Buch) > Chopin: Polonaise-Fantasie op.61 > Chopin: Nocturne H-Dur op.62 Nr.1 > Chopin: Scherzo Nr.4 E-Dur op.54 [Source: Printed recital programme] |
| 1967 | Germany | Claudio Arrau performances
of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5 Emperor, with the Radio-Symphonie-Orchester
Berlin conducted by Antonio Janigro at the Radio House's Grand Broadcasting Hall [Grosser Sendesaal, Haus des Rundfunks] in Masurenallee on Sunday 23rd, Monday 24th, and Tuesday 25th April at 8:00 pm.. |
| 1967 | England | Performance by Claudio Arrau
of Schumann’s Piano Concerto, with the New Philharmonia Orchestra
and Sir Adrian Boult conducting, at the Royal Festival
Hall on Thursday 13th April at 8:00 pm. The programme also included Beethoven's Overture Leonore No.3 and Schubert's Symphony No.9 The Great. [Source: Printed concert programme] |
| 1967 | Czechoslovakia | Claudio Arrau performance
of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No.3, with the Prague Symphony Orchestra conducted by Zdenek Kosler on the 20th of May
at the Smetana Hall of the Prague Municipal House. [Panton CD 81 1372-2011, Czech Republic, 1994] This entry needs completion. |
| 1967 | England | Claudio Arrau performance
on Tuesday 23rd May at the Brent Town Hall, Wembley, Middlesex,
as part of the 106th Celebrity Concert. [This entry needs completion] |
| 1967 | England | Piano
recital by Claudio Arrau on Tuesday 23rd May at 8:00 pm at the Wembley Town Hall,
Middlesex, presented by the Mill Hill Toc H Music Club, with a programme
including: > Beethoven: Sonata No.17 in D minor Op.31 No.2 The Tempest > Schumann: Fantasy in C major Op.17 > Debussy: Estampes > Liszt: Concert Etude No.2 > Liszt: Jeux d'eaux à la Villa d'Este > Liszt: Mephisto Waltz |
| 1967 | England | Claudio Arrau performance
of Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 1 Op.15, with the London Symphony Orchestra
and Seiji Ozawa conducting, on Thursday 25th May at 8:00
pm, as part of the LSO International Series 1966-67 schedule. The programme also included Mozart's Symphony No.32 in G K.318 & Prokofieff's Symphony No.5 in B flat Op.100. [Source: Autographed printed concert programme] |
| 1967 | England | Claudio Arrau performance
of Chopin’s Piano Concerto No.1, with the London Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Seiji Ozawa, at the Royal Festival Hall
of London on Sunday 28th May at 7:30 pm, as part of the LSO 53rd
Annual International Series 1966-67. The programme also included Berlioz's Le Carnaval Romain Op.9, J. Carrillo's Horizontes (first British performance), and Respighi's The Pines of Rome. [Source: Printed concert programme] [Source: Printed newspaper review clip] |
| 1967 | France | Recital by Claudio Arrau at the 29th Strasbourg International Festival on Saturday 3rd June was cancelled due to illness. [Source: Le Monde, 5 April & 5 June, 1967] [This entry needs corroboration] |
| 1967 | Puerto Rico | Claudio Arrau performances
in San Juan at the 'Festival Casals', featuring a 9-session schedule
with the participation of renown soloists and conductors, as well as the Casals Festival Orchestra, at the 'Teatro de la Universidad de Puerto Rico'. Fifth
Session: Wednesday 7th June - |
| 1967 | Colombia | Claudio Arrau's recital at the Concert Hall of the Luis Ángel Arango Library (the cultural branch of the Banco de la República), Bogotá, on Thursday 6th July at 6:45 pm, with a programme comprising the following compositions: I. > Beethoven: Sonata en Do mayor Op.2 No.3 > Beethoven: Variaciones y fuga Op.35 Eroica Intermedio II. > Debussy: Imágenes - >>> Reflets dans l'eau. >>> Hommage à Rameau. >>> Mouvement (Moto perpetuo) III. > Chopin: Balada No.3 en La bemol mayor Op.47 > Chopin: Balada No.4 en Fa menor Op.52 > Chopin: Scherzo No.1 en Si menor Op.20 [Source: Electronic copy of printed recital programme] |
| 1967 | Argentina | Claudio Arrau recital at the 'Teatro Colón' of Buenos Aires on Saturday 15th July at 5:30 pm. The programme included the following works: I > Beethoven: Sonata No.3 en do mayor Op.2 No.3 > Beethoven: Quince variaciones y fuga Op.35 II > Debussy: Images (1er cuaderno) - >>> Reflets dans l'eau. Hommage à Rameau. Mouvement. > Chopin: Balada No.3 en La bemol mayor Op.47 > Chopin: Balada No.4 en Fa menor Op.52 > Chopin: Scherzo No.1 en Si menor Op.20 [Source: Printed recital programme] |
| 1967 | Argentina | Claudio Arrau performance of Chopin's Piano Concertos No. 2 Op.21 and No. 1 Op.11 at the 'Teatro Colón' of Buenos Aires, on Sunday 16th July at 9:45 pm, in an extraordinary event organized by the Teatro Colón and the Friends of Music Association, with Julio Malaval conducting the Friends of Music Association Orchestra [Orquesta de la Asociación Amigos de la Música]. The programme also included Mozart's Don Juan Overture K.527 and Mendelssohn's Fingal's Cave Overture Op.26. [Source: Printed concert programme] |
| 1967 | Chile | After
a euphoric welcome to the country by high Chilean dignataries, gala
recital given by Claudio Arrau at the Teatro Municipal of Santiago on Saturday 22nd July
at 7:00 pm, in aid of the Claudio Arrau Foundation for the Young Musician
(Santiago - New York). The event was sponsored by the National Secretariat for Culture of the President of the Republic's Office, and the Santiago Metropolitan City Council. The programme featured the following compositions: > Beethoven: Sonata No.3 en Do mayor Op.2 No.3 > Beethoven: Sonata No.32 en Do menor Op.111 Interval - > Debussy: Imágines Libro I > Reflets dans l'eau. Homage a Rameau. Mouvement. > Chopin: Scherzo No.1 en Si menor Op.20 > Chopin: Barcarola en Fa Op.60* > Chopin: Allegro de Concierto en La mayor Op.46* [Source: Electronic copy of printed recital programme from 'Centro de Documentación de las Artes Escénicas', Teatro Municipal, Santiago. Catálogo - Programas] *Note that an electronic copy of an autographed printed programme shows that the three works by Chopin announced were Ballades Nos. 3 & 4, and Scherzo No.1. |
| 1967 |
Chile |
Recital
performance by Claudio Arrau at the Teatro Caupolicán of Santiago on Sunday 24th
July at 7:00 pm, in aid of the Claudio Arrau Foundation for the Young Musician (Santiago - New York). |
| 1967 | Germany | German
Fonoforum magazine of August includes
an article by Ingo Harden entitled 'Bekenntnis im Studio, Claudio Arrau
beendete seinen Beethoven-Zyklus' [Studio commitment: Claudio Arrau completed
his Beethoven cycle], containing an interview on, and survey of Arrau's,
32 Bethoven Sonatas on Philips LPs. Pages 452, 453, 454 and 456. Two photographs. |
| 1967 | U.S.A. | Concerto performance by Claudio Arrau in Chicago's Civic Opera House, with the visiting Israel Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of William Steinberg on Monday 7th August at 8:15 pm. The concert, under the patronage of Israeli diplomatic authorities, was conceived as a 'Salute from Israel' to the Combined Jewish Appeal Israel Emergency Fund and the people of Chicago. William Steinberg, at the time conductor of the Pittsburgh Symphony, was a moving factor in organizing the Israeli group in 1935, when it was known as the Palestine Symphony. [Source: The Sentinel, Chicago, 27 July, 3 Aug 1967] This entry needs completion. |
| 1967 | England | Claudio Arrau performance
of Brahms’s Piano Concerto No.1 in D minor Op.15, with the BBC Symphony
Orchestra conducted by Colin Davis at the Royal Albert Hall of London on Tuesday 22nd August at 7:30 pm, as part of the 73rd Season of the Henry Wood Promenade Concerts. The programme also included Mozart's Overture The Magic Flute, Beethoven's Symphony No.4 and, conducted by Frederik Prausnitz, Gerhard's Symphony No.3 'Collages'. [Source: Printed concert programme] [N.B.: The complete prospectus for The Henry Wood Promenade Concerts had listed Sir Malcolm Sargent as conductor of the Brahms's Piano Concerto No.1] |
| 1967 | Scottland | Recital
by Claudio Arrau at the Usher Hall on Friday 25th August at 8:00 pm, as part of
the Edinburgh International Festival, with a programme consisting of:
> Beethoven: Eroica Variations Op.35 > Mozart: Fantasy and Sonata in C minor, K 475 and 457 Interval - > Debussy: Estampes (complete) > Chopin: Scherzo in B minor Op.20 > Chopin: Nocturne in C sharp minor Op.27 No.1 > Chopin: Allegro de concert Op.46 [Source: Printed recital programme] [Source: Electronic copy of autographed first page of printed recital programme] |
| 1967 | Australia | The
general manager of the Australian Broadcasting Commission (ABC), Mr. T.S.
Duckmanton, announced on 13th September that Claudio Arrau will
be making his fourth visit next year, amongst 20 great artists who will
tour Australia for the ABC 1968 season. [Source: The Age, Melbourne, 14 Sept 1967] |
| 1967 | Germany | Special Pro Musica recital by Claudio Arrau at the Philharmonie on Monday 30th October at 8:00 pm. |
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1967 |
U.S.A. |
Maestro Arrau establishes - The Claudio Arrau Foundation in New York, for the encouragement of young musicians. |
| 1967 | Denmark | Claudio Arrau performances
of Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 2 and Liszt’s Piano Concerto
No. 1, with the Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Militiadis Caridis. [This entry needs completion] |
| 1967 | France | Recital by Claudio Arrau at the 10th anniversary of the Festival de l'Ombrie (23 June - 16 July). [Source: Le Monde, 8 May 1967] [This entry needs corroboration/completion] |
| 1967 | Italy | Claudio Arrau's recital at the 1967 Spoleto Festival (30th June-16th July) in Perugia. [Source: News-Journal, Mansfield, Ohio, 6 Aug 1967] This entry needs completion. |
| 1967 | Switzerland | Performance by Claudio Arrau
of Chopin’s Piano Concerto No.2, with the Zurich Townhall Symphony
Orchestra [Tonhalle Orchester Zürich] conducted by Stanislaw
Skrowaczewski. [This entry needs corroboration/completion] |
| 1967 | U.S.A. | Claudio Arrau's performances
of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No.5 Emperor, Schumann’s Piano Concerto
Op 54, and Weber’s Konzertstück Op 79, with the Cincinnati
Symphony Orchestra conducted by Max Rudolf. [This entry needs corroboration/completion] |
| 1967 | U.S.A. | Performance by Claudio Arrau
of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No.5 Emperor, with the Rochester Philharmonic
Orchestra conducted by Laszlo Somogyi. [This entry needs corroboration/completion] |
| 1967 | U.S.A. | Claudio Arrau's performance
of Chopin’s Piano Concerto No.1, with Charles Mackerras conducting the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. [This entry needs corroboration/completion] |
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1968 |
World |
Claudio Arrau's world
tour, including Australia, New Zealand, the Soviet Union, Israel, all
Europe, Japan, South America, Mexico, Canada, and the U.S. |
1968 |
U.S.A. |
Claudio Arrau's performances with the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, Wisconsin, on Saturday 13th and Sunday 14th January [This entry needs corroboration/completion] . |
1968 |
Canada |
Claudio Arrau's performances of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No.5 in E flat major Emperor, with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra conducted by Roberto Benzi on Tuesday 16th and Wednesday 17th January at 8:30 pm in the Salle Wilfrid Pelletier at the Place des Arts of Montreal. The programe commenced with A. Brott's Paraphrase in Polyphony on a motive by Beethoven and Honegger's Symphony No.3 Liturgique. [Source: The Gazette, Montreal, 10 and 17 Jan 1968]. |
1968 |
U.S.A. |
Performance by Claudio Arrau with the Greater Miami Philharmonic Orchestra at the Miami Beach Auditorium on Saturday 13th February. [Source: The Gazette, Montreal, Canada, 20 Jan 1968] This entry needs corroboration/completion. |
| 1968 | Mexico | Claudio Arrau's performance of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No.5 Emperor and Liszt's Piano Concerto No.2, at the 'Teatro Degollado' of Guadalajara on Friday 23rd February at 9:00 pm, with the Orquesta Sinfónica de Guadalajara conducted by Kenneth Klein. This performance marks the 35th anniversary of Claudio Arrau's debut in Mexico. The programme also includes Mendelssohn's Hebrides Overture (Fingal's Cave), and Carlos Chávez's Symphony No.2 Sinfonía India. The event is part of the 'Festival Internacional de las Artes' and the XIX Olimpic Games Cultural Programme, sponsored by the Jalisco State Government and Conciertos Guadalajara A.C. [Source: El Informador, Guadalajara, 9, 13, 14, 21 & 25 Feb, 1968] This entry needs completion. |
| 1968 |
Mexico |
Recital
by Claudio Arrau at the 'Teatro de Bellas Artes' of Mexico City on Tuesday 27th February at 9:00 pm, marking Maestro Arrau's 35th anniversary of his debut in Mexico, and as
part of the 'Festival Internacional de las Artes' attached to the Cultural
Programme of the XIX Olympic Games. The programme comprised the following works: I > Beethoven: 15 Variations and Fugue Op.35 Eroïca II > Schumann: Fantasy in C minor Intermission III > Debussy: Images Book I - >>> Reflets dans l'eau. Hommage à Rameau. Mouvement. IV > Chopin: Ballade No.3 Op.47 > Chopin: Ballade No.4 Op.52 > Chopin: Scherzo No.1 Op.20 [Source: Printed trilingual recital programme] [Source: Electronic copy of printed recital programme] |
| 1968 |
Mexico |
Claudio Arrau's recital at the 'Teatro de Bellas Artes' of Mexico City on Thursday 29th February,
marking Maestro Arrau's 35th anniversary of his debut in Mexico, and as
part of the 'Festival Internacional de las Artes' attached to the Cultural
Programme of the XIX Olympic Games. The programme comprised the following works: > Schubert: Fantasy in C major Op.15 > Mozart: Fantasy K.475 and Sonata in C major K.457 > Debussy: Pour le piano > Chopin: Fantasy in F minor Op.49 > Chopin: Nocturne in B major Op.62 No.2 > Chopin: Scherzo No.4 in E major Op.54 [Source: Electronic copy of printed recital programme] |
| 1968 | Mexico | Claudio Arrau peformances
of Brahms's Piano Concerto No.1 with Mexico's National Symphony Orchestra
[Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional] under Luis Herrera de la
Fuente, at the 'Palacio de Bellas Artes' of Mexico City on Friday 1st
March at 8:30 pm and Sunday 3rd March at 11:45 am, as part of the
'Festival Internacional de las Artes 1968'. The programme also included: R. Halffter's Don Lindo de Almería, and Stravinsky's Le sacre du printemps. [Source: Printed festival schedule] |
1968 |
Canada |
Performance by Claudio Arrau of Chopin's Piano Concerto No.1 in E minor Op.11 with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra in the Symphony Hall (CBC-AM) on Sunday 10th March under the direction of Seiji Ozawa. [Source: The Province, Vancouver, 16 March 1968] [This entry needs completion] |
| 1968 |
Germany |
An
all-Chopin recital by Claudio Arrau on 27th March, as part of the Kassel Meisterzyklus. [This entry needs completion] |
1968 |
Germany |
Performance by Claudio Arrau of Brahms's Piano Concerto No.1 Op.15, with the West German Radio Symphony Orchestra [WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln] conducted by Ferdinand Leitner at the Grosser Sendessaal in Cologne on 5th April. [CDR: Antec Music AM3584/85, Country?, 2009] [CDR: En Larmes ELS 05-634, USA, 2005] |
| 1968 | Germany | Claudio Arrau subscription performances
on Thursday 18th April, repeated on Friday 19th April, of Chopin’s
Piano Concerto No. 2 and Liszt’s Totentanz for
piano and orchestra, with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra [Berliner
Philharmonisches Orchester] conducted by Theodor Bloomfield at the Philharmonie. Salzburg's Der Tagesspiegel of 20th April includes an enthusiastic appraisal by Walther Kaempfer entitled Dämonische Faszination - Arrau mit den Philharmonikern [Demonic fascination - Arrau with the Philharmonic]. Berlin's Der Welt of 20th April contains an article by M.R. entitled Alle Himmel der Virtuosität [Heavens of virtuosity]. And Berlin's Der Telegraf of 20th April includes an appraisal by K.W. entitled Triumph Arraus. |
| 1968 | Germany | Performance
by Claudio Arrau of Weber's Konzertstück für Klavier und Orchester
Op.79 and Schumann’s Klavierkonzert
Op 54, with Gerd Albrecht conducting
the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra [Berliner Philharmonisches Orchester]
at the Philharmonie on Monday 22nd and Tuesday 23rd April at 8:00 pm. |
| 1968 | Germany | Claudio Arrau performance
of Schumann’s Piano Concerto Op 54, with Rafael Kubelík conducting the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
[Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks] at the Herkulessaal of Munich on Thursday 25th and Friday 26th April. [CDR: Three "O" Classics TH084, USA, 2001] |
| 1968 | England | Performance by Claudio Arrau of Brahms’s Piano Concertos No.2, with the BBC Symphony
Orchestra conducted by Colin Davis at The Brighton Dome on Saturday 11th May at 8:00 pm, as part of the Brighton Festival. The programme commenced with Mozart's Kyrie in D minor KV341 and Tippett's Symphony No.2. [Source: Autographed printed concert programme] |
| 1968 | England | Claudio Arrau performs
Liszt’s Piano Concertos No. 1 & No. 2 at London's Royal Albert Hall, with the London Philharmonic
Orchestra conducted by Bernard Haitink on Sunday 12th May at 3:15 pm. The programme also comprised Wagner's Die Meistersinger Overture and Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring. [Source: Autographed printed concert programme] [Source: The Annals] |
| 1968 |
URSS |
Claudio Arrau returns
to the Soviet Union to sold-out concerts in May, after a 38-year
absence. He was welcomed with the greatest aclaim, in an event
of major musical significance for Arrau and a revelation for music lovers,
particularly young musicians. Arrau gave two concerts in Leningrad, two in Moscow, and one in Kiev. Leningrad: > Beethoven's Piano Concertos Nos. 4 & 5, with the Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra. Moscow on 31 May: > Brahm's Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2, with the URSS Radio and Television Grand Symphony Orchestra. Kiev [?]: [This entry needs completion] |
1968 |
URSS |
Performance by Claudio Arrau of Brahms's Piano Concertos No. 1 Op.15 & No.2 Op.83 with the URSS Radio and Television Grand Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Gennady Rozhdestvensky at the Moscow Grand Hall on 31st May. [CDs: DOREMI DHR-7890/1, Country?, 2010, from Melodiya LPs]: |
1968 ? |
England |
Claudio Arrau's recital at the Royal Albert Hall, London, on Monday 10th June at 8:00 pm. The modified programme comprised the following compositions: > Beethoven: Sonata No.13 in E flat Op.27 No.1 > Beethoven: Sonata No.14 in C sharp minor, Op.27 No.2 xxMoonlight > Chopin: Ballade No.3 in A flat Op.47 > Chopin: Ballade No.4 in F minor Op.52 > Chopin: Scherzo No.1 in B minor Op.20 Interval > Liszt: Les jeux d'eau à la villa d'Este > Liszt: Gnomenreigen > Schumann: Carnaval Op.9 [Source: Electronic copy of printed recital programme] Year needs corroboration. |
1968 |
England |
Claudio Arrau performances as part of 'The Twenty-First Aldeburgh Festival 1968' in the Snape Maltings Concert Hall, Suffolk, with programmes as follows: Friday 14th June at 6:00 pm |
1968 |
Scotland |
Claudio Arrau's performance of Bethoven's Piano Concerto No.3, with the Scottish National Orchestra
conducted by Alexander Gibson on Tuesday 18th June. The programme also included Beethoven's Leonore Overture & Dvorak's Symphony No.7. Event directly relayed from Scotland by 'Radio Nacional de España - Segundo Programa' at 7:30 pm local time. [Source: A.B.C., Madrid, 18 June 1966] |
1968 |
England |
Performance
by Claudio Arrau of Brahms's Piano Concerto No.1, with the London Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Gennadi
Rozhdestvensky,
at the Royal Festival Hall on Thursday 20th June, as part of the LSO
54th International Series 1967-68. The programme commenced with Prokofiev's Lieutenant Kije Suite and concluded with Tchaikovsky's Francesca da Rimini. Event relayed by 'Radio Nacional de España - Segundo Programa' from BBC Radio at 8:00 pm local time. [Source: Concert programme] [Source: A.B.C., Madrid, 20 June 1968, p.117] |
| 1968 |
England |
Claudio Arrau performance
of Brahms's Piano Concerto No.2 in B flat, with the London Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Gennadi
Rozhdestvensky,
at the Royal Festival Hall on Tuesday 25th June, as part of the
LSO
54th International Series 1967-68. The programme concluded with Prokofiev's Cantata Alexander Nevsky, with Mezzo-Soprano Jean Allister and the LSO Chorus. [Source: Printed concert programme] |
1968 |
Italy |
Claudio Arrau recital performance at the 11th Festival dei Due Mondi (Festival of Two Worlds) of Spoleto (27 June - 14 July). [Source: Le Monde, 5 July 1968] This entry needs completion]. |
| 1968 | Asutralia | Claudio Arrau arrives at Sydney's Mascot Airport on Saturday 27th July, accompanied by his wife Ruth Arrau, for a concert tour of Canberra, Sydney and Melbourne, sponsored by the Australian Broadcasting Commission (ABC). |
| 1968 | Asutralia | Opening
of Claudio Arrau's fourth visit to Australia, with
a recital at the Canberra Theatre on Tuesday 30th July including
works by Beethoven (Monlight Sonata), Mozart (Fantasy in C minor K.475
and Sonata in C minor K.457), Debussy (Estampes), and Chopin (three works). [Source: The Canberra Times, 25 July 1968] This entry needs completion. |
| 1968 | Asutralia | Second
recital by Claudio Arrau at the Canberra Theatre on Thursday 1st August with a
programme including works by Beethoven (Rondo in G major Op.51 No.2
and Sonata in E major Op.109), Schumann (Fantasy in C major Op.17),
and Chopin (24 Préludes). |
| 1968 | Australia | Insightful
article
written by Neville Cardus in Melbourne's 'The Age' of
13th August, entitled 'The Modest Master:
Claudio Arrau at 65', examines Claudio Arrau's distinguishing
musical qualities, conceptions, techniques, and interpretation approaches.
[Note: Article reproduced in ArrauHouse's Documents subsection under Miscellanea] |
| 1968 | Australia | Claudio Arrau performance
of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No.1 and Brahms's Piano Concerto No.1,
with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra conducted by John Hopkins,
at a sold-out Sydney Town Hall on Suturday 17th August. |
| 1968 | Australia | Claudio Arrau performance
at the Sydney Town Hall, as part of the A.B.C.'s Subscription Concerts,
on Thursday 22st August, with a programme which included Brahms's
Piano Concerto No.2 Op.83. |
| 1968 | Asutralia | Performance
by Claudio Arrau of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No.5 Emperor, with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Ferdinand Leitner at the Sydney Town Hall
on Suturday 24th August. |
| 1968 | Australia | Special
recital by Claudio Arrau in the Melbourne Town Hall on Thursday 29th August with a programme including
works by Beethoven, Schumann and Chopin. [Source: The Age, Melbourne, 15 Aug 1968] [Source: University of Melbourne. Louise Hanson-Dyer Library/Collections/Concert and Theatre Programs] This entry needs completion. |
| 1968 |
Australia |
Recitals
by Claudio Arrau at the Sydney Town Hall: |
| 1968 | Italy | Recital
by Claudio Arrau on Wednesday 4th December, organised by L'Unione Musicale di Turino,
presenting a programme with the following works: > Beethoven: 15 Variazioni in mi bemolle maggiore con una fuga Op.35 > Mozart: Fantasia in do minore K.475 > Mozart: Sonata in do minore K.457 > Debussy: Estampes > Chopin: Ballata in la bemolle maggiore Op.47 > Chopin: Ballata in fa minore Op.52 > Chopin: Scherzo in si minore Op.20 [Source: Centro Studi Piemontesi. Fondo 'Carlo Felice Bona'. Torino. Rosy Moffa & Giorgio Pugliaro. Entry 471] |
| 1968 | Germany | Pro Musica recital by Claudio Arrau at the Philharmonie of Berlin on Tuesday 10th December at 8:00 pm, with a programme including: > Beethoven: Sonate As-dur Op.110 > Chopin: 24 Préludes Op.28 > Liszt: [unspecified] > Debussy: [unspecified] [Source: Guide to the Concert Halls of Berlin (Fürer durch die Konzertsäle Berlins)] |
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1968 |
Chile |
Publication in Santiago of the book 'Recuerdos y Pájaros' by Editorial del Pacífico, being a compilation of articles by writer Enrique Bunster on selected historical Chilean characters, events, and circumstances, published in the 1960's by 'El Mercurio' newspaper of Santiago. Chapter IV [pages 335 to 355] of the book contains biographical, artistic and anecdotal accounts on the pianist's extraordinary life, under the title 'Al piano, Claudio Arrau'. |
| 1968 | Australia | Maestro
Claudio Arrau is scheduled to perform Beethoven's Piano Concerto No.4 and Brahms's
Piano Concerto No.1 with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra as part of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation
(ABC) 1968 Orchestral Concerts. [Source: The Age, Melbourne, 7 March 1968] This entry needs completion. |
| 1968 | France | Claudio Arrau performance
of Brahms’s Piano Concerto No.2 Op.83, with Wolfgang Sawallisch conducting L’Orchestre national de France. [This entry needs completion] |
| 1968 | England | Claudio Arrau performances of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No.4 with Bernard Haitink conducting the London Philharmonic Orchestra. [This entry needs corroboration/completion] |
| 1968 | U.S.A. | Claudio Arrau performance
of Brahms’s Piano Concerto No.2 Op.83, with Josef Krips conducting the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra. [This entry needs completion] |
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| 1969 | U.S.A. | Claudio Arrau performances
of Liszt's Piano Concerto No.1 and Weber's Konzertstuck for piano and
orchestra Op.79, as guest soloist with the Washington National Symphony
Orchestra, under guest conductor Peter Herman Adler, in four Washington
appearances: |
1969 |
U.S.A. |
Recital by Claudio Arrau at the Los Angeles Music Center's Dorothy Chandler Pavilion on Sunday 16th February at 2:30 pm, as the fourth event of the Columbia Celebrity Series. The program comprised the following compositions: I > Beethoven's Sonata No.31 in A flat major Op.110 > Chopin's 24 Préludes Op.28 II > Debussy's Pour le piano > Liszt's Ballade No.2 in B minor Hero and Leander > Liszt's Transcendental Études Nos. 10 and 11. [Source: B'nai B'rith Messenger, California, 14 Feb 1969] [Appraisal in the Independent, California, 18 Feb 1969] |
| 1969 | Mexico | Recitals by Claudio Arrau at the 'Teatro de Bellas Artes' of Mexico City on 24th and 27th of February at 9:00 pm, with the following pogrammes: Monday
24th: |
| 1969 | Austria | Performance by Claudio Arrau of Brahms’s Piano Concerto No.1 Op.15, with Josef Krips conducting the Vienna Symphony Orchestra [Wiener Symphoniker] on Saturday 29th and Sunday 30th March, sponsored by the Society of Music Lovers in Vienna [Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Wien]. The programme also included Beethoven's Symphony No.3 Op.55. [Source: Printed concert programme] |
| 1969 | Austria | Claudio Arrau's performance of Brahms’s Piano Concerto No.1 Op.15, with Walter Weller conducting the Vienna Symphony Orchestra [Wiener Symphoniker] on Monday 31st March, sponsored by the Education Department of the Austrian Trade Union Federation [Österreichischer Gewerkschaftsbund, Bildungsreferat]. The programme also comprised Beethoven's Symphony No.3 Op.55. [Source: Signed printed concert programme] |
| 1969 | Australia | 'Concerto',
the new ABC-TV series of great music and world famous pianists and violinists,
broadcasts on Wednesday 2nd April a 1968 live recording
of Beethoven Piano Concerto No.1 with soloist Claudio Arrau and the Sydney
Symphony Orchestra conducted by John Hopkins at the Sydney Town Hall. [Please see 1968 entry on 17th August] [Source: The Canberra Times, 31 March 1969] |
| 1969 | Germany | Performance by Claudio Arrau
of Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 2 Op.83, with the Südwestfunk Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden conducted
by Ernest Bour on Wednesday 2nd April at the Hans-Rosbaud-Studio. CD: SWR19084CD, Germany, 2019. |
| 1969 |
Germany |
Recital by Claudio Arrau on Monday 14th April at the Kassel Stadthalle, as part of the 1968-69 Kassel Concert Season in Hesse. The program consisted of the following works: |
1969 |
Germany |
Claudio Arrau performances
of Richard Strauss’s Burlesque for Piano and Orchestra and Frans Liszt's Piano Concerto No.2, with the Radio-Symphonie-Orchester
Berlin, conducted by Karel Ancerl at the Radio House's Grand Broadcasting Hall [Grosser Sendesaal, Haus des Rundfunks], Masurenallee 8-14, on Sunday 27th April at 11:00 am, Monday 28th April at 8:00 pm, and Tuesday 29th April at 8:00 pm. Performances were recorded. This subscription programme also included Dvorák's Othello Overture and Brahms's Symphony No.2. [Source: Guide to the Concert Halls of Berlin (Fürer durch die Konzertsäle Berlins)] et al. |
| 1969 |
England |
Claudio Arrau performance
of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 3, at the Royal Festival Hall, with the London
Philharmonic Orchestra under Bernard Haitink, on Sunday
4th May at 7:30 pm. The programmme also included Schubert's Overture in the Italian Style and Tchaikovsky's Symphony No.4 in F minor. The event was broadcast live by the BBC and directly relayed by 'Radio Nacional de España - Segundo Programa'. [Source: Music on the South Bank printed schedule] [Source: Autographed printed concert programme] [Source: A.B.C., Madrid, 2 May 1969] |
| 1969 |
England |
Claudio Arrau performance
of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 4, at the Royal Festival Hall, with the London
Philharmonic Orchestra under Bernard Haitink, on Thursday
8th May at 8:00 pm. |
| 1969 |
England |
Claudio Arrau performance
of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 5 Emperor, at the Royal Festival Hall, with the London
Philharmonic Orchestra under Bernard Haitink, on Sunday
11th May at 7:30 pm. The programmme also included Shostakovich's Symphony No.4 in C minor. Live broadcast by the BBC. [Source: Music on the South Bank printed schedule] [Source: Printed concert programme] |
1969 |
England |
Performance by Claudio Arrau of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor at the Newcastle City Hall, with the Northern Sinfonia Orchestra conducted by Rudolf Schwarz, on Saturday 17th May at 7:45 pm. The programmme also comprised Avison's Concerto grosso No.13 in D, Milner's Diptych & Haydn's The Clock Symphony. [Source: Autographed printed concert programme] [Source: Printed concert ticket] [Source: Newcastle Evening Chronicle, 2 May 1969] [Source: Newcastle Journal, 19 May 1969] |
| 1969 | Australia | 'Concerto',
the new ABC-TV series of great music and world famous pianists and violinists,
broadcasts on Wednesday 21st May at 9:22 pm a 1968 live recording
of Brahms Piano Concerto No.1 with soloist Claudio Arrau and the Sydney
Symphony Orchestra conducted by John Hopkins at the Sydney Town Hall. (Please see 1968 entry on 17th August). This is the second appearance of both soloist and conductor in this TV series. [Source: The Canberra Times, 19 May 1969] |
| 1969 | Italy | Recital
by Claudio Arrau at Brescia on 30th May. Works performed included: > Schumann: Piano Sonata No.1 Op.11 [This entry needs completion] [CD: Music & Arts CD-1263, USA, 2012] |
| 1969 | England | Claudio Arrau performance
of Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 2 Op.83, with the London Symphony Orchestra
under Antal Dorati at the Royal Festival Hall on Tuesday
17th June at 8:00 pm, as part of the LSO International Series 1968-69. The programme commenced with Brahms's Symphony No.1. [Source: Printed concert programme] |
| 1969 | England | Recital by Claudio Arrau at The Forum, on Sunday 29th June at 3:00 pm, as part of the 1969 Bath Festival (June 13-29). The programme comprised the following compositions: > Beethoven: Fifteen Variations and Fugue in E flat Op.35 > Mozart: Fantasia and sonata in C minor K475/457 Interval > Debussy: Estampes - xxx Pagodes. La soirée dans Grenade. Jardins sous la pluie. > Liszt: Ballade No.2 in B minor > Liszt: Deux Études d'exécution transcendante. [Source: Autographed printed recital programme] |
| 1969 | England | Claudio Arrau performance
of Brahms’s Piano Concerto No.1 Op.15, with the New Philharmonia Orchestra
under Daniel Barenboim at the Royal Festival Hall on
Tuesday 1st July at 8:00 pm. The programme also included Beethoven's Symphony No.3 Eroica. [Source: Printed concert programme] [Source: Printed newspaper clip] |
| 1969 | U.S.A. | Claudio Arrau performance
of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5 Emperor, with the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
under Lawrence Foster at the Hollywood Bawl on
Tuesday 15th July in the evening. [Source: Independent, California, 17 July 1969] This programme needs completion. |
| 1969 | Croatia | Claudio Arrau recital performance
at the Dubrovnik Summer Festival on 22nd August, with a programme comprising works by Beethoven, Schumann, Debussy and Chopin. [Source: Electronic copy of printed festival schedule] This entry needs completion. |
| 1969 | Greece | Claudio Arrau is announced as taking part in a Festival Concert Tour of Athens to perform works by Beethoven, Brahms and Mendelssohn with the visiting Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin conducted by Wolfgang Sawallisch on Friday 29th August. [Source: Guide to the Concert Halls of Berlin (Fürer durch die Konzertsäle Berlins)] This entry needs corroboration/completion. |
| 1969 |
Scotland |
Claudio Arrau performance
of Chopin's Piano Concerto No.1 in E minor Op.11 at the Usher Hall,
as part of the 'Edinburgh International Festival' program, with the
Scottish National Orchestra conducted by Sir John Barbirolli,
on
Saturday 6th September at 8:00 pm. The programme likewise included: Malipiero's Sinfonia delle Campane, and Sibelius's Symphony No.5 in E flat major Op.82. [Source: 1969 Edinburgh International Festival prospectus] [Source: Printed concert programme] [Source: Aberdeen Press and Journal, 30 Aug 1969] |
| 1969 |
Scotland |
Piano recital by Claudio Arrau at the Usher Hall, on Monday 8th September at 8:00 pm, as part of the Edinburgh International Festival 1969, with a programme consisting of the following works: >
Mozart: Sonata in D major K576 |
| 1969 |
Israel |
Article
by Yehuda Cohen in the Jedioth Hadashoth of 10th September, entitled
Claudio Arrau beschliesst die Festspiele, leitet die Beethovenfeiern
ein [Claudio Arrau defines the festival, leads the Beethoven celebrations],
considers Arrau a Beethoven interpreter par excellence. The last evening of the 1969 Israeli Festival in Jerusalem is described as the prelude to the Beethoven centenary celebrations, 16 months prior to his 200th birth anniversary. Claudio Arrau's recital at the Roman Theater in Caesaria, Jerusalem, consisted of four Beethoven sonatas. |
| 1969 |
England |
Claudio Arrau performances
of Schumann's Piano Concerto Op.54 and Strauss's Burleske for Piano
and Orchestra at the Royal Festival Hall of London, as part of the First
Concert Series of 'The Royal Philharmonic Sciety's 158th Season, with
the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by André Previn,
on
Wednesday 15th October at 8:00 pm. The programme also included: Schubert's Overture in the Italian Style No.2 in C D591, and Vaughan Williams's Symphony No.4 in F minor. [Source: Printed concert programme] |
| 1969 | Spain | Performances
by Claudio Arrau of Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 2, with Enrique García Asensio conducting the Spanish RTV Symphony Orchestra [Orquesta Sinfónica de la RTV Española] at the 'Teatro Real' of Madrid on Saturday 22nd November at 11:00 pm and Sunday 23rd November at 7:15 pm. The programme likewise included Brahms's Academic Festival Overture and Manuel Castillo's Sinfonía (world début). The event was directly broadcast by 'Radio Nacional de España - Segundo Programa' on Saturday and 'Tercer Programa' on Sunday. [Source: A.B.C., Madrid, 20, 21, 23 & 25 Nov 1969] |
| 1969 | Spain | Claudio Arrau's recital performance at the 'Teatro Real' of Madrid on Wednesday 26th November at 7:15 pm, for the Concerts Club. The programme includes the following compositions: > Beethoven: Sonata para piano Op.110 > Schumann: Fantasía en Do mayor Op.17 > Debussy: Para el piano > Liszt: Balada No.2 > Liszt: Estudios trascendentales Nos. 10 & 11 The event was directly broadcast from the 'Teatro Real' by 'Radio Nacional de España - Segundo Programa'. [Source: A.B.C., Madrid, 22, 23 & 26 Nov 1969] |
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1969 |
Germany |
Peters
Verklag Publising House of Frankfurt commissions Professor Claudio Arrau
the preparation of a new Edition of Beethoven's Complete Piano Sonatas from the composer's original manuscripts. |
1969 |
Germany |
The 1969 Deutscher Schallplattenpreis is awarded to Claudio Arrau for his 1967 & 1968 recordings of Schumann's Sonate Op.11 and Fantasiestücke Op.111 for the Philips label. |
| 1969 | Switzerland | Claudio Arrau performance
of Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 1 Op.15, with the Zurich Townhall Symphony
Orchestra [Tonhalle Orchester Zürich] conducted by Antal
Dorati. [This entry needs completion] |
| 1969 | Germany | Claudio Arrau performance
of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 3, with Hiroyuki Iwaki conducting the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra [Rundfunksinfonie Orchester
Frankfurt]. [This entry needs completion] |
| 1969 | Netherlands | Claudio Arrau performances
of Brahms’s Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 2, with The Royal Concertgebouw
Orchestra of Amsterdam [Das Königliche Concertgebouw Orchester Amsterdam]
conducted by Bernard Haitink. [This entry needs completion] |
| 1969 | Austria | Claudio Arrau performance
of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4 Op.58, with Ferdinand Leitner conducting the Vienna Symphony Orchestra [Wiener Symphoniker]. |
| 1969 | U.S.A. | Claudio Arrau performances
of Liszt’s Piano Concerto No. 2 and Weber’s Konzertstück
op 79, with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra (Maryland) conducted by Sergiu Commissiona. [This entry needs completion] |
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| 1970 | The World | Throughout 1970, Maestro Claudio Arrau celebrates Ludwig van Beethoven's Bicentenary Year. |
| 1970 | U.S.A. | Claudio Arrau performance
of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No.5 Op.73 Emperor, with Victor Alessandro conducting the San Antonio Symphony Orchestra at the Theater for the Performing Arts
on Thursday 15th and Saturday 17th January at 8:30 pm. The program also includes Ravel's Valses nobles et sentimentales and Mozart's Symphony No.39 K.543. [Source: San Antonio Express, Texas, 30 Sept 1969 & 13 Jan 1970] [Source: Express and News, Texas, 17 Jan 1970] |
| 1970 | Netherlands | LACH,
the magazine for the man of today, of
23rd January, includes a brief article on the musicianship of
Maestro Arrau, entitled 'Claudio Arrau voor het voetlicht' [Claudio
Arrau in the spotlight], based on a listening of the then recent Arrau
recording of Schumann's Piano Sonata No.1 for Philips. |
| 1970 | U.S.A. | Performance by Claudio Arrau at the Masonic Auditorium of Detroit, Michigan, on Saturday 24th January at 8:20 pm. [Source: The Windsor Star, Ontario, Canada, 24 Jan 1970] This entry needs completion. |
1970
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U.S.A.
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Performance by Claudio Arrau of Chopin's Piano Concerto No.2 with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra conducted by Carlo Maria Giulini at the Chicago Symphony Centre on Thursday 29th, Friday 30th & Saturday 31st January. The programme also included Casella's La Giara Suite & Brahms's Symphony No.3. [Source: Concert Annals] |
1970
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U.S.A.
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Claudio Arrau's performance of Chopin's Piano Concerto No.2 with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra conducted by Carlo Maria Giulini at both the Chicago Orchestra Hall and the Milwaukee Uihlein Hall on Monday 2nd February. |
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U.S.A.
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Recital
by Claudio Arrau at The N.Y. Philharmonic Hall on Sunday 15th February with a program consisting
of: |
| 1970 | Canada | Claudio Arrau performing Beethoven's Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 4 with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra conducted by Albert Meredith Davis on Sunday 1st March at 8:30 pm in the Queen Elizabeth Theatre of Vancouver. The programme also included Beethoven's Egmont Overture. [Source: The Province, Vancouver, 10 Feb & 3 March 1970] [Source: The Vancouver Sun, 12 Feb 1979] |
1970 |
Germany |
Performance
by Claudio Arrau of Brahms's Piano Concerto No.1 Op.15 at the Philharmonie of Berlin, with Hans Martin Schneidt conducting
the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra [Berliner Philharmonisches Orchester]
on Friday 3rd and Saturday 4th April at 8:00 pm. The programme also featured Bartók's Deux Images and Mozart's Symphony No.36 KV 425 Linzer. [Source: Guide to the Concert Halls of Berlin (Fürer durch die Konzertsäle Berlins)] |
| 1970 |
Germany |
Pro Musica: All-Beethoven recital by Claudio Arrau at the Philharmonie of Berlin on Friday 10th April at 8 pm, comprising: >
Sonate Nr.4 Es-dur Op.7* |
| 1970 | Austria | Review
by f.e. in Die Presse of Vienna (April), entitled
'So spielt man Liszt' [Thus plays
Liszt], of a recital by Claudio Arrau at the Großen Musikvereinssaal [Grand
Music Hall], including works by Beethoven, Chopin, Debussy and Liszt. Review of the above recital by F.W. in the Vienna 'AZ ' publication of 16th April, entitled 'Ein unwirscher Beethoven' [A temperamental Beethoven]. |
| 1970 | Germany | The Vienna 'Express' of 16th April includes an article by Franz Tassié, entitled 'Phönix in der Asche - Im Musikverein: Klavierabend Claudio Arrau' [Phoenix in the ashes - Claudio Arrau's piano recital at the Music Association], praising Maestro Arrau's rendition of works by Beethoven, Chopin, Debussy and Liszt at the Grand Music Hall. |
| 1970 | Germany | The Munich 'Kölner Stadt Anzeiger' of 17th April includes an article by Ingeborg Schwenke-Runkel, entitled 'Entrückt-introvertierter Beethoven - Claudio Arrau und die Bayer-Philharmoniker Musizierten im Erholungshaus ', appraising Maestro Arrau's rendition of Beethoven Piano Concerto No.3 with the Bayer Philharmonik Orchestra at the Erholungshause. |
| 1970 | Germany | The Münster 'W. Zeirung' of 18th April includes an article by -t-k, entitled 'Claudio Arrau im Musikverein', appraising Maestro Arrau's recent recital of woks by Beethoven, Chopin, Debussy, and Liszt at the Große Musikvereinssaal. |
| 1970 | U.S.A. | Performance by Maestro Claudio Arrau of Liszt's Piano Concerto No.2 in A major R.456 on Thursday 23rd April at 8:30 pm, with the London Philharmonic Orchestra under Bernard Haitink at the Main Hall of the Carnegie Hall, New York, as part of the International Festival of Visiting Orchestras. The programme also included Wagner's Prelude to Act I of Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg and Bruckner's Symphony No.2 in C minor. The newly formed Orchestra performs for the first time in the USA, beginning a major tour of the country with this 23rd April concert at Carnegie Hall under its Principal Conductor Bernard Haitink. [Source: Printed concert flyer] [Source: Concert programme] [Source: Carnegie Hall Archives] |
| 1970 | U.S.A. | Maestro Claudio Arrau's performance of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No.5 Op.73 Emperor on Saturday 25th April at 8:30 pm with the London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Bernard Haitink at the Main Hall of the Carnegie Hall, New York, as part of the International Festival of Visiting Orchestras. The programme likewise included Berlioz's Benvenuto Cellini Overture and Holst's The Planets Op.32. [Source: Printed concert fyer] [Source: Concert programme] [Source: Carnegie Hall Archives] |
| 1970 | France | Cover page photograph of Maestro Claudio Arrau on Le guide du concert, du disque, de la musique et du son, no. 567 of 25th April. |
| 1970 |
Germany |
Bonn:
Beethoven's Bicentenary Festival in early May: Claudio Arrau takes active part as follows: > Beethoven Master Class at the University of Bonn. > Filmed recital at the Bonn Beethoven Festival. Highly appreciative reviews of Arrau's rendition of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No.5 Emperor on the Festival's second session early in May, published in the Bonner Rundschau and the Bonn General-Anzieger of 5th May. [This entry needs further specification] |
1970 |
Germany |
Claudio Arrau's recital at the Beethovenfest Bonn's fourth session early in May, featuring a programme which included: > Piano Sonata No.13 in E flat major Op.27 No.1 |
| 1970 | Spain | On Saturday 9th May at 12:00 midnight, rebroadcast by Spanish National TV's Second Netwok of part of Claudio Arrau's recital performance at the 'Teatro Real' of Madrid on Wednesday 26th November 1969 for the Concerts Club. Works rebroadcast were: > Debussy: Para el piano (Prélude. Sarabanda. Toccata.) > Liszt: Balada en Si menor No.2 > Liszt: Estudios trascendentales Nos. 10 & 11 [Source: A.B.C., Madrid, 9 May 1970] |
| 1970 | England | Claudio Arrau performance
of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No.4 Op.58, with André Previn* conducting the London Symphony Orchestra at the
Royal Festival Hall on Sunday 17th May at 7:30 pm, as part of the
Aldeburgh Festival sponsored by the Snape Maltings Rebuilding Fund. |
| 1970 | Puerto Rico | Claudio Arrau performances in two sessions of the 'Festival Casals' in San Juan, dedicated this year to celebrating Beethoven's Bicentenary with a 12-session schedule featuring renown soloists and conductors, as well as the Casals Festival Orchestra. Sixth
Session: Monday 8th June - |
| 1970 |
England |
Claudio Arrau performances in celebration of Beethoven Bicentenary 1970 at the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Hall, with The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir conducted by Charles Groves. including the following programmes: Friday
19th June at 7:30 pm - Friday
3rd July at 7:30 pm - Tuesday
7th July at 7:30 pm - |
| 1970 |
England |
Claudio Arrau performances
of Beethoven's Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 4, at the Royal Festival Hall,
with the
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra under Lawrence Foster,
on Tuesday 23rd June at 8:00 pm, this being the opening of the Beethoven Bi-centenary Series. |
| 1970 | England | All-Beethoven recital by Claudio Arrau at the Royal Festival Hall on Friday 26th June at 8:00
pm, on the occasion of Beethoven's bicentenary. |
| 1970 |
England |
Maestro
Claudio Arrau reported ill for scheduled performances of Beethoven's Piano Concertos
Nos. 2 and 3, at the Royal Festival Hall, with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
under Lawrence Foster, on Sunday 28th June at
7:30 pm. Pianist Radu Lupu kindly filled in. [Sources: Printed concert programme and London press clip] . |
| 1970 | England | Claudio Arrau was indisposed to appear at his announced all-Beethoven recital in aid of the British Red Cross Society, on the occasion
of the Red Cross Centenary, at the Royal Festival Hall, London, on Wednesday 1st July at 8:00 pm |
| 1970 |
England |
Claudio Arrau performance
of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 5 Emperor, at the Royal Festival Hall, with the Royal
Philharmonic Orchestra under Lawrence Foster, on Thursday
9th July at 8:00 pm. [This entry needs corroboration/completion] |
| 1970 |
England |
All-Beethoven recital by Claudio Arrau at the Cheltenham Town Hall, Gloucestershire, on Saturday
11th July at 11:00 am, as part of the 26th Annual Cheltenham Festival (3-12
July 1970), was cancelled due to the pianist's illness. |
1970 |
Canada |
Announced performance by Claudio Arrau at the Stratford Festival, Ontario, in the Festival Theatre on Sunday 26th July. [Source: The Leader Post, Regina, Saskatchewan, 14 Feb 1970] This entry needs corroboration/completion. |
1970 |
Brazil |
Claudio Arrau's performance of Beethoven's Piano Concertos Nos. 1 Op.15, 2 Op.19 & 3 Op.37, with the 'Orquesta Sinfónica Brasileira' conducted by Isaac Karabtchevsky, at the 'Teatro Municipal' of Rio de Janeiro, on Saturday 8th August at 16:30 hrs, as part of the Beethoven Bicentenary Festival 1970. [Source: Electronic copy of printed concert programme] |
| 1970 |
Germany |
Claudio Arrau was awarded
- The decoration was awarded to Claudio Arrau in September, for his lifelong dedication to the music of Beethoven, at the conclusion of the Beethoven International Festival in Bonn, which opened the official Beethoven Bicentennial celebrations in 1970 . |
1970 |
France |
Claudio Arrau's performance of Brahms's Piano Concerto No.1 in D minor Op.15 at the Théâtre des Champs Élysées on Saturday 10th October, with the Orchester de Paris conducted by Alain Lombard. [Source: Le Monde, Paris, 10 & 13 Oct 1970] This entry needs completion. |
| 1970 | Germany | Performances by Claudio Arrau of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 3, with the Berlin Philharmonic
Orchestra [Berliner Philharmonisches Orchester] conducted by Václav
Neumann at the Philharmonie of Berlin on Friday 30th and Saturday 31st October at 8:00 pm. |
| 1970 | Mexico | All-Beethoven piano recitals by Claudio Arrau at the Faculty of Medicine Auditorium of the 'Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México' [UNAM], being the final two programmes of a complete Beethoven piano sonata cycle forming part of the Beethoven Year commemorations.
Wednesday 9th December, at 8:30 pm - Sixth Programme: Friday
11th December, at 8:30 pm - Seventh Programme: |
| 1970 | Mexico | Interview of Claudio Arrau by journalist Sergio Dorantes Guzmán on Thursday 10th December at the Hotel Alameda of Mexico City, for the magazine published by Mexico's Autonomous National University [UNAM]. |
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1970 |
Germany |
The 1970 Deutscher Schallplattenpreis is awarded to the 1969 recordings by Claudio Arrau of Brahms' Two Piano Concertos with the Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam under Bernard Haitink for the Philips label. |
| 1970 | England | Performances by Claudio Arrau of Chopin’s Piano Concertos Nos.1 and 2, as well as Krakowiak Op
14, with Eliahu Inbal conducting the London Philharmonic
Orchestra. [This entry needs completion] |
1970 |
France |
Claudio Arrau's rendition of Beethoven's Piano Sonata No.32 in C minor Op.111 in Paris in 1970. |
| 1970 | Germany | Performance by Claudio Arrau of Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 2 Op.83, with the South German Radio Symphony
Orchestra [Süddeutscher Rundfunk (SDR) Symphoniker] of Stuttgart
conducted by Uri(el) Segal. [This entry needs completion] |
| 1970 | U.S.A. | Claudio Arrau performance
of Beethoven’s Triple Concerto, with the New Philharmonia Orchestra
conducted by Eliahu Inbal. [This entry needs completion] |
| 1970 | U.S.A. | Claudio Arrau performance
of Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 1, with Louis Lane conducting The Cleveland Orchestra. [This entry needs completion] |
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| 1971 |
U.S.A. |
Claudio Arrau performance
of Chopin's Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor at Washington's
Constitution Hall, with guest conductor Georg Semkow
in charge of The National Symphony Orchestra on Tuesday 5th January. [Review entitled "An Admirable Musician", by Paul Hume in The Washington Post of 6th January] This entry needs completion. |
1971 |
U.S.A. |
Claudio Arrau performance
of Grieg's Piano Concerto in A minor and Weber's Concert Piece in F minor for Piano and Orchestra Op.79, with the University of Arizona Symphony Orchestra conducted by Henry Johnson, in the University Auditorium on Wednesday 10th February at 8:00 pm. The programme also included orchestral works by J.S.Bach, Barber and Liszt. [Source: Signed printed concert programme] [Source: The Tucson Daily Citizen, Arizona, 6 Feb 1971] [Source: Review entitled "Pianist Arrau Captivates Audience", by Gordon R.Brown in The Tucson Daily Citizen of 11 Feb 1971] |
1971 |
U.S.A. |
Recital by Claudio Arrau at the University of Arizona Auditorium on Friday 12th February at 8:00 pm, with a performance including the following compositions: > Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.4 in E flat Op.7 > Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.23 in F minor Op.57 > Liszt: Ballade No.2 in B minor > Liszt: Gnomenreigen > Liszt: Two études d'exécution transcendente [Source: The Tucson Daily Citizen, Arizona, 13 Feb 1971] |
| 1971 |
U.S.A. |
Performance
by Claudio Arrau of Brahm's Piano Concerto No. 2 Op.83 at The New York Philharmonic
Hall under Karl Böhm as guest conductor of The
New York Philharmonic Orchestra on 4th March. [Review entitled "Two Vigorous Veterans" by Raymond Ericson in The New York Times, 6 March 1971] This entry needs completion. |
| 1971 | U.S.A. | Claudio Arrau performances
of Liszt’s Piano Concerto No. 2 and Weber’s Konzertstück
Op 79, with the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra under Gerhard
Samuel, at the Los Angeles Music Center Pavillion on Thursday 11th and Friday 12th March at 8:30 pm. [Source: The San Bernardino County Sun, California, 7 March 1971] [Source: Independent Press-Telegram, California, 13 March 1971] |
| 1971 | England | Performance
by Claudio Arrau of Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 1 Op.15, with the London Philharmonic Orchestra
under Sir Adrian Boult at the Royal Albert Hall in London on Thursday 8th April at 8:00 pm. The programme also included Wagner's Prelude to Act 1 of Lohengrin & Vaughan Williams's A London Symphony. [Source: The Annals] [Source: Music on the South Bank prospectus, April 1971] [Source: Printed concert programme] |
1971 |
Germany |
Pro
Arte, subscription Master Piano Recital by Claudio Arrau at the Philharmonie of Berlin
on Tuesday 20th April at 8:00 pm. |
1971 |
Austria |
Extraordinary public recital by Maestro Claudio Arrau for Vienna's Friends of Music Society [Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Wien] on Sunday 25ht April in the evening. |
| 1971 | England | Claudio Arrau performance
of Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 1 Op.15, with the BBC Symphony
Orchestra under Gennadi Rozhdestvensky at the Brighton
Festival, in the city of Brighton-and-Hove, on Sunday 9th May
at 3:00 pm. The programme also comprised Verdi's Four Sacred Pieces. [Source: Brighton Festival 1971's Complete Programme and Notes, p.31] |
| 1971 | England | Recital by Claudio Arrau at the Odeon Theatre-Cinema* of Temple Fortune (Goklers Green, London)
on 11th May at 08 pm, performing the following program: |
| 1971 | Israel | Recital
by Claudio Arrau at the Mann Auditorium of Tel-Aviv on Saturday 12th June at 8:30
pm, with a program comprising: > Beethoven’s Sonata No.4 in E Flat major Op 7 > Liszt’s Sonata in B minor > Debussy’s Images Book I > Chopin’s Ballade No. 4 in F minor Op 52 > Chopin's Nocturne in B major Op 62 No. 1 > Chopin's Scherzo No. 1 in B minor Op 20 Proceeds to the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra’s Musician Pension Fund. [Source: Electronic copy of signed printed recital programme] |
| 1971 |
France |
Two
articles in Paris's 'L'Aurore' of Thursday 17th
June, entitled 'Au théâtre
des Champs-Elysées: Claudio Arrau' and 'La
Musique par Clarendon - Claudio Arrau', apprasing the qualities
of a recital given by Arrau on Tuesday 15th June at the Théâtre
des Champs-Elysées, including - > Liszt's B minor Sonata > Beethoven Sonata No.4 Op.7 > Debussy's Images Book I > Chopin's Nocturne in B major Op.62 > Chopin's Ballade Op.52, and > Chopin's Scherzo Op.20. |
1971 |
Austria |
Recital by Claudio Arrau at the Salzburg Mozarteum on Monday 9th August, presenting the following programme: |
| 1971 | Austria | Fourth appearance by Claudio Arrau at the Salzburg Festival: Claudio Arrau performance
of Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 1, with the Czechoslovak Philharmonic
Orchestra conducted by Alain Lombard on Wednesday 11th August at the Grosses Festpielhaus of Salzburg. The programme also included Bartók's Concert for Orchestra. |
| 1971 | Croatia | Claudio Arrau recital performance
at the Dubrovnik Summer Festival [Dubrovačke ljetne igre] that runs over July-August, with the following programme: |
| 1971 | Canada | A recital by Claudio Arrau is presented on the Canadian French television network (CBOFT) on Sunday 15th August in the evening. [Source: The Ottawa Journal, Ontario, 14 Aug 1971] This entry needs completion. |
| 1971 | Brazil | Claudio Arrau's recital in 'Sala Cecília Meireles' of Rio de Janeiro on Monday 23rd August at 9:00 pm, as part of the Official Concert Season 1971. The programme featured the following works: > Beethoven: Sonata op.2 no.3 em Dó maior > Liszt: Sonata em Si menor (Dedicada a Robert Schumann) Intervalo > Debussy: Images - >>>Reflets dans l' eau. >>>Hommage à Rameau. >>>Mouvements. > Chopin: Balada op.52 no.4 em Fá menor > Chopin: Noturno op.62 no.1 em Si maior > Chopin: Scherzo op.20 no.1 em Si menor [Source: Printed recital programme] |
| 1971 |
Switzerland |
Recital
by Claudio Arrau on 17th September at the 'Chiesa del Collegio Papio', Ascona,
with a programme including the following works: > Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.13 in E flat major Op.27 No.1 > Liszt: Piano Sonata in B minor > Chopin: Ballade No.3 * > Chopin: Ballade No.4 in F minor Op.52 > Chopin: Nocturne in B major Op.62 No.1 > Chopin: Scherzo No.1 in B minor Op.20 Recorded by 'Radio della Svitzzera Italiana - Rete 2' and first released on CD, except *, in 1996 as Ermitage ERM 182-2 ADD. |
1971 |
Canada |
Performance by Claudio Arrau of
Beethovens Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 3 with the Ottawa National Arts Centre Orchestra conducted by Mario Bernardi in the Opera (National Arts Centre) on Wednesday 13th October at 8:30 pm. |
| 1971 | Germany | Münster's 'Les Leben-Kulturpolitik' magazine of 25 November 1971 publishes a review by Rudolph Reuter entitled Kongeniales Spiel eines singulären Interpreten [Congenial renditions by a unique interpreter], appraising a recent recital by Claudio Arrau which included works by Beethoven, Mozart, Debussy and Chopin. |
1971 |
U.S.A. |
Concerto performance by Claudio Arrau with The Greater Miami Philharmonic Orchestra under guest conductor Luis Herrera de la Fuente in the Miami Beach Auditorium on Sunday 12th December. [Source: The Sentinel, Chicago, 11 Nov 1971] [Source: The Gazette, Montreal, Canada, 27 Nov 1971] This entry needs corroboration/completion. |
| 1971-1973 |
Germany |
Maestro Claudio Arrau edits
the First Volume of the Complete Beethoven Piano Sonata Urtext Edition, published by C.F. Peters Verlag in Frankfurt. |
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1971 |
Netherlands |
The 1971 Edison Award is adjudicated to Claudio Arrau's 1969 recordings of works by Liszt, including Ballade No.2, Jeux d'eaux, Petrarch Sonetti 104 & 123, Vallée d'Obermann, and Valse oubliée No.1, for the Philips label. |
| 1971 | U.S.A. | Claudio Arrau performance
of Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 1 Op.15, with the Minneapolis Symphony
Orchestra conducted by Stanislaw Skrowaczewski. [This entry needs completion] |
| 1971 | Canada | Claudio Arrau performance
of Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 2 Op.83, with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Victor Feldbrill. [This entry needs completion] |
1971 |
France |
Poet Pablo Neruda, Ambassador of Chile to France, gave a reception in Paris in Honour of Maestro Claudio Arrau, after his recital there in June. [This entry needs completion] |
1971 |
Austria |
Claudio Arrau's recital at the Bregenz Festival in Vorarlberg, including works by Beethoven (Sonata quasi una fantasia Op.27 No.1), a selection of Chopin's ballades and nocturnes, and Liszt's Sonata in B minor. The festival runs in July-August. [Source: The Ottawa Citizen, Ontario, Canada, 8 Jan 1972] This entry needs corroboration/completion. |
| 1971 | Germany | Claudio Arrau performance
of Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 2 Op.83, with the Cologne Radio Symphony
Orchestra [Kölner Radio Symphonieorchester] conducted by Zdenek
Macal. [This entry needs completion] |
| 1971 | England | Claudio Arrau performance
of Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 1 Op.15, with the BBC Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Zdenek Macal. [This entry needs completion] |
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| 1972 | Canada | Claudio Arrau's performance of Brahms's Piano Concerto No.2 Op.83 in B flat with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra conducted by Lawrence Leonard on Saturday 15th January at 8:30 pm and Sunday 16th January at 3:00 pm, sponsored by the Edmonton Symphony Society. |
| 1972 | U.S.A. | Recital
by Claudio Arrau at the Naples High School Auditorium, sponsored by the Naples Community Concert Association, Florida, on Wednesday 19th January at 8:30 pm. |
| 1972 | U.S.A. | Performance
by Claudio Arrau of Brahms's Piano Concerto No.1 in D minor Op.15 with the San Antonio Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Victor Alessandro on Saturday 29th January in the evening, at the San Antonio Theater for Performing Arts. |
| 1972 | England | London's Gramophone magazine of February publishes an interview of Claudio Arrau by journalist Alan Blyth. |
| 1972 | Mexico | Recital by Claudio Arrau at the 'Palacio de Bellas Artes' of Mexico City, on Monday 28th February at 8:30 pm, rendering the following programme: >
Bethoven: Sonata No.13 .27 No.1 |
| 1972 | Mexico | Interview of Claudio Arrau by music journalist Sergio Dorantes Guzmán at the 'Hotel Alameda' of Mexico City, on Tuesday 29th February. |
| 1972 | Mexico | On Friday 3rd March at 9:00 pm, Claudio Arrau's performance of Chopin's Piano Concerto No.1 and Liszt's Piano Concerto No.2, with the 'Orquesta Sinfónica de Guadalajara' under the baton of Kenneth Klein in the 'Teatro Degollado' of Guadalajara. |
| 1972 | Mexico | Claudio Arrau recital
at the 'Palacio de Bellas Artes' of Mexico City, on Monday 6th March
at 8:30 pm, including the following works: |
| 1972 | Germany | Claudio Arrau's performance
of Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 1 Op.15, with the Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SDR conducted
by Eliahu Inbal on Thursday 23rd March at the Liederhalle. Live recording CD: SWR19084CD, Germany, 2019. |
| 1972 | Germany | Performance by Claudio Arrau
of Schumann’s Piano Concerto, with the Südwestfunk Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden conducted
by Ernest Bour on Tuesday 28th March at the Hans-Rosbaud-Studio. CD: SWR19084CD, Germany, 2019. |
1972 |
Germany |
Performance by Claudio Arrau
of Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 2 Op.83, at the Philharmonie with the Berlin Philharmonic
Orchestra [Berliner Philharmonisches Orchester] conducted by Carlo
Maria Giulini, at 8:00 pm on Sunday 9th and Monday 10th
April, at 8:00 pm. |
| 1972 | England | Claudio Arrau performance
of Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 2 Op.83, with Jascha Horenstein
conducting the London Symphony Orchestra, at London's Royal Festival Hall
on Sunday 16th April at 7:30 pm, as part of the LSO 58th Annual
International Series 1971-72. The programme also comprised Beethoven's Leonore Overture No.2 and Schoenberg's Verklaerte Nacht. [Source: Printed concert programme] |
1972 |
Germany |
Pro
Arte, subscription Master Piano Recital by Claudio Arrau at the Philharmonie of Berlin
on Thursday 20th April at 8:00 pm. |
| 1972 | Portugal | Recital by Claudio Arrau at the 'Grande Audotório' of the 'Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian' in Lisbon,
on Thursday 25th May at 6:30 pm, as part of the 1971-72 Season. The programme featured the following works: > Mozart: Fantasia K.475 em dó menor > Mozart: Sonata K.457 em dó menor > Beethoven: Sonata op.111 em dó menor Intervalo > Schumann: Carnaval op.9 [Source: Printed recital programme] |
| 1972 | England | Claudio Arrau performance
of an all-Liszt solo and concertante programme, including Sonetti del Petrarca No.104, Sonata
in B minor, and Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2, with the Royal Philharmonic
Orchestra conducted by Sir Adrian Boult, at the Royal
Festival Hall on Monday 5th June at 8 pm. [Source: 'Music on the South Bank' June prospectus] |
| 1972 | England | Recital performance by Claudio Arrau at the St. Helens Theatre Royal on Saturday 10th June at 8:00 pm, with a programme covering works by Beethoven, Liszt, Debussy & Chopin. [Source: Liverpool Echo, 14 April 1972] This entry needs corroboration/completion. |
| 1972 | England | An
all-Chopin programme by Claudio Arrau at the Royal Festival Hall of London,
with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Sir Adrian
Boult on Monday 12th June at 8:00 pm. Solo and concertante performances in aid of the Sir John Barbirolli Memorial Foundation. [Please note that the June prospectus of 'Music on the South Bank' had printed Chopin's 24 Preludes Op.28, Andante Spianato and Grande Polonaise Op.22, and Piano Concerto No.1 as the expected programme for this evening] |
| 1972 | Argentina | Recital by Claudio Arrau at the 'Teatro Colón' of Buenos Aires, sponsored by the Buenos Aires City Council, as part of the 65th Concert Season on Sunday 13th August at 9:30 pm. The programme included the following works: I > Beethoven: Sonata No.13 en Mi bemol mayor Op.27 No.1 II > Liszt: Sonata en Si menor (Dedicada a Schumann) III > Schumann: Carnaval Op.9 [Source: Printed recital programme] |
| 1972 | Argentina | Buenos
Aires 'La Prensa' newspaper of Wednesday 16th August
includes a review by L.M.H., entitled Una Ovación
recibió en el Colón Claudio Arrau [Ovation for
Claudio Arrau at the Colón], of a recital given at the Teatro Colón last Sunday,
with a program including Beethoven's Sonata No.13, Liszt's Sonata in B
minor, and Schumann's Carnaval Op.9. The writer highlights Arrau's consistently serious technical and interpretative approach and professionalism. |
| 1972 | Argentina | Buenos
Aires 'La Nación' newspaper of Wednesday 16th
August includes a review entitled Magnífica
expresión de arte pianístico [Magnificent expression of piano art] of a recital by Claudio Arrau (see above) encompassing
Beethoven's Sonata No.13, Liszt's Sonata in B minor, and Schumann's Carnaval
Op.9. The writer calls attention to Arrau's highest interpretative qualities as a mature artist and pianist |
| 1972 | Brazil | Claudio Arrau's recital
at the 'Teatro Municipal' of Rio de Janeiro on Thursday 24th August at 9:00 pm, as part of the 1972 Official Season, this time marking the 150th Anniversary of Brazil's Independence. The programme comprised the following compositions: I > Mozart: Sonata em Sol maior K.283 > Brahms: Sonata em Fa menor Op.5 II > Schumann: Carnaval Op.9 [Source: Printed recital programme] |
| 1972
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U.S.A.
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New
York's LIFE magazine of 25th August publishes
an interview entitled The Fragile Genius of
a Virtuoso, conducted by Roger Kahn at Claudio Arrau's Vermont estate
whereby,
at age 69, Arrau speaks of an artist's need to
become a vehicle for the composer's spirit, the value of psychoanalysis
to combat "fatigue of the spirit", his childhood and youth
years marked by Maestro Martin Krause and Dr Hubert Abrahamson, and
various other topics of similar interest. [Pages 49 to 52 and 54 to 56. Six photographs] |
| 1972 | Finland | Claudio Arrau's performance/s
at the Helsinki Festival (25 August-11 September). [Source: Le Monde, Paris, 20 July 1972] This entry needs corroboration/completion. |
| 1972 |
England |
In
an article published in London by Records and Recording monthly of October,
entitled ‘Keyboard Oracle’
(Claudio Arrau talks to Richard Osborne), critic Mr. Osborne provides
interesting insights into various aspects of Maestro Arrau’s artistic
life, music making, unique piano sound, and ample repertory, along with
the Maestro’s appreciation of various composers, exemplary pianists,
conductors and singers. Pages from 23 to 29. Cover page photograph. Inside photographs. |
| 1972 |
Japan |
Cover page photograph of Maestro Claudio Arrau on the November issue of the 'Ongaku No Tomo' magazine. |
| 1972
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U.S.A.
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Clavier
magazine of November (VOL.XI No.8), published in Illinois, contains
an extensive interview of Maestro Claudio Arrau, conducted by musicologist and
teacher Dean Elder, under the title 'At ease
with Claudio Arrau'. The interview includes memories from childhood; opinions on interpretation and the new generation; piano techniques and approaches; contemporary composers; approaches to some works of Beethoven (Appassionata), Liszt, Schubert, Chopin; concepts of tempo and mood, beat and rhythm, crescendo, accelerando, diminuendo, ritardando, and ritenuto; approaches to live and recorded performances; recommended books on several composers, and other educational topics. [Pages 10 through to 19. Seven photographs] |
1972 |
Spain |
Extraordinary recital by Claudio Arrau at the 'Teatro Real' of Madrid on Monday 27th November at 10:30 pm, with a programme including works by: > Beethoven: Sonata en Mi bemol mayor Op.27 No.1 > Liszt: Sonata en Si menor. > Schumann: Carnaval The event is sponsored by Countess Carmen Pichot de Carrero-Blanco for the Ceramic and Porcelain Decoration Workshop-School of the Fight-Against-Polio Spanish Association. [Source: A.B.C., Madrid, 26 & 29 Nov 1972] |
1972 |
Spain |
Concerto performances by Claudio Arrau in the 'Palau de la Música Catalana', Barcelona, on Saturday 2nd and Sunday 3rd December. [This entry needs completion] |
1972
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U.S.A.
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Claudio Arrau appears on Channel 3 WPSX-TV of Pennsylvania, at 7:30 pm on Saturday 16th December, in a repeat of the International Performance Programme where he performs Beethoven's Appassionata Sonata, written during the early stages of the composer's deafness, as part of A Tribute to Beethoven celebrating the 202nd anniversary of his birth. The programme is broadcast again on Monday 18th December through Educational TV and other channels. [Source: Warren Times-Mirror and Observer, Pennsylvania, 16 Dec 1972] |
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| 1972 | Germany | Claudio Arrau performance
of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5 Emperor, with the North German
Radio Symphony Orchestra [NDR Sinfonieorchester] of Hamburg conducted
by Václav Neumann. [This entry needs completion] |
| 1972 | England | Claudio Arrau performances
of Chopin’s Andante spianato and Grande polonaise brillante
Op 22, Fantasy on Polish Airs Op 13, and Variations on “Là
ci darem la mano” Op 2, with the London Philharmonic Orchestra
conducted by Eliahu Inbal. [This entry needs completion] |
| 1972 | U.S.A. | Claudio Arrau performance
of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4 Op.58, with The Cleveland
Orchestra and Aldo Ceccato conducting. [This entry needs completion] |
| 1972 | Japan | Claudio Arrau performance
of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 3, with the NHK
(Japan Broadcasting Corporation) Symphony Orchestra of Tokyo conducted
by Bernhard Klee. [This entry needs completion] |
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1973
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U.S.A.
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Early in the 1970s, most probably in 1973, the National Jewish Appeal of the USA - founded in New York in 1939 to promote the reception of European Jews as refugees -, conferred upon Maestro Claudio Arrau a - Citation for Distinguished Service in recognition of the pianist's outstanding support and contribution in solidarity with the Jewish people. [Documentation corroborated by Mr. Martin Hirsh, Spiritual Guide of the Israeli Community in Concepción, Chile] [Document image by courtesy of the Claudio Arrau Museum of Chillán, Chile, found in the Documents subsection of the Miscellanea section of ArrauHouse - Please see] |
1973 |
Canada |
Maestro Claudio Arrau rehearsal of Weber's Konzerstück and Strauss's Burleske, with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra under Franz-Paul Decker, presented as a special concert for young audiences on Monday 8th January in the evening at the Salle Wilfrid Pelletier of Montreal. |
1973 |
Canada |
Performances by Maestro Claudio Arrau of Weber's Burleske in D minor and Weber’s Konzertstück
Op 79, with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra [L’Orchestre symphonique
de Montréal] under Franz-Paul Decker, on Tuesday 9th and Wednesday 10th January 8:30 pm at the Salle Wilfrid Pelletier of Montreal. |
| 1973 |
U.S.A. |
Recital
by Claudio Arrau on Sunday 14th January at 3:00 pm at the Symphony Hall, as
part of the 1972-1973 Boston University Celebrity Series. |
1973 |
U.S.A. |
Maestro Claudio Arrau performance
of Beethoven's Emperor Concerto with the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra at the Miller Auditorium in the campus of Western Michigan University on Tuesday 23rd
January. |
| 1973 |
U.S.A. |
Maestro Claudio Arrau performance
at the Hunter College Assembly Hall of New York City on Saturday 27th
January at 8:00 pm, presented by Columbia Artists Management Inc. |
| 1973 | U.S.A. | Recital
by Maestro Claudio Arrau at the Hill Auditorium, Ann Arbor, Michigan, on Friday 23rd February
at 8:30 pm, as part of the Ninety-Fourth Annual Choral Union Series presented
by the University of Michigan's Musical Society. The programme included the following works: > Beethoven: Sonata No. 13 quasi una fantasia Op.27 No.1 > Liszt: Sonata in B minor Intermission > Schumann: Carnaval Op.9 [Source: Electronic copy of printed recital programme] |
| 1973 | U.S.A. | Maestro Claudio Arrau performance
of Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 2 Op.83,
with Milton Katims conducting the New York Philharmonic
Orchestra on Tuesday 27th February. [This entry needs corroboration/comletion] |
| 1973 | Canada | Performance by Maestro Claudio Arrau of Beethoven's Piano Conceto No.5 Emperor with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Lawrence Leonard on Saturday 1oth March at 8:30 pm and Sunday 11th March at 2:30 pm in the Jubilee Auditorium, Edmonton. The all-Beethoven programme commenced with Coriolan Overture and concluded with Symphony No.7. [Source: The Edmonton Journal, Alberta, 3, 9 & 12 March 1973] |
| 1973 | Germany | Recital by Maestro Claudio Arrau at Wiesbaden, reviewed by Karl Wilhelm Brühl in the Wiesbd Kurier of Monday 26th March under the title 'Meisterschaft der Form order: ein ganzer Abend als Gedicht - Claudio Arrau mit Werken von Beethoven, Schuman und Liszt' [In the league of champions: An entire evening as a poem - Claudio Arrau interprets works by Beethoven, Schumann and Liszt]. |
| 1973 | Germany | Performances by
Maestro Claudio Arrau of Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 2, with Eliahu Inbal
conducting the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchester (RIAS-Symphonie-Orchester
Berlin - RSO) in the Radio Grand Concert Hall [Grosser Sendesaal der Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg]
at Masurenallee 8-14, as follows: - - Sunday 1st of April at 11:00 am - - Monday 2nd of April at 8:00 pm - - Tuesday 3rd of April at 8:00 pm The programme also included: Mozart's Symphonie g-moll K.V. 183, and Albert Roussel's Bacchus et Ariane, 1 und 2, Suite für Orchester, opus 43. [Source: Guide to the Concert Halls of Berlin (Fürer durch die Konzertsäle Berlins)] [Source: Printed concert programme] |
| 1973 | England | Maestro Claudio Arrau's performance
of Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 2, with the New Philharmonia
Orchestra of London, conducted by Sir Charles Groves
at the Royal Festival Hall on Wednesday 2nd May at 8:00 pm. The programme also included Brahms's Variations on the St Anthony Chorale and Tippett's Symphony No.2. [Source: Music on the South Bank prospectus for May 1973] [Source: Printed concert programme] |
| 1973 | England | Recital
by Maestro Claudio Arrau at the Royal Festival Hall, on Monday 7th May at 8:00 pm. Works performed were: > Beethoven: Sonata No.7 in D Op.10 No.3 > Beethoven: Sonata No.32 in C minor Op.111 > Liszt: Sonata in B minor [Source: Music on the South Bank prospectus for May 1973] |
| 1973 | Germany | Recital by Maestro Claudio Arrau at the Schwetzinger Festspiele in Schwetzingen on Sunday 20th May. The programme included, inter alia, the following works: > Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.3 Op.10 No.3 > Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.23 op.57 Appassionata This entry needs completion. [CD: Sonatas Nos.3 & 23 above: Hänssler Classic 93.703, CD2, Germany, 2009]. |
| 1973 | Italy | Recital
by Maestro Claudio Arrau at Brescia's Festa della Musica on Sunday 27th May. Works performed included: > Beethoven: Sonata No.7 Op.10 No.3 > Beethoven: Sonata No.13 Op.27 No.1 > Beethoven: Sonata No.23 Op.57 Appassionata > Beethoven: Sonata No.32 Op.111 [CD: Music & Arts CD-1263, USA, 2012. Sonata No.32 excluded] |
| 1973 | England | Performance
by Maestro Claudio Arrau of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No.3 at the Barbican Centre with the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by David Atherton on Tuesday 12th June. The programme also comprised Gerhard's Metamorphoses (Symphony No.2 revised) and Tchaikovsky's Symphony No.2 Little Russian. |
| 1973 | England | Recital by Maestro Claudio Arrau of music by Brahms and Beethoven as part of the BBC Prom Season on Thursday 14th June. [Source: Cheshire Observer, 4 May 1973] [This entry needs corroboration/completion] |
| 1973 | France | Maestro Claudio Arrau's recital at the 'Théatre des Champs Élysées', Paris, on Thursday 21st June, with a programme comprising the following works: > Beethoven: Sonate no. 7 en ré majeur op.10 no.3 > Beethoven: Sonate no.23 en fa mineur op.57, dite Appassionata > Brahms: Sonate no.3 en fa mineur op.5 [Source: Electronic copy of printed programme] |
| 1973 | England | Maestro Claudio Arrau's recital at the Cheltenham Town Hall on Sunday 8th July, with a programme including, inter alia, Liszt's Sonata in B minor and Schumann's Carnaval. [Source: Birmingham Daily Post, 9 July 1973] This entry needs completion. |
1973 |
Lebanon |
Recital
by Maestro Claudio Arrau at the Baalbeck International Festival on Sunday 22nd of July,
with a program comprising Beethoven's Appassionata Sonata, Liszt's
B minor Sonata, and Schumann's Carnaval. |
| 1973 | Australia | Announced visit to Sydney by Maestro Claudio Arrau with three appearances at the Concert Hall of the Sydney Opera House in August were cancelled due to indisposition: Tuesday 7th Aug at 8:15 pm: > Beethoven: Sonata in F minor Op.57 Appassionata > Schumann: Études symphoniques Op.13 > (including Five Variations Op.posth) Saturday 11th Aug at 8:00 pm: - Schubert: Symphony No.5 in B flat D.485 > Brahms: Piano Concerto No.1 in D minor Op.15 Sydney Symphony Orchestra conducted by Pinchas Steinberg. Tuesday 14th Aug at 8:15 pm: > Beethoven: Sonata in C Op.53 Waldstein > Debussy: Images, Book I - >>> Reflets dans l'eau. Hommage à Rameau. Mouvement. > Liszt: Ballade No.2 in B minor (Hero and Leander) > Liszt: Les jeux d'eau à la Ville d'Este > Chopin: Ballade No.3 in A flat Op.47 > Chopin: Scherzo No.1 in B minor Op.20 [Source: Electronic copy of printed bookings flyer & form] |
| 1973 | Argentina | Maestro Claudio Arrau performance
of Brahms’s Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 2 at the Teatro Coliseo of Buenos Aires, on Monday 13th August at 9:30 pm, with a Symphonic
Orchestra consisting of Teachers from the Teatro Colón Standing Orchestra, conducted by Jacques Bodmer, as sponsored by the Wagnerian Association of Buenos Aires. [Source: Electronic copy of printed concert programme] |
| 1973 | Germany | Maestro Claudio Arrau performance
of Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 1 Op.15, at the Philharmonie with the Berlin Philharmonic
Orchestra [Berliner Philharmonisches Orchester] conducted by Gary Bertini on Sunday 7th, Monday 8th, and Tuesday 9th October at 8:00 pm. The programme also featured Beethoven's Egmont Overture and Schubert's Symphony No.4. [Source: Guide to the Concert Halls of Berlin (Fürer durch die Konzertsäle Berlins)] [Source: Electronic copy of printed concert programme] |
| 1973 | England | On 11th November music critic Mr. Jenkins, from The Sunday Times of London, publishes an appreciative article on Maestro Arrau, entitled 'Prince of Players ', including material from his recent interview of the pianist at the Savoy. |
| 1973 | England | Maestro Claudio Arrau performance
of Grieg’s Piano Concerto, with Edo de Waart
conducting the London Symphony Orchestra at the Royal Festival Hall on
Thursday 15th November at 8:00 pm. The programme included Glinka's Overture Ruslan and Ludmila, Maxwell Davies's St. Thomas Wake (Fox-trot for Orchestra, and Gershwin's An American in Paris as well. [Source: Musik on the South Bank prospectus for Nov 1973] |
| 1973 | England | Recital performance by Maestro Claudio Arrau at the Birmingham Town Hall on
Tuesday 4th December at 7:30 pm, as part of the 'H. Samuel International Concerts'. The programme comprised: > Beethoven: Sonata No.26 in E flat Op.81a Les adieux > Liszt: Sonata in B minor > Schumann: Carnaval Op.9 [Source: Printed recital programme] [Source: Birmingham Daily Post, 25 Oct, 4 & 6 Dec 1973] |
1973 |
Spain |
Claudio Arrau's recital at Barcelona's 'Palau de la Música Catalana' on Wednesday 12th December., sponsored by Pro Musica. [Source: Blaco y Negro, Madrid, 22 Dec 1973] [This entry needs completion] |
1973 |
Spain |
Concerto performances by Maestro Claudio Arrau at the 'Teatro Real' of Madrid on Friday 14th (7:30 pm) Saturday 15th (7:30 pm) & Sunday 16th December (11:30 am), interpreting Brahms's Piano Concerto No.1 with Spain's National Orchestra (Orquesta Nacional de España) conducted by Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos. The programme also included Haydn's Symphony No.88 and Óscar Esplá 's Canciones playeras (with soprano María Orán). [Source: A.B.C., Madrid, 12 & 16 Dec 1973] [Source: Blaco y Negro, Madrid, 22 Dec 1973] |
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| 1973 | Switzerland | Maestro Claudio Arrau performance
of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5 Emperor with the Zurich
Townhall Symphony Orchestra [Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich] conducted
by Gerd Albrecht. [This entry needs completion] |
| 1973 | Germany | Maestro Claudio Arrau performance
of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 1, with the Berlin Philharmonic
Orchestra [Berliner Philharmoniker] and Gary Bertini conducting. [This entry needs completion] |
| 1973 | France | Maestro Claudio Arrau performance
of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 3, with L’Orchestre
de Paris conducted by Josef Krips. [This entry needs completion] |
| 1973 | Finland | Performance by Maestro Claudio Arrau
of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5 Emperor, with the Finnish
Radio Symphony Orchestra [YLE Radion sinfoniaorkesteri] conducted by Okko
Kamu. [This entry needs completion] |
| 1973 | England | Maestro Claudio Arrau performance
of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 3 with the London Symphony
Orchestra at the Royal Festival Hall with David Atherton conducting. [This entry needs completion] |
| 1973 | Argentina | Recital
by Maestro Claudio Arrau at the 'Teatro Colón' of Buenos Aires with a program consisting of
works by Beethoven and Liszt. [This entry needs completion] |
| 1973 | France | Maestro Claudio Arrau dedicated a recital to the memory of Nobel Prize poet Pablo Neruda who died on 23rd September. The event included: > Liszt's Sonate in B minor and > Beethoven's Sonate No.21 Op.53 Waldstein. [Source: Le Monde, Paris, 22 November 1973] This entry needs completion. |
| 1973 | U.S.A. | Maestro Claudio Arrau performance
of Schumann’s Piano Concerto Op 54, with the San Francisco
Symphony Orchestra conducted by Aldo Ceccato. [This entry needs completion] |
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| 1974 | Canada | Announced performances
by Maestro Claudio Arrau with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Vancouver, for Sunday 6th, Monday 7th and Tuesday 8th of January were suspended due to illness. [Source: The Vancouver Sun, Canada, 28 Dec 1973] [Source: The Province, Vancouver, 5 Jan 1974] . |
| 1974 | Canada | Announced performance
by Maestro Claudio Arrau at the Saskatoon's 1973-74 Overture Concert Series in the Saskatoon Centennial Auditorium on Saturday 12th January at 8:30 pm. [Source: Star Phoenix, Saskatoon, 26 Oct 1973] This entry needs corroboraiton/completion. |
| 1974 | U.S.A. | Maestro Claudio Arrau's performance at the Royce Hall, University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), on Saturday 19th January at 8:30 pm, as part of his 33rd tour of the United States and Canada. |
| 1974 | U.S.A. | Performance by Maestro Claudio Arrau of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No.3 in C minor with the Utah Symphony Orchestra conducted by visiting conductor Joseph Rosenstock on Thursday 31st January in the evening, at the auditorium of the Weber State College Fine Arts Center in Ogden. |
| 1974 | U.S.A. | Maestro Claudio Arrau's performance of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No.3 in C minor with the Utah Symphony Orchestra under visiting conductor Joseph Rosenstock on Saturday 2nd February in the evening, at the Salt Lake City Tabernacle. |
| 1974 | U.S.A. | Recital
by Maestro Claudio Arrau at the Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, on Sunday 17th
February at 3:00 pm, this
being the 'Third Concert Series B' of 'Great Performers at Avery Fisher
Hall'.
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| 1974 | U.S.A. | Maestro Claudio Arrau's recital at The Met of New York, as part of The Metropolitan Museum of Art Concerts
1973-74, on Saturday 9th March. |
| 1974 | Germany | Pro
Musica, subscription Master Piano Recital byMaestro Claudio Arrau at the Philharmonie of Berlin
on Friday 29th March at 8:00 pm. |
| 1974 | Germany | Article by Friedrich Roemer in Berlin's "Die Welt" of 1st April, entitled "Ein Grandseigneur des Klavierspiels" [A Master of the Piano], appraising a Beethoven's [Les adieux, Waldstein] and Brahms's [f-moll] sonata recital given by Claudio Arrau at Berlin's Philharmonic Hall on Friday 29th March. [Please see above]. |
| 1974 | Austria | Maestro Claudio Arrau's piano recital at the Brucknerhaus Großer Saal of Linz on Monday 16th April at 8:00 pm, performing the following compositions: |
| 1974 | Austria | Performance by Maestro Claudio Arrau of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No.3 at the Youth Theatre [Theater der Jugend] of Vienna, with the Wiener Symphoniker under Eliahu Inbal on Saturday 20th April at 7:30 pm, this being the 4th Concert of the annual Wiener Symphoniker-Zyklus. |
| 1974 | England | Maestro Claudio Arrau's performance of Brahms's Piano Concerto No.1 Op.15 with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Sir Charles Groves at the Philharmonic Hall on Tuesday 30th April at 7:30 pm. The programme also included Shostakovich's Symphony No.15. [Source: Printed concert programme] |
| 1974 | England | Performance by Maestro Claudio Arrau of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No.1 in C major Op.15 with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Albert Meredith Davies at the Royal Albert Hall, London, on Tuesday 7th May at 7:30 pm. The programme also included Beethoven's Overture 'Fidelio' and Ninth (Choral) Symphony with the Royal Choral Society. [Source: Signed printed concert programme] |
| 1974 | England | Maestro Claudio Arrau performs
on 15th May at the Brighton Festival (7-19 May 1974). [This entry needs completion] |
| 1974 | England | Maestro Claudio Arrau performance
of R.Strauss’s Burleske for Piano and Orchestra in D minor,
and Liszt's Piano Concerto No.2, with the New Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Kurt Masur, at the Royal Festival
Hall of London on Wednesday 19th June at 8:00 pm. The programme also included Strauss's Don Juan Overture and Prokofiev's Scynthian Suite. [Source: Printed concert programme] |
| 1974 | U.S.A. | Announced participation by Maestro Claudio Arrau in the Spokane Expo '74 Festival with the Spokane Symphony Orchestra on Monday 15th July. [Source: Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, 15 March 1974] This entry needs corroboration/completion. |
| 1974 | U.S.A. | Maestro Claudio Arrau's recital in the Spalding Auditorium of the Hopkins Center at Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, on Saturday 20th July at 8:00 pm. The programme consisted of the following compositions: > Beethoven: Sonata in E-flat major, Op.81a Les adieux > Liszt: Sonata in B minor > Brahms: Sonata in F minor Op.5 [Source: Autographed recital programme] |
| 1974 | U.S.A. | Maestro Claudio Arrau's concerto performance with the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Charles Mackerras at the Hollywood Bowl on Tuesday 23th July in the evening. [Source: B'nai B'rith Messenger, California, 19 July 1974] This entry needs corroboration/completion. |
| 1974 | U.S.A. | Performance by Maestro Claudio Arrau of Schumann's Piano Concerto Op.54 with the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Charles Mackerras at the Hollywood Bowl on Tuesday 30th July in the evening. The programme commenced with Janáček's Sinfonietta and Brahms's Symphony No.1. [Source: B'nai B'rith Messenger, California, 2 Aug 1974] |
| 1974 | Australia | Maestro Claudio Arrau arrives in Australia on 29 July to commence his fifth
concert tour for the ABC (Australian Broadcasting Commission) in August, including the cities of Adelaide, Melbourne and Brisbane. |
| 1974 | Australia | Performance by Maestro Claudio Arrau with the South Australian Symphony Orchestra conducted by Carlo Bagnoli, at the Adelaide Festival Theatre on Tuesday 6th of August at 8:00 pm, as presented by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. The
programme included Schumann's Piano Concerto in A minor Op.54 and R.Strauss's
Burlesque for Piano and Orchestra (as well as Weber's Oberon Overture
and Tchaikovsky's Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture). |
| 1974 | Australia | The
Age, Melbourne, of Thursday 15th August reports on Maestro Claudio Arrau's
recent arrival in Melbourne and his sold-out performance at the Town
Hall this evening, which will be attended by Prime Minister Gough Whitlam. |
| 1974 | Australia | Maestro Claudio Arrau's performance of Liszt's Piano Concerto No.2 and Beethoven's Piano Concerto No.3,
with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra conducted by Hiroyuki Iwaki,
at the Melbourne Town Hall on Thursday 15th August at 8:00 pm, as part of an ABC sponsored series. The programme commenced with Beethoven's Symphony No.1 Op.21. [Source: Printed concert programme] |
| 1974 | Australia | Performance by Maestro Claudio Arrau
with the Queensland Symphony Orchestra conducted by Patrick Thomas,
at the Brisbane City Hall on Saturday 24th August at 8:00 pm. Copy of concert program kept at the State Library of Queensland, Local id: QSL772417 Shelf: G 780.78 1974. |
| 1974 | U.S.A. | Maestro Claudio Arrau's performance with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra conducted by Aldo Ceccato at the Ford Auditorium on 10th October at 8:30 pm. The University of Michigan Choir is also participating. [Source: The Windsor Star, Ontario, 10 and 11 Oct 1974] |
| 1974 | U.S.A. | Performance by Maestro Claudio Arrau of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5 Emperor,
with the touring Israel Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Daniel
Baremboim at the Main Hall of the Carnegie Hall, New York, on Sunday 13th October at 2:30 pm. The progamme also comprised Beethoven's Leonore Overture No.3 Op.72b and Symphony No.5 Op.67. [Source: Carnegie Hall Archives], et al. |
| 1974 | U.S.A. | Maestro Claudio Arrau's performance of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No.5 Emperor, with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra conducted by Aldo Ceccato at Detroit's Ford Auditorium on Thursday 17th and Saturday 19th October at 8:30 pm. The University of Michigan Choir is also participating in the rendition of Verdi's Four Sacred Pieces. The concert opened with Charles Ives's Three Places in New England. [Source: The Windsor Star, Ontario, Canada, 11, 17 & 18 Oct 1974] |
| 1974 | Sweden | Performance by Maestro Claudio Arrau of Schumann’s Piano Concerto [Pianokonsert a-moll op.54],
with the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra [Göteborgs Symfoniker] conducted
by Dean Dixon at the Great Concert Hall [Naren Stora Salen], Stockholm,
on Thursday 24th October at 8:00 pm. |
| 1974 | Wales | Recital by Maestro Claudio Arrau sponsored by the Merlin Music Society, as part of its 1974/75 Season,
at the Monmouth School Hall on Thursday 7th November at 7:30
pm, with a programme comprising the following works: |
| 1974 | England | Maestro Claudio Arrau's performance
of Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor Op.15, with Arvid
Yansons conducting the Hallé Orchestra at Manchester's
Free Trade Hall on Sunday 10th November at 7:30 pm, as part of
the Hallé Concerts Society's 117th Season 1974-75. The programme also included the National Anthem and Shostakovich's Symphony No.15 in A. [Source: Printed concert programme] |
| 1974 | England | Maestro Claudio Arrau's participation in the Steinway Inaugural Recital at the Lancaster University of Lancashire, as part of the University Concerts season, on Tuesday 12th November at 7:30 pm, with a programme consisting of: >
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.26 in E flat major Op.81a Les adieux |
| 1974 | England | Performance by Maestro Claudio Arrau
of Brahms’s Piano Concerto Nos. 1 in D minor Op.15, with Bernard
Haitink conducting the London Philharmonic Orchestra at the Royal
Festival Hall on Thursday 14th November at 8:00 pm, in aid of the LPO National Appeal Fund. The programme also comprised Rossini's Overture The Italian Girl in Algiers & Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade. [Source: Music on the South Bank prospectus for November 1974] [Source: Printed concert programme] |
| 1974 | England | Maestro Claudio Arrau's performance
of Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 2 Op.83, with Bernard
Haitink conducting the London Philharmonic Orchestra at the Royal
Festival Hall on Sunday 17th
November at 7:30 pm. [Source: Music on the South Bank prospectus for November 1974] [Source: Printed concert programme] |
| 1974/5 |
World |
Claudio Arrau's world
tour. |
| 1974-1978 |
Germany |
Maestro Claudio Arrau edits
the Second Volume of
the Complete Beethoven Piano Sonata Urtext Edition, with his former pupil Philip Lorenz's collaboration and L. Hoffmann-Erbrecht's musical revision, published by C.F. Peters Verklag in Frankfurt on the Main. |
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1974/5 |
U.S.A. |
Recital
by Maestro Claudio Arrau as part of the 1974-75 Boston University Celebrity Series. |
| 1974 | Denmark | Maestro Claudio Arrau's performance of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 1 Op.15, with the Danish Radio
Symphony Orchestra [Danmarks Radios Symfoniorkester] conducted by John Frandsen. http://arrausite.free.fr/Index.html [This entry needs corroboration/completion] |
| 1974 | Finland | Performance by Maestro Claudio Arrau
of Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 2 Op.83, with the Finnish Radio
Symphony Orchestra (Helsinki) and Ulf Soderblom conducting. [This entry needs corroboration/completion] |
| 1974 | Austria | Maestro Claudio Arrau's performance
of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5 Emperor, with the Vienna Symphony
Orchestra [Wiener Symphoniker] conducted by Eliahu Inbal. [This entry needs completion] |
| 1974 | France | Performance by Maestro Claudio Arrau
of Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 1 Op.15, with L’Orchestre
de Paris conducted by Alain Lombard. [This entry needs completion] |
| 1974 | France | Maestro Claudio Arrau's performance of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5 Emperor, with L'Orchestre de
Paris and Georg Solti conducting. [This entry needs completion] |
| 1974 | U.S.A. | Performance by Maestro Claudio Arrau
of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4 and R.Strauss’s Burleske in D minor, with the Musica Aeterna Orchestra of New
York conducted by Frederic Waldman. [This entry needs completion] |
| 1974 | U.S.A. | Maestro Claudio Arrau's performance
of Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 2 Op.83, with the Pittsburgh Symphony
Orchestra (Pennsylvania) conducted by Rafael Frühbeck de
Burgos. [This entry needs completion] |
| 1974 | U.S.A. | Performance by Maestro Claudio Arrau of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 3 Op.37, with the Minneapolis Symphony
Orchestra conducted by Stanislaw Skrowaczewski. [This entry needs completion] |
| 1974 | U.S.A. | Maestro Claudio Arrau's performance of Schumann’s Piano Concerto Op 54, with Emerson
Buckley conducting the Miami Philharmonic Orchestra. [This entry needs completion] |
| 1974 | U.S.A. | Performance by Maestro Claudio Arrau
of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 3 Op.37, with the Utah Symphony
Orchestra under Maurice Abravanel. [This entry needs completion] |
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| 1975 | U.S.A. | Maestro Claudio Arrau performances
at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, with The Musica Aeterna Orchestra
conducted by Frederic Waldman, on Saturday 18th January
and Sunday 19th January, in th evenings. The programme started with Teleman's Overture in C major and continued with: > Weber: Konzertstück for piano and orchestra Op.79 > Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.5 in E flat major Op.73 [Source: Electronic copy of printed concert programme] |
| 1975 | Canada | Maestro Claudio Arrau performance
of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No.5 Emperor, with the National Arts Centre Orchestra conducted by Raffi Armenian, in the first of a pair of Seagram's Celebrity Concerts, on Tuesday 21st and Wednesday 22nd January in the evening, at the NAC Opera, Ottawa. |
| 1975 | U.S.A. | Maestro Claudio Arrau performance
in Brooklyn College's Walt Whitman Hall, New York, as part of the Guest
Artist Series with The Musica Aeterna Orchestra conducted by Frederic
Waldman, on Saturday 25th January at 8:00 pm. The programme included: > Teleman: Overture in C major > Weber: Konzertstück for piano and orchestra > Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.5 in E flat major Emperor [Source: Printed concert programme] |
| 1975 | U.S.A. | Maestro Claudio Arrau's recital performance at Boston's Symphony Hall on Sunday 2nd March at 3:00 pm, with a programme comprising works by Beethoven and Schumann. |
| 1975 | U.S.A. | Piano
recital by Maestro Claudio Arrau at the Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Centre, New York, on Sunday
9th March at 3:00 pm, as part of the Hurok International Series
1974-75. |
| 1975 | Switzerland | Piano recital by Maestro Claudio Arrau at the Grosser Tonhallesaal, forming part of the Zurich Concert Society's Master Cycle [Konzertgesellschaft Zürich], on Wednesday 2nd April at 8:15 pm, with a programme including: >
Beethoven:
Sonata No.26 in A flat Op.81a Les adieux |
| 1975 | Germany | Maestro Claudio Arrau performance
of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5 Emperor on Friday 4th and Saturday
5th April, at 8:00 pm, at the Philharmonie, with the Berlin Philharmonic
Orchestra [Berliner Philharmonisches Orchester] conducted by Uri(el) Segal. This subscription programme also included Blacher's Pentagramm für 16 Streichinstrumente, and Brahms's Serenade Nr 2 in A-dur für kleines Orchester op.16. [Source: Guide to the Concert Halls of Berlin (Fürer durch die Konzertsäle Berlins)] [Source: Printed concert programme] |
| 1975 | Germany | Evening piano recital by Maestro Claudio Arrau in Munich's Hercules Hall, as part of the Eurepean Concerts Cycle A, on Wednesday 9th April at 8:00 pm. [Source: Munich press announcement] [This entry needs corroboration/completion] |
| 1975 | Austria | Extraordinary
piano recital by Maestro Claudio Arrau for the Friends of the Vienna Music Society [Gesellschaft
der Musikfreunde in Wien] on Monday 14th April, with a programme
consisting of: > Beethoven: Klaviersonate Nr.26 Es-Dur Opus 81a Les adieux > Brahms: Klaviersonate Nr.3 f-Moll Opus 5 Pause > Schumann: 12 Symphonische Etüden für Klavier Opus 13 und 5 Variationen Opus posth. [Source: Printed recital programme] |
| 1975 | Germany | Piano
recital by Maestro Claudio Arrau at the City of Erlangen's Grand Hall on Wednesday 16th April
at 8:oo pm, as part of the GVE Charitable Society of Erlangen's 8th subscription
concert, with a programme consisting of: > Beethoven: Klaviersonate Nr.26 Es-Dur op.81a Les adieux > Brahms: Klaviersonate Nr.3 f-Moll op.5 > Schumann: 12 symphonische Etüden für Klavier op.13 und Variationen op.posth [Source: Printed recital programme] |
| 1975 | Germany | Pro
Arte, subscription Master Piano Recital by Maestro Claudio Arrau at the Philharmonie of Berlin
on Tuesday 22nd April at 8:00 pm. |
| 1975 | Sweden | Maestro Claudio Arrau performance
of Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 1 Op.15, with the Swedish Radio
Symphony Orchestra [Sveriges Radios Symfoniorkester] and Gary
Bertini conducting, at the Stockholm Concert Hall on Sunday
27th April at 8:00 pm. |
| 1975 | France | Maestro Claudio Arrau performances
of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5 Emperor at the Ville de Strasbourg
on Tuesday 29th and Wednesday 30th April, with the Orchestre
Philharmonique de Strasbourg conducted by Alceo Galliera. The programme concluded with Beethoven's Symphony No.7. [Source: Printed subscription leaflet] [Source: Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra 1974-75 Season's prospectus] |
| 1975 | Italy | Maestro Claudio Arrau performances
of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5 Emperor at the Auditorio
di Via della Conciliazione in Rome, on Sunday 4th and Monday
5th May, with the Orchestra Stabile dell' Accademia Nazionale
di Santa Cecilia, conducted by Gary Bertini, as part
of the 1974-75 Symphonic Season. |
| 1975 | England | Recital
by Maestro Claudio Arrau at the Royal Festival Hall, on Wednesday 4th June at 8:00 pm. Works performed were: > Beethoven: Sonata No.26 in A flat Op.81a Les adieux > Beethoven: Sonata No.23 in F minor Op.57 Appassionata Interval > Brahms: Sonata No.3 in F minor Op.5 [Source: Music on the South Bank prospectus for June 1975] [Source: Printed concert programme] |
| 1975 | England | Recital
by Maestro Claudio Arrau at The Congress Theatre of Eastbourne, East Sussex, on Tuesday 10th
June, forming part of the Eastbourne Festival '75, with a programme comprising
the following works: |
| 1975 | England | Maestro Claudio Arrau's recital
at the Free Trade Hall of Manchester, Lancashire, on Thursday 12th
June at 7:30 pm, as part of the '1975 Hallé Proms Programme'.
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| 1975 | Wales | Recital
by Maestro Claudio Arrau at the Llandaff Cathedral on Saturday 14th June at 7:30 pm, as
part of the 'Llandaff Festival June' 75'. |
| 1975 |
England |
Maestro Claudio Arrau performance
of Beethoven's Piano Concertos Nos. 4 and 5 Emperor, at the Royal Festival Hall,
with the
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra under David Atherton,
on Monday 16th of June at 8:00 pm. The programme commenced with Beethoven's Symphony No.2. [Source: Illustrated London News, 1 June 1975] [Source: Music on the South Bank prospectus for June 1975] [Source: Printed concert programme] |
| 1975 | Austria | Claudio Arrau's recital
in Vienna on Monday 14th July. [This entry needs completion] |
| 1975 |
Austria |
Fifth
participation byMaestro Claudio Arrau at the Salzburg Festival, Großes Festspielhaus,
on 3rd August: Beethoven's Piano Concerto No.3 under André
Previn conducting the London Symphony Orchestra. The programme also included Elgar's Cockaigne Overture Op.40 and Prokofiev's 5th Symphony. |
| 1975 | England | Maestro Claudio Arrau's performance
at the Harrogate International Festival (that ran from 6th to 20th August). [Source: The Stage, 19 June 1975] [Source: Harrogate International Festivals - Timeline website] This entry needs completion. |
| 1975 | Scotland | Maestro Claudio Arrau performance
of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5 Emperor, with The Royal Scottish
National Orchestra conducted by Alexander Gibson, at
the Usher Hall on Sunday 24th August at 7:30 pm, as part of the
Edinburgh International Festival. |
| 1975 | Scotland | Usher
Hall recital by Maestro Claudio Arrau on Monday 25th August at 8:00 pm, as part of the Edinburgh
International Festival, with a programme including: > Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.26 in E flat Op.81a Les adieux > Liszt: Sonata in B minor > Schumann: Etudes symphoniques Op.13 [Source: Edinburgh International Festival 1975's official programme, pp.6 & 46] [Source: Edinburgh International Festival 1975's printed schedule] |
| 1977 | Finland | Recital
by Maestro Claudio Arrau at Turku in August. Works performed included: > Brahms: Piano Sonata No.3 Op.5 [This entry needs completion] [CD: Music & Arts CD-1263, USA, 2012] |
| 1975 | Austria | Maestro Claudio Arrau performance
of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 3 Op.37, at the Salzburgh Festival in August,
with the visiting London Symphony
Orchestra under André Previn. [This entry needs completion] |
| 1975 | Scotland | Maestro Claudio Arrau's Edinburgh commitments this year were cancelled due to a strained shoulder which will prevent him from peforming until the end of September. His place was taken by pianists Daniel Barenboim and Emmanuel Ax. [Source: Birmingham Daily Post, 26 Aug 1975] |
| 1975 | Switzerland | Maestro Claudio Arrau's scheduled participation in the Settimane musicali di Lucerne in September was cancelled for health reasons. Pianist Nikita Magaloff replaced. [Source: A.B.C., Madrid, 6 Sept 1975] |
| 1975 | Sweden | Recital and concerto performances by Maestro Claudio Arrau scheduled for Sunday 5th and Wednesday 8th October in Stockholm. [This entry needs corroboration/completion] |
| 1975 | England | Maestro Claudio Arrau performance with the English Chamber Orchestra (ECO) at Windsor on 10th October. [This entry needs corroboration/completion] |
| 1975 | England | Celebrity
Recital by Maestro Claudio Arrau at the Theatre Royal in Newcastle upon Tyne, on Sunday 12th
October at 7:30 pm, with a program including the following works: > Beethoven: Sonata No.3 in C, Op.2 No.3 > Beethoven: Sonata No.32 in C minor, Op.111 > Liszt: Sonata in B minor (dedicated to Schumann) [Source: Newcastle Festival 1975 printed prospectus] [Source: Printed recital programme] [Source: Newcastle Journal, 11 Oct 1975] [Source: Newcastle Evening Chronicle, 13 Oct 1975] |
| 1975 | England | Maestro Claudio Arrau performance
of Chopin’s Piano Concerto No.1, with Kurt Sanderling
conducting the New Philharmonia Orchestra at the Royal Festival
Hall on Wednesday 15th October at 8:00 pm, being part of The Royal
Philharmonic Society's 164th Season. |
| 1975 | Scotland | Maestro Claudio Arrau performance with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra (RSNO) at Edinburgh on 17th October. [This entry needs corroboration/completion] |
| 1975 | Scotland | Maestro Claudio Arrau performance with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra (RSNO) at Glasgow on 18th October. [This entry needs corroboration/completion] |
| 1975 | England | Maestro Claudio Arrau recital at Birmingham on 21st October. [This entry needs corroboration/completion] |
| 1975 | England | Maestro Claudio Arrau performance
of Chopin’s Piano Concerto No.2, with the Hallé
Orchestra conducted by James Loughran at the Free Trade
Hall of Manchester on Thursday 23rd October at 7:30 pm, as part
of the Hallé Concerts Society's 118th Season 1975-76. The programme also included Mahler's Symphony No.5 in C sharp minor. [Source: Printed concert programme] |
| 1975 | England | Maestro Claudio Arrau performance at the Friends of Alyn's Fourth Gala Recital in benefit of the Kiryat Hayovel Hospital for Disabled Children, Jerusalem, at The Great Hall, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, on Sunday 26th October, with a programme including: >
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.3 in C major Op.2
No.3 |
| 1975 | England | Maestro Claudio Arrau recital at the Huddersfield Town Hall, West Yorkshire, on 28th October. [Source: The Stage, London, 28 Aug 1975] This entry needs corroboration. |
| 1975 | England | Recital by Maestro Claudio Arrau at the Bedford Corn Exchange on Thursday 30th October, sponsored by the Bedford Music Club, with a programme comprising the following works: > Beethoven:
Sonata No.3 in C major Op.2 No.3 |
| 1975 | England | Maestro Claudio Arrau performance
of Chopin’s Piano Concerto No.2, with the Hallé
Orchestra conducted by James Loughran at the Royal Festival
Hall on Friday 31st October at 8:00 pm, forming part of the Hallé Concerts Society's 118th
Season 1975-76. The programme also included Mahler's Symphony No.5 in C sharp minor. [Source: Music on the South Bank prospectus for October 1975] [Source: Printed concert programme] |
1975 |
Sweden |
Maestro Claudio Arrau's recital in Stockholm on Saturday 8th November. [This entry needs completion] |
| 1975
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U.S.A.
|
Recital
by Maestro Claudio Arrau at the Middletown High School of New York on Saturday 15th November
as part of the Greater Middletown Arts Council's 15th Great Performance
Series. The program comprised: > Beethoven's Sonata No.3 in C major Op 2 No. 3 > Beethoven's Sonata No.31 in A flat major Op 110 Intermission > Ravel's Gaspard de la nuit > Liszt's Gnomenreigen (Dance of the Gnomes) > Liszt's Mephisto Waltz (Dance in the Village Inn - After Lanau's "Faust") [Source: Electronic copy of printed recital programme] |
| 1975
|
U.S.A.
|
Recital
by Maestro Claudio Arrau at the Avery Fisher Hall of New York on 23rd November. The program comprised: > Beethoven's early Sonata in C Op 2 No. 3 (No.3) > Beethoven's late Sonata in A flat Op 110 (No.31) > Ravel's Gaspard de la nuit > Liszt's Gnomenreigen > Liszt's Mephisto Waltz Critic John Rockwell found Arrau's "...technique at 72 as exciting and impeccable as ever before". [Source: The New York Times, 24 Nov 1975] |
| 1975 | Mexico | Double
concerto performance by Maestro Claudio Arrau with the Mexican State Symphony Orchestra [Orquesta
Sonfónica del Estado de México] under visiting conductor
Anshel Brusilow on Saturday 29th of November. |
| 1975 | Mexico | Recital by Maestro Claudio Arrau at the 'Palacio de Bellas Artes' of Mexico City on Monday 1st December at 8:30 pm, rendering the following works: >
Beethoven: Sonata No.3 en la mayor Op.2 No.3 |
| 1975 | Mexico | Recital
by Maestro Claudio Arrau at the 'Auditorio de la Reforma' of Puebla, as part of the September-December
'VII Festival de Puebla' International Music Festival, on Wednesday
3rd December at 9:15 pm. |
| 1975 | Mexico | Maestro Claudio Arrau recital at the Tepotzotlán Festival, State of México, sponsored by the 'Museo Nacional del Virreinato', on Saturday 6th December at 6:30 pm, with a programme including the following works: >
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.3 in C major Op.2 No.3 |
| 1975 | U.S.A. | Recital by Maestro Claudio Arrau at the Theresa L Kaufman Concert Hall (92nd Street YM-YWHA), New York, on 20th December, featuring an all-Beethoven programme consisting of: > Sonata No.30 in E major Op.109 > Sonata No.31 in A flat major Op.110 > Sonata No.32 in C minor Op.111 Début performance of Maestro Arrau at the 92nd Street Y to mark the reopening of the Kaufmann Concert Hall. [CD: APR 5633, Mono ADD, released in the UK in 2004 and dedicated to Friede Rothe-Sterling (1914-2003), Claudio Arrau's Personal Manager since 1941] |
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1975 |
Hungary |
The 1975 Liszt Record Grand Prix is adjudicated to Maestro Claudio Arrau's 1971 recordings of Liszt's Complete concert paraphrases on operas by Verdi, for the Philips label. |
| 1975 | U.S.A. | Maestro Claudio Arrau performance
of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5 Emperor, with The Queens Symphony
Orchestra of New York and Dr Ernst Katz conducting. [This entry needs completion] |
| 1975 | Canada | Performance by Maestro Claudio Arrau of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 3 Op.37, with the Toronto Symphony
Orchestra conducted by Stanislaw Skrowaczewski. [This entry needs completion] |
| 1975 | Netherlands | Maestro Claudio Arrau performance
of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5 Emperor, with The Royal Concertgebouw
Orchestra of Amsterdam [Das Königliche Concertgebouw Orchester Amsterdam]
and Colin Davis conducting. [This entry needs completion] |
| 1975 | Netherlands | Maestro Claudio Arrau performance
of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4 Op.58, with The Netherlands
Radio Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Jean Fournet. [This entry needs completion] |
| 1975 | Sweden | Maestro Claudio Arrau performance
of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 1 Op.15, with the Swedish Radio
Symphony Orchestra [Sveriges Radios Symfoniorkester] and Gary
Bertini conducting. [This entry needs completion] |
| 1975 | Scotland | Maestro Claudio Arrau's performance
of Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 1 Op.11, with Alexander
Gibson conducting The Royal Scottish National Orchestra. [This entry needs completion] |
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| 1976 |
U.S.A. |
Recital
by Maestro Claudio Arrau at the C.W. Post College Center Auditorium, Brookville, Long Island, New York,
on Saturday 3rd January at 8:40 pm. |
| 1976 |
U.S.A. |
Maestro Claudio Arrau performances
of Brahms’s Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 2, with Guy
Tailor conducting the Fresno Philharmonic Orchestra in California
on 16th January. The programme also included Brahms's Academic Festival Overture. [Source: Electronic copy of printed concert programme] This entry needs corroboration. |
1976 |
Canada |
Performances by Maestro Claudio Arrau of Brahms's Piano Concerto No.2 in B flat major Op.83, with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra conducted by Kazuyoshi Akiyama at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre
on Sunday 18th January at 2:30 pm, Monday 19th January at 8:30 pm, and Tuesday 20th January at 7:30 pm, as part of the Eighth Main Series concerts. The programme also included Webern's Six Pieces for Orchestra Op.6, and Beethoven's Symphony No.5 in C minor. [Source: The Vancouver Sun, 13 Jan 1976] [Source: Richmond Review, British Columbia, 14 Jan 1976] [Source: The Province, Vancouver, 15, 16 and 19 Jan 1976] |
1976 |
U.S.A. |
Maestro Claudio Arrau's all-Beethoven recital in the Auditorium of Redondo Beach Boulevard, Crenshaw (South Los Angeles, California), on Friday 23rd January at 8:00 pm, presented by El Camino College. The evening's massive programme comprised the following compositions: > Sonata No.23 in F minor Op.57 Appassionata > Sonata No.30 in E major Op.109 > Sonata No.31 in A flat major Op.110 > Sonata No.32 in C minor Op.111 [Source: B'nai B'rith Messenger, California, 5 Dec 1975 & 9 Jan 1976] This entry needs corroboration. |
| 1976
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U.S.A.
|
Release
of "Memories of Berlin
- Twilight of the Weimar Culture", a documentary
film produced, directed, photographed, and edited by Gary
Conklin (Pasadena, California) in association with the Canadian
Broadcasting Corporation. |
| 1976 | Canada | Performance by Maestro Claudio Arrau of Brahms's Piano Concerto No.1 with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra conducted by Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos on Tuesday 10th February in the evening at the Salle Wilfrid Pelletier of Montreal. The programme commenced with Stravinsky's La Sacre du Printemps. [Source: The Gazette, Montreal, 11 & 12 Feb 1976] |
| 1976 | Spain | Maestro Claudio Arrau's performances of Weber’s Konzerstück for piano and orchestra and R.Strauss's Burleske for piano and orchestra, with the Spanish National
Orchestra [Orquesta Nacional de España] conducted by Rafael Frühbeck de Burgosat the 'Teatro Real' of Madrid on Friday 23rd (7:00 pm), Saturday 24th (7:00 pm) and Sunday 25th April (11:30 am). The programme likewise included Muñoz Molleda's Miniaturas medievales & De Falla's Three Cornered Hat (complete version). [Source: A.B.C., Madrid, 22, 23 & 24 April 1976] |
| 1976 | Germany | Performances by Maestro Claudio Arrau
of Weber’s Konzertstück in F minor
Op 79 and R.Strauss’s Burleske in D minor, with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra [Berliner Philharmonisches Orchester]
conducted by Aldo Ceccato at the Philharmonie on Wednesday
28th and Thursday 29th April at 8:00 pm. The programme also included Schwarz-Schilling's Introduktion und Fuge für Streichorchester and Tschaikowsky's Symphonie Nr.II Op.17. [Source: Electronic copy of printed concert programme] |
| 1976 | Germany | Maestro Claudio Arrau performance
of R.Strauss’s Burleske in D minor and Weber’s Konzertstück in F minor
Op 79, with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra [Berliner Philharmonisches Orchester]
conducted by Aldo Ceccato at the Philharmonie on Friday 30thApril at 8:00 pm. The programme also included Schwarz-Schilling's Introduction und Fugue for String Orchestra and Tschaikowsky's Symphony No.2 Op.17. This event was sponsored by the Minister for Family, Youth and Sports for the promotion of young musicians and listeners. |
| 1976 | England | Piano
recital by Maestro Claudio Arrau at the Corn Exchange Entertainment and Arts Centre, Ipswich,
Suffolk, on Saturday 22nd May at 7:30 pm, with a programme including: |
| 1976 | England | Recital
by Maestro Claudio Arrau at the Royal Festival Hall, on Monday 24th May at 8:00 pm. Works performed were*: > Beethoven: Sonata No.30 in E major, Op.109 > Beethoven: Sonata No.32 in C minor, Op.111 Interval > Schumann: Études symphoniques, Op.13 [Source: Printed recital programme] *N.B.: The Musik on the South Bank prospectus for May 1976 had shown Beethoven Sonatas Nos.30, 31 & 32 instead. |
| 1976 | England | Maestro Claudio Arrau's recital for the Abbotsholme Arts Society at the Sudbury Hall in Staffordshire,
on Wednesday 26th May at 8:00 pm. Works performed were: > Beethoven: Sonata No.3 in C major Op.2 No.3 > Beethoven: Sonata No.32 in C minor Op.111 Interval > Liszt: Sonata in B minor (dedicated to Schumann) [Source: Signed printed recital programme] |
| 1976 | England | All-Brahms performances by Maestro Claudio Arrau as part of the International Celebrity Concerts at the
Royal Albert Hall of London, with the New Philharmonia Orchestra under Neville Marriner, on Sunday 6th June, at 7:30 pm, with a
programme consisting of: |
| 1976 | Switzerland | Performance by Maestro Claudio Arrau of Brahms's Piano Concerto No.2 Op.83 with the Orchestre national de France conducted by Igor Markevitch, on Thursday 10th June at the Théâtre de Beaulieu of Lausanne, as part of the Lausanne International Festival. |
| 1976 | France | Maestro Claudio Arrau performance
of Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 2 Op.83 with Igor Markevitch conducting L'Orchestre national de France at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris. Maestro Arrau substituted Emil Gilels who was unable to attend. Curiously enough, this fortuitous occasion finally seemed to have afforded Arrau, for the very first time, the true admiration of the French critic and public, this late in his outstanding career. [Source: Brahms révélé, by Alain Lompech. Le Monde, Paris, 5 July 1997] CD: INA, mémoire vive: IMV 022. 2001. |
| 1976 | England | Piano
recital by Maestro Claudio Arrau on Tuesday 29th June at 8:00 pm, at
the University of York Central Hall, Heslington, being
part of the
'York Festival & Mystery Plays' (11 June - 4 July), with
a performance comprising the following works: > Beethoven: Sonata No.3 in C major Op.2 No.3 > Liszt: Sonata in B minor Interval > Schumann: Études symphoniques Op.13 (including five posthumous variations) [Source: Printed recital programme] |
| 1976 | Mexico | Maestro Claudio Arrau performances
of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No.5 Emperor at the 'Palacio de Bellas Artes',
the 'Catedral Metropolitana', and the 'Auditorio Nacional' of
Mexico City, with The Americas' Philharmonic Orchestra [Orquesta Filarmónica de las Américas] conducted by Sixten Ehrling, on Thursday 19th, Saturday 21st, and Sunday 22nd of August, respectively. |
| 1976 | Mexico | Recital by Maestro Claudio Arrau at the 'Palacio de Bellas Artes' of Mexico City, on Tuesday 24th of August at 9:00 pm, presented by the 'Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes' and the 'Asociación Musical Daniel A.C.', with a programme consisting of the following works: >
Beethoven: Sonata No.30 en mi mayor Op.109 |
| 1976 | U.S.A. | Maestro Claudio Arrau performance
of Brahms's Concerto No.1 for Piano and Orchestra in D minor Op.15,
with The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Zubin Mehta
at the Main Hall of the Carnegie Hall, New York, on Thursday 9th of September
at 8:00 pm, as part of the 1976-77 Season. |
| 1976 | Spain | Brief interview of Maestro Maestro Claudio Arrau by journalist Jesús García Pérez for the 31st September issue of Barcelona's Monsalvat magazine. Arrau speaks about modern "competing" musicians, interpretation, and modern composers he enjoys. |
| 1976 | England | Maestro Claudio Arrau performance of Brahms's Piano Concerto No.2 in B flat Op.83 at the Birmingham Town Hall, with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra under Albert Meredith Davies, on Thursday 7th October at 7:30 pm. The programme also included Mozart's Cosi fan tutte Overture and Beethoven's Symphony No.2. [Source: Printed concert programme] [Source: Birmongham Daily Post, 2 Oct 1976] |
| 1976 | Scotland | Recital
by Maestro Claudio Arrau at the Candleriggs City Hall, Glasgow, on Sunday 10th October at
3:15 pm, with the financial support of the Scottish Arts Council, as part
of the Masterconcert Series. Works performed were: > Beethoven: Sonata No.30 in E major, Op.109 > Beethoven: Sonata No.32 in C minor, Op.111 > Schumann: Études symphoniques, Op.13 [Source: Printed recital programme] |
| 1976 | England | Maestro Claudio Arrau performance
of Brahms's Piano Concerto No.1 Op.15 at the Liverpool Philharmonic Hall on
Tuesday 12th October at 7:30 pm, as part of the Tuesday Subscription
Series, with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Franz-Paul
Decker. Other works performed were Gunther Schuller's Seven Studies on Themes of Paul Klee, and Tchaikovsky's Symphony No.4. [Source: Printed concert programme] [Source: Liverpool Echo, 13 Oct 1976] |
| 1976 | England | Performance by Maestro Claudio Arrau of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No.5 Emperor at the Royal Festival Hall on Thursday 14th October at 8:00 pm, as part of the Concert Season 1976/77,
with The London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Klaus Tennstedt. Other works performed were Beethoven's Overture Coriolan and Bruckner's Symphony No.4 Romantic. [Source: Printed concert programme] |
| 1976 |
Germany |
Maestro Claudio Arrau's live
recording in München of Beethoven's Piano Concerto
No.4 with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra [Symphonie-Orchester
des Bayerischen Rundfunks] under Leonard Bernstein on 17th October
in benefit of Amnesty International. [Released on LP and reel-to-reel tape by Deutsche Grammophon in 1977, on CDR by En Larmes in 2002, and on CD by Deutsche Grammophon in 2007] |
1976 |
U.S.A. |
Recital by Maestro Claudio Arrau on Monday 15th
November in the evening, at the Syracuse Civic Center, N.Y., sponsored by the Civic Morning Musicals. |
| 1976 |
U.S.A. |
Maestro Claudio Arrau performances
of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 3 Op.37, with Rafael
Jeroným Kubelík conducting the New York Philharmonic
Orchestra at the Avery Fisher Hall of the Lincoln Center in N.Y. on Thursday
18th (8:30 pm), Friday 19th (2:00 pm), Saturday 20th (8:30 pm) and Tuesday 23rd November (7:30 pm). The programme also included Beethoven's Egmont Overture and Dvorak's Symphony No.9 From the New World. Live from Lincoln Centre Telecast Series, hosted by Dick Cavett, aired nationally on Saturday 20th November through various television networks. [Source: The Columbus Telegram, Nebraska, 20 Nov 1976] [Source: The Hamlin Herald, Texas, 17 Feb 1977]. Et al. »» The 20th of November television performances are available in two videocassettes held at the New York Public Library, including live intermission interviews on stage with Cyrill Harris (Avery Fisher Hall Accoustics Consultant) and backstage with Amyas Ames (Chairman of Lincoln Centre). |
1976 |
Canada |
Recital by Maestro Claudio Arrau in Montreal on Monday 29th November, consisting of sonatas by: > Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.30 Op.109 > Liszt: Sonata in B minor > Brahms: Sonata No.3 in F minor Op.5. [Source: The Gazette, Montreal, 20 Nov 1976] This entry needs corroboration/completion. |
1976 |
U.S.A. |
Performance by Maestro Claudio Arrau in Ithaca, N.Y., on Friday 3th December at 8:15 pm, as part of the Cornell University's Bailey Hall Concert Series. [Source: The Post-Standard, NY, 27 Nov 1976] This entry needs corroboration/completion. |
1976 |
U.S.A. |
Maestro Claudio Arrau's recital at the Boston Symphony Hall on Monday 6th December in the afternoon, as part of the Boston University Celebrity Series. The programme included the following compositions: > Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.30 in E major Op.109 > Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.21 in C major Op.53 Waldstein > Brahms: Piano Sonata No.3 in F minor Op.5 [Source: The Lowell Sun, Massachusetts, 7 Dec 1976] |
| 1976 |
U.S.A. |
Performances by Maestro Claudio Arrau
of Liszt’s Piano Concerto No. 2 in A major, and R.Strauss's
Burlesque in D minor, with Thomas Michalak conducting
the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra in its Golden Anniversary Season, at
the Heinz Hall for the Performing Arts, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on Friday
17th, Saturday 18th, and Sunday 19th December, at
8:30 pm, 8:00 pm and 2:30 pm, respectively The programme also included Britten's Variations on a Theme by Frank Bridge Opus 10 and R.Strauss's Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks. [Source: Electronic copy of printed concert programme] |
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| 1976 | Germany | Maestro Claudio Arrau performance
of Schumann’s Piano Concerto Op 54, with the Sudwestfunk Symphony
Orchestra [Südwestfunk-Sinfonieorchester] conducted by Ernest
Bour. [This entry needs completion] |
| 1976 | Germany | Performance by Maestro Claudio Arrau of Schumann’s Piano Concerto Op 54, with the Cologne Radio
Symphony Orchestra [Kölner Radio Symphonie Orchester] conducted by Rafael Kubelík. [This entry needs completion] |
1976 |
Czechoslovakia |
Recital
by Maestro Claudio Arrau at the Prague Spring Festival with a program including, inter alia: > Schumann's Symphonic Etudes, and > Beethoven Sonate No.3 in C Op.2 No.3.. [Appian Publications and Recordings: CD APR 5631, 2000] [Appian Publications and Recordings: CD APR 5632, 2001] |
| 1976 | Israel | Maestro Claudio Arrau performance
of Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 1 Op.15, with Zubin Mehta conducting the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra in Tel Aviv. [This entry needs completion] |
| 1976 | Austria | Performance by Maestro Claudio Arrau
of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4 Op.58, with the Vienna Symphony
Orchestra [Wiener Symphoniker] conducted by Ferdinand Leitner. [This entry needs completion] |
| 1976 | France | Maestro Claudio Arrau performance
of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5 Emperor, with L’Orchestre
national de France conducted by Gabriel Chmura. [This entry needs completion] |
| 1976 | Canada | Performance by Maestro Claudio Arrau
of Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 1 Op.15, with The Montreal Symphony
Orchestra [L’Orchestre symphonique de Montréal] conducted
by Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos. [This entry needs completion] |
| 1976 | U.S.A. | Maestro Claudio Arrau performance
of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5 Emperor, with the New Jersey
Symphony Orchestra conducted by Henry Lewis. [This entry needs completion] |
| 1976 | U.S.A. | Excerpts from Chopin's Piano Concerto No. 1, recorded by Arrau with the London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Eliahu Inbal for the Philips label, inserted in the film The little girl who lives down the lane, directed by Nic(h)olas Gessner. |
1976/7 |
U.S.A. |
Recital by Maestro Claudio Arrau
as part of the 1976-77 Boston University Celebrity Series. |
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1977 |
Canada |
Maestro Claudio Arrau's performance of Brahms's Piano Concerto No.1 with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra under Kazuyoshi Akiyama on Monday 10th and Tuesday 11th January at 8:30 pm and Wednesday 12th January at 7:30 pm in Vancouver's Queen Elizabeth Theatre. The all-Brahms programme also included Symphony No.1. [Source: The Province, Vancouver, B.C., 6 and 7 Jan 1977] [Source: The Vancouver Sun, British Columbia, 11 Jan 1977] |
| 1977 | U.S.A. | Announced performances
by Maestro Claudio Arrau with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra at the Ford Auditorium (Michigan) for Friday 21st January in the morning, Saturday 22nd January at 8:30 pm and Sunday 23rd January at 3:30 pm were cancelled due to illness. Pianist James Dick substituted. |
| 1977 | Canada | Maestro Claudio Arrau performance of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No.4 Op.58 with the 'Orchestre symphonique de Montréal' conducted by Franz-Paul Decker on Tuesday 8th and Wednesday 9th February at the Salle Wilfrid Pelletier, Place des Arts, of Montréal, as part of 'Les concerts du Maurier' series with the MSO (1976/77 Season). The
first part of the program included Mozart's Symphonie No.29 K.201,
and Lutoslawski's Concerto pour orchestre. |
| 1977 | U.S.A. | Recital by Maestro Claudio Arrau at the Pasadena's Ambassador Auditorium on Sunday 13th February in the evening, performing the following compositions: >
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.30 in E major Op.109 |
| 1977 | U.S.A. | Maestro Claudio Arrau's recital at, and for the benefit of, the 92nd Street Y, Manhattan, N.Y. City, on Monday 7th March at 8:00 pm, presenting a programme with the following works: >
Beethoven: Sonata No.30 in E major Op.109 |
| 1977 |
Germany |
Hamburg
recital by Maestro Claudio Arrau in March at age 74, with a program including Beethoven's
Piano Sonata Op.109, Liszt's Sonata in B minor, and Brahms's Sonata
Op.5. |
| 1977 |
Germany |
Maestro Claudio Arrau's performance
of Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 2 Op.83, with Uri Segal
conducting the Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra at the Beethoven Hall
on 23rd March. [CDR: Vibrato VLL 380, 2009, USA-Japan] This entry needs completion. |
| 1977 |
Poland |
Performances by Maestro Claudio Arrau of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No.5 Emperor on Thursday 24th, Friday 25th and Saturday 26th March, with the National Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra [Filharmonia Narodowa], Warsaw, conducted by Witold Rowicki, to inaugurate a Concert Cycle in commemoration of the 150th Anniversary of Beethoven's Death. The
programme also included Beethoven's Overture Leonore III and Symphony
No.3 Op.55 Eroica. |
| 1977 |
Germany |
Recital by Maestro Claudio Arrau in late March at the Nuremberg Private Music Club, with a program including: >
Beethoven's Piano Sonata No.30 Op.109 Most appreciative review by Willi Wörthmüller in the Nadvidten of 31st March under the title "Gratwanderung über drei Gipfel: Claudio Arrau spielte in Nürnberg Beethove, Liszt, Brahms - Der 73 Jährige Klangmagier vollendeter Tastenkunst" [A walk over three summits: Claudio Arrau played Beethoven, Liszt and Brahms in Nuremberg - The perfect keyboard art of a 73 year old magician]. |
| 1977 | Netherlands | Broadcast
performance by Maestro Claudio Arrau of Schumann’s Piano Concerto Op.54, with The
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam [Das Königliche Concertgebouw
Orchester Amsterdam] conducted by Eugen Jochum on 21st
April. [CD: TAHRA TAH 241, France, 1997] |
| 1977 |
Germany |
Maestro Claudio Arrau's performance
of Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 2 Op.83,
at the City of Essen's Municipal Grand Hall, with the City of Essen's
Philharmonic Orchestra [Philharmonisches Orchester der Stadt Essen] conducted
by Heinz Wallberg, on Friday 29th April at 8:00 pm, forming part of the 'Philharmonische Konzerte
der Stadt Essen 1976/77'. The programme commenced with Beethoven's Egmond Overture and Schostakovitsch's Symphony No.1 Op.10. [Source: Printed concert programme] |
| 1977 | Italy | Recital
by Maestro Claudio Arrau at Brescia (Lombardy) on 2nd May. Works performed included: > Beethoven: 15 Variations and Fugue Op.35 Eroica > Beethoven: Sonata No.30 Op.109 > Beethoven: Sonata No.32 Op.111 [This entry needs completion] [CD: Music & Arts CD-1263, USA, 2012] |
| 1977 |
Germany |
Maestro Claudio Arrau's performances
on Sunday 8th and Monday 9th May of Liszt’s Piano
Concerto No. 2 and R.Strauss’s Burleske in D minor,
at the Hamburger Musikhalle, with the North German Radio Symphony Orchestra
[NDR Sinfonieorchester] of Hamburg conducted by Klaus Tennstedt. The programme also included Haydn's Symphony No.103 and Stravinsky's The Firebird (1919). [Source: Printed concert programme] [Both piano works: CDR En Larmes ELS 02-221, USA, 2002] [Liszt piano concerto: CDR Three "O" Classics TH084, USA, 2001] |
| 1977 |
Germany |
Pro Arte, subscription Master Piano Recital by Maestro Claudio Arrau at the Philharmonie of Berlin on Monday 23rd May. [Source: Guide to the Concert Halls of Berlin (Fürer durch die Konzertsäle Berlins)] This entry needs completion. |
| 1977 | England | Recital
by Maestro Claudio Arrau at the Royal Festival Hall, on Monday 20th June at 8:00 pm, as
part of the 'Music on the South Bank' series. Works performed were: > Beethoven: Variations on a Theme of Prometheus Op.35 Eroïca > Liszt: Sonata in B minor* > Brahms: Sonata No.3 in F minor Op.5 * Replacing the previously announced Trascendental Studies Nos. 12, 11 and 10. [Source: Printed recital programme] [Source: Illustrated London News, 1 June 1977] |
| 1977 | U.S.A. | Performance by Maestro Claudio Arrau of Brahms's Piano Concerto No.1 Op.15 at Tanglewood (Lenox, Massachusetts) with Seiji Ozawa conducting the Boston Symphony Orchestra on Friday 26th August at 9:00 pm. |
| 1977 |
Germany |
Maestro Claudio Arrau's recital at the Beethoven Festival in Bonn, performing an all-Beethoven programme which comprised, inter alia: > Piano Sonata No.21 in C major Op.53 Waldstein > Piano Sonata No.3 in C major Op.2 No.3 > Piano Sonata No.32 in C minor Op.111 [DVD: EuroArts 2058708, Austria, 2011] This entry needs completion. |
| 1977 | Switzerland | Performance by Maestro Claudio Arrau
at the Lucerne Festival (17 August - 9 September). [Source: Le Monde, Paris, 9 June 1978] This entry needs completion. |
| 1977 |
Germany |
Article in the Bonner Rundschau of 22nd September entitled Der Abend wurde zum Ereignis - Ovationen für den Pianisten Claudio Arrau im Beethovenfest [The evening was the event - Ovations for pianist Claudio Arrau at the Beethoven Festival], appraising Maestro Arrau's recent all-Beethoven recital of variations and sonatas at the Beethovenhalle in Bonn. |
| 1977 |
Germany |
Pro Musica, subscription Master Recital by Maestro Claudio Arrau at the Philharmonie of Berlin on Monday 3rd October at 8:00 pm, with a programme including compositions by Beethoven, Brahms, Debussy, and Liszt, as part of the 2 Sept-8 Oct Berlin Festival. [Source: Guide to the Concert Halls of Berlin (Fürer durch die Konzertsäle Berlins)] |
| 1977 | Canada | Toronto
recital by Maestro Claudio Arrau in November with a programme which included, inter alia, Liszt's Sonata
in B minor. [This entry needs corroboration/completion] |
| 1977 | U.S.A. | Maestro Claudio Arrau's performance
of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major*, with the New Haven Symphony
Orchestra at Woolsey Hall (Yale University) and Murry Sidlin conducting, on Tuesday 22nd November at 8:30 pm. Reviewer Ruth Steinkraus Cohen commented for The Bridgeport Post: "... a refined and aristocratic performance... Professor of an impeccable piano technique, with pearly scales, beautifully measured trills an ritards, and a glamorous piano tone, Mr. Arrau approaches Beethoven with respect, and a kind of relaxed authority. Taste, poise, control, fluent pianism, all were there. In a reflective mood, Mr. Arrau gave a model performance, mellowed by the experiences of playing all five Beethoven concerti numerous times during the last half-century¨. The programme also included Andreas Makris's Efthymia and L.v.Beethoven's Eroica Symphony. [*N.B. Chopin's Piano Concerto No.1 had been originally announced]. [Source: The Bridgeport Post, Connecticut, 23 Nov 1977] [Source: Hartford Courant, Connecticut, 20 Nov 1977] |
| 1977 | U.S.A. | Performance by Maestro Claudio Arrau
of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5 Emperor, with the Chicago Symphony
Orchestra and Carlo Maria Giulini conducting, at the Chicago Orchestra Hall on Wednesday 23rd, Friday 25th and Saturday 26th November. The programme also included Beethoven's Symphony No.3 Eroica. |
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1977 |
U.S.A. |
Release
in Berkerley, California, of - |
| 1977 | Switzerland | Robert C. Bachmann wrote Gespräch mit Musikern or Große Interpreten im Gespräch (originally published in German by Hallwag AG, Berne, in 1977). A French translation by the title A l'écoute des grands interprètes was piblished by Editions Payot Lausanne also in 1977, with ISBN 2 601 00011 2. |
| 1977 | Switzerland | In an interview with Robert C. Bachmann, author of Große Interpreten im Gespräch / A l'écoute des grands interprètes (please see above), Maestro Caudio Arrau expressed his appreciation for two modern composers whose works he would like to learn and play, if he had time to study them. They were: > Karlheinz Stockhausen > Hans Werner Henze [See also related entry in 1952, USA] |
| 1977 | Switzerland | Maestro Claudio Arrau performance
of Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 1 Op.15, with the Zurich Townhall
Symphony Orchestra [Tonhalle Orchester Zürich] conducted by Lorin
Maazel. [This entry needs completion] |
| 1977 | Italy | Performance by Maestro Claudio Arrau in Bergamo (Lombardy). [This entry needs corroboration/completion] |
| 1977 | Italy | Maestro Claudio Arrau's performance
forming part of the 'Serate Musicali', Comune di Milano. [This entry needs corroboration/completion] |
| 1977 | Mexico | Participation by Maestro Claudio Arrau at the 'Festival Internacional Cervantino' in Ciudad de Guanajuato. [This entry needs corroboration/completion] |
| 1977 | U.S.A. | Maestro Claudio Arrau performance
of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4 Op.58, with Harold
Farberman conducting the Oakland Symphony Orchestra, California. [This entry needs completion] |
| 1977 | U.S.A. | Performance by Maestro Claudio Arrau of Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 1 Op.15, with the Minneapolis
Symphony Orchestra conducted by Stanislaw Skrowaczewski. [This entry needs completion] |
| 1977 | U.S.A. | Maestro Claudio Arrau performance
of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 3 Op.37, with the Saint Louis
Symphony Orchestra conducted by Gerhardt Zimmerman. [This entry needs completion] |
| 1977 | U.S.A. | Performance by Maestro Claudio Arrau
of Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 1 Op.15, with the Atlanta Symphony
Orchestra conducted by Michael Palmer. [This entry needs completion] |
| 1977 | U.S.A. | Maestro Claudio Arrau performance
of Schumann’s Piano Concerto Op 54, with the Houston Symphony
Orchestra conducted by Samuel Jones. [This entry needs completion] |
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| 1978 | U.S.A. | Recital
by Maestro Claudio Arrau at the Royce Hall of the University of California, Los Angeles, on Sunday
8th January at 8:00 pm, sponsored by the UCLA Committee on Fine
Arts Productions. |
| 1978 | Canada | Maestro Claudio Arrau performance
of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4 Op.58, with the National Arts Centre Orchestra under Mario Bernardi at the NAC Opera, Ottawa, on Tuesday 24th at 8:30 pm and Wednesday 25th January at 7:30 pm. The programme also included Beethoven's Overture and incidental music for Egmont Op.84. [Source: The Ottawa Journal, Ontario, 7 Jan 1978] [Source: The Ottawa Citizen, Ontario, 21 Jan 1978] [Source: 'Arrau's Beethoven defies description'. The Ottawa Journal, Ontario, 25 Jan 1978] |
1978 |
U.S.A. |
Recital performance by Maestro Claudio Arrau at the Academy of Music of Philadelphia, on Monday 30th January at 8:00 pm. The programme comprised the following compositions: I > Beethoven: Sonata in E flat major Op.81a Les adieux* II > Liszt: Sonata in B minor (in one movement) (dedicated to Schumann) III > Brahms: Sonata in F minor Op.5 *N.B.: Originally scheduled as Sonata in D major Op.10 No.3. [Source: Autographed printed recital programme] |
| 1978 | England | Critic
Richard Osborne writes a rave appraisal of Claudio Arrau’s art,
entitled 'Claudio Arrau at 75 - A birthday tribute',
encompassing the most essential aspects of the Maestro's musical career
and personal development, as well as the artist’s views and opinions
on music making, piano sound making, piano techniques, music idols, essential
composers, and recordings. The article also includes relevant biographical
highlights. Gramophone magazine, February 1978, pp.1385 and 1386. Claudio Arrau’s caricature on cover page. The publication also contains two recording ads and several appreciative recording reviews. |
| 1978 |
U.S.A. |
Critic
Joseph Horowitz writes a formidable appraisal of Claudio Arrau's artistic achievements,
entitled "The Strength of a Maestro",
in The New York Times of 5th February. |
| 1978 |
U.S.A. |
Maestro Claudio Arrau's 75th
birthday piano recital at the Avery Fisher Hall of the Lincoln Center
in New York on Sunday 5th February at 3:00 pm, this being the
'Third Concert Series B' of 'Great Performers at Lincoln Center'.
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| 1978 |
U.S.A. |
Performances by Maestro Claudio Arrau performances of Brahms's Variations on a Theme By Haydn Op.56a, Liszt's Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No.2 in a major, and R.Strauss's Burleske for Piano and Orchestra in D minor, with the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra conducted by Oleg Kovalenko, as follows: Wednesday 8th
February at 8:30 pm: The
programme also included Prokofiev's Symphony No.3 in C minor Op.44
(1928). |
| 1978 | Germany | Maestro Claudio Arrau performance
of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4 Op.58 on Saturday 22nd, Sunday
23rd and Monday 24th April, at 8:00 pm, at the Philharmonie,
with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra [Berliner Philharmoniker] and Gabriel
Chmura conducting. The programme also included Mendelssohn's Overture Die Hebriden and Bartók's Konzert für Orchester. [Source: Printed concert programme] |
| 1978 | Germany | Article
on Claudio Arrau in the Wiesbadener Kurier of 8th April, under the title 'Weder
Altersmystik, noch Distanz treiben in einen Unnahbarkeitskult' [Neither age mysticism nor distance drive in a sense of aloofness]. Maestro Arrau's recent recital in Wiesbaden included works by Beethoven (Sonata Op.109), Liszt (Sonata in B minor), and Brahms (Sonata Op.5). |
| 1978 |
Germany |
Recital by Maestro Claudio Arrau, aged 75, in April, at Heilbronn (Baden-Württemberg), with an all-Beethoven program including
Piano Sonatas Op.81a, Op.53, Op.109, and Op.111. |
| 1978 | Germany |
Maestro Claudio Arrau performance
of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No.4 Op.58, with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra [Berliner Philharmonisches Orchester]
conducted by Gabriel Chmura at the Philharmonie on Saturday 22nd, Sunday 23rd, and Monday 24th April at 8:00 pm. The programme also included Mendelssohn's Hebrides Overture and Bartók's Concert for Orchestra. [Source: Guide to the Concert Halls of Berlin (Fürer durch die Konzertsäle Berlins)] |
| 1978 | Wales | Recital
by Maestro Claudio Arrau at Cardiff's New Theatre on Sunday 30th April at 8:00 pm, as
part of the Cardiff International Concerts Series Two, with a programme
consisting of: |
| 1978 | England | Maestro Claudio Arrau's recital
at the Royal Festival Hall, on Wednesday 3rd May at 8:00 pm. |
| 1978 | England | Recital
by Maestro Claudio Arrau at The Dome, on Friday 5th May at 7:30 pm, as part of the '12th
Brighton Festival' programme (28th April-7th May). [This
is a modified programme, the originally advertised having included Brahms's
Handel Variations Op.24, Schumann's Fantasie Op.17, and Beethoven's
Sonata Op.111] |
| 1978 | France | Maestro Claudio Arrau's recital at the Théâtre des Champs Élysées of Paris on Monday 12th June. [Reviewed by Gérard Condé for Le Monde, Paris, 16 June 1978] |
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England
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An
all-Beethoven programme, including performances by Maestro Claudio Arrau of Piano Concertos Nos. 4 and 5 Emperor,
at the Royal Festival Hall on 14th June at 8:00 pm, in aid of
the Musicians Benevolent Fund, with the London Symphony Orchestra led
by Richard Studt and conducted by Walter Susskind. The programme also included Beethoven's The Consagration of the House overture. [Source: Musik on the South Bank prospectus for June 1978] [Source: Printed concert flyer] [Source: Printed concert programme] [Source: Illustrated London News, 1 June 1978] |
| 1978 | England | Maestro Claudio Arrau performance
of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5 Emperor at the Liverpool Philharmonic Hall, with the Royal Liverpool
Philharmonic Orchestra under Walter Weller on Saturday
17th June at 7:30 pm. The programme, also including Brahms's Symphony No.2, was relayed live by the BBC on Radio 3. [Source: Printed concert programme] [Source: Liverpool Echo, 16 June 1978] |
| 1978 | Scotland | Performance by Maestro Claudio Arrau
of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4 Op.58 at the Kelvin
Hall of Glasgow, with the Scottish National Orchestra under Lawrence
Foster on Monday 19th June at 7:30 pm. The programme also comprised Mendelssohn's Overture Ruy Blas and Brahms's Symphony No.4. [Source: Printed concert programme] |
| 1978
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U.S.A.
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Critic
Paul Hertelendy writes an informative article entitled Claudio
Arrau – Veteran Virtuoso & Scholar, about the
Maestro’s musical urtext research into Beethoven’s, Liszt’s
and Schumann’s piano works, as well as Arrau’s thoughts
regarding modern piano literature, including modern music he plays and
would like to record. [Source: Contemporary KEYBOARD magazine, July 1978, Saratoga, California] |
| 1978 | U.S.A. | Maestro Claudio Arrau performance of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No.5 Emperor at the Meadow Brook Music Festival on Saturday 12th August, with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra under Neville Marriner, at 8:30 pm in the Meadow Brook Amphitheatre (Rochester Hills, Michigan) on the campus of Oakland University. [Source: The Windsor Star, Ontario, 10 and 12 Aug 1978] |
| 1978 | U.S.A. | Maestro Claudio Arrau (piano) performs, alongside Yehudi Menuhin (violin) and Mstislav Rostropovich (cello), the last two movements of Beethoven's Triple Concerto, as part of an extensive programme of performances by distinguished musicians, to mark the 60th birthday of pianist-composer-conductor Leonard Bernstein. The event is arranged by Wolf Trap Foundation & US National Symphony Orchestra, and telecast live by the US Public Broadcasting System from Wolftrap Farm Park for the Performing Arts near Washinfton D.C. on Friday 25th August. [Source: The Vancouver Sun, Canada, 23 Aug 1978] |
| 1978 | England | Performance by Maestro Claudio Arrau
of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No.3 Op.37, with the Hallé
Orchestra conducted by James Loughran at the Royal Festival
Hall of London on Friday 29th September at 8:00 pm. The programme finishes with Schubert's Symphony No.9 in C The Great. [Source: Music on the South Bank prospectus for Sept 1978] [Source: Printed concert programme] [Source: Illustrated London News, 1 Sept 1978] |
| 1978 | England | Maestro Claudio Arrau performance
of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No.3 Op.37, with the Hallé
Orchestra conducted by James Loughran at the Free Trade
Hall of Manchester on Sunday 1st October at 7:30 pm. The programme also included Beethoven's Grosse Fuge in B flat Op.133 and Symphony No.5 in C minor Op.67. [Source: Printed concert programme] |
| 1978 | Ireland | Recital
by Maestro Claudio Arrau at the Royal Dublin Society (RDS) Concert Hall on Tuesday 3rd October at
8:00 pm, as part of the 'John Player Concerts'. |
| 1978 | England | Maestro Claudio Arrau's recital at the Wessex Hall, Poole Arts Centre, Dorset, on Friday 6th October at
7:30 pm, with a program comprising: > Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No.7 in D Op.10 No.3 > Beethoven's Piano Sonata No.23 in F minor Op.57 Appassionata > Liszt’s Piano Sonata in B minor [Source: Printed recital programme] |
| 1978 | England | Recital
by Maestro Claudio Arrau at Marlborough College's Memorial Hall, Wiltshire, on Sunday 8th October at 7:30 pm, as part of the College's subscription concerts. The programme comprised: > Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No.7 in D Op.10 No.3 > Beethoven's Piano Sonata No.23 in F minor Op.57 Appassionata > Liszt’s Piano Sonata in B minor [Source: Printed recital programme] |
| 1978 | Scotland | Performances
of Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 2 on 13th October
at the Edinburgh Usher Hall and on 14th October at the Glasgow
City Hall, with Alexander Gibson conducting The Royal Scottish National
Orchestra, were cancelled due to severe influenza preventing Maestro Arrau
from leaving Germany. Pianist Shura Cherkassky kindly agreed at short notice to perform Liszt's Piano Concerto No.1 instead. [Source: Printed concert programme with Notice] |
| 1978 | Canada | Maestro Claudio Arrau performances of Weber's Konzertstück for Piano and Orchestra in F minor Op.79 and R.Strauss's Burleske for Piano and Orchestra in D minor, with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra conducted by Kazuyoshi Akiyama in the Orpheum Theatre, Vancouver, on Sunday 12th November at 2:30 pm, Monday 13th November at 8:30 pm, and Tuesday 14th November at 7:30 pm, sponsored by the Western Broadcasting Company. The programme also includes Mozart's Symphony No.38 in D major Prague Symphony, and Kodaly's The Peacock (Variations on a Hungarian Folksong). [Source: The Abbotsford News, Canada, 8 Nov 1978] [Source: Richmond Review, Canada, 10 Nov 1978] |
| 1978 | U.S.A. | Performances by Maestro Claudio Arrau of Brahms's Piano Concerto No.1 Op.15 with the Detroit Symphony Civic Orchestra under Antal Doráti on Friday 1st and Saturday 2nd December. The programme likewise includes Bartók's Concerto for Orchestra. [Source: The Windsor Star, Ontario, 25 Nov 1978] This entry needs completion. |
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1978 |
Netherlands |
Philips
releases Claudio Arrau's 1974 & 1976 recordings of Liszt's 12 Études
d'exécution transcendante, to coincide with the Maestro's
75th birthday. |
1978 |
England |
R. Wayton produced a taped audio programme containing 50 minutes and 16 seconds of an interview in English with Maestro Claudio Arrau, including excerpts from his recordings. The tapes were found in the private collection of the late Sylvia Cartner, a record producer with the BBC (during 1960s-1980s). |
| 1978 | Germany | R.
Piper & Co Verlag publishes and expanded edition of its 1972 'Große
Pianisten in unserer Zeit' [Great pianists of our time], a
collection of interviews by Joachim Kaiser (260 pages, 27 pianists). The interview with Maestro Claudio Arrau appears on pages 110 through to 121, including a photograph. |
| 1978 | France | Maestro Claudio Arrau performance
of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4 Op.58 with L’Orchestre
de Paris under Daniel Baremboim. [This entry needs completion] |
1978 |
U.S.A. |
Performance by Maestro Claudio Arrau of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5 Emperor with the Chicago
Symphony Orchestra conducted by Carlo Maria Giulini. The program also included Beethoven's Symphony No.3 in E flat major Op.55 Eroica. [Live recordings released on CDR by FKM: 263/4, USA, 2008] |
| 1978 | Switzerland | Maestro Claudio Arrau performances
of Liszt’s Piano Concerto No. 2 and R.Strauss’s Burleske
in D minor, with the Zurich Townhall Symphony Orchestra [Tonhalle
Orchester Zürich] conducted by Witold Rowicki. [This entry needs completion] |
| 1978 | Norway | Performance by Maestro Claudio Arrau of Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 1 Op.15 at the Oslo Philharmonic
Hall, with Okko Kamu conducting the Oslo Philharmonic
Orchestra. [This entry needs completion] |
| 1978 | France | Performance by Maestro Claudio Arrau of Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 1 Op.15, with L’Orchestre
national de France and Witold Rowicki conducting. [This entry needs completion] |
| 1978 | France | Maestro Claudio Arrau performance
of Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 2 Op.83, with Alain Lombard conducting L’Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg. [This entry needs completion] |
| 1978 | Italy | Performance/s by Maestro Claudio Arrau
as part of the 'Serate Musicali', Comune di Milano. [This entry needs completion] |
| 1978 | Canada | Maestro Claudio Arrau performance
of Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 1 Op.15, with the Quebec Symphony
Orchestra [Orchestre symphonique de Québec] and James DePriest conducting. [This entry needs completion] |
| 1978 | U.S.A. | Performances by Maestro Claudio Arrau of R.Strauss’s Burleske in D minor and Weber’s Konzertstück
Op 79, with the Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted by David
Zinman. [This entry needs completion] |
1978/9 |
U.S.A. |
Recital
by Maestro Claudio Arrau as part of the 1978-79 Boston University Celebrity Series. |
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| 1979 |
U.S.A. |
Maestro Claudio Arrau performance
of Brahms's Piano Concerto No.1 in D minor Op.15 at the Main Hall of the Carnegie Hall, N.Y., on
Tuesday 16th January at 8:00 pm, with The
Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy. |
| 1979 |
U.S.A. |
Mr.
Claudio Arrau becomes a U.S. citizen in February. He applied for citizenship after experiencing travelling difficulties stemming from his using a life-long, Chilean diplomatic passport at a time when there was an internationally-questioned, de facto regime in his homeland. |
| 1979 | Canada | Recital
by Maestro Claudio Arrau at the 'Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier de la Place des Arts' of Montreal on Wednesday
21st February, with a programme including: > Beethoven: Sonata No.7 > Beethoven: Sonata No.23 Appassionata > Debussy: Images [unspecified] > Liszt: Ballade No.2 > Liszt: Les jeux d'eaux à la Villa d'Este > Chopin: Ballade No.3 > Chopin: Scherzo No.1 Appraisal on 22nd February in 'La Presse' of Montreal, with an article by Claude Gingras entitled 'Musique/Critique: Il n'ya qu'un Arrau, un grand' [Music critic: There is but one Arrau - a grand one]. |
| 1979 | U.S.A. | Maestro Claudio Arrau's recital at the San Francisco Masonic Auditorium on Friday 23rd February in the evening. The programme featured the following compositions: I > Beethoven: Sonata No.7 in D major Op.10 No.3 > Beethoven: Sonata No.23 in F minor Op.57 Appassionata II > Debussy: Images, Book I > Liszt: Ballade No.2 in B minor > Chopin: Ballade No.3 in A flat major Op.47 > Chopin: Scherzo No.1 in B minor Op.20 [Source: Santa Cruz Sentinel, California, 25 Feb 1979] |
| 1979 | U.S.A. | Recital
by Maestro Claudio Arrau at the San Francisco Masonic Auditorium on Sunday 25th February, with a program which included, inter alia, Liszt's Ballade No.2 and Jeux d'eau à la villa d'Este. [This entry needs corroboration and completion] [CD for the above two works: Music and Arts CD-1205, USA, 2007] |
| 1979 | Canada | Maestro Claudio Arrau's recital performance at the Salle Wilfrid Pelletier, Montreal's Place des Arts, on Monday 26th February at 8:30 pm. Programme: I > Beethoven: Sonata No.7 in D Op.10 No.3 > Beethoven: Sonata No.23 in F minor Op.57 Appassionata II > Debussy: Three pieces from Images Book I > Liszt: Ballade No.2 in B minor > Liszt: Jeux d'eau à la Villa d'Este III > Chopin: Ballade No.3 Op.47 > Chopin: Scherzo No.1 Op.20 [Source: The Gazette, Montreal, 27 Feb 1979] |
| 1979 | U.S.A. | Maestro Claudio Arrau performances
of Weber’s Konzertstück for piano and orchestra Op.79 and
R.Strauss's Burleske in D minor for piano and orchestra,
with The 92nd Street YMHA [Young Men’s Hebrew Association] Chamber Symphony conducted by Gerard Schwarz at
The Y's Theresa Kaufmann Concert Hall, New York, on Saturday 3rd March at
8:00 pm and Sunday 4th March at 2:00 pm. The programme also included Mendelssohn's Symphony No.1 Op.11 and Hugo Wolf's Italianische Serenade. [Source: Electronic copy of printed concert programme] |
| 1979 | Germany | Performance
by Maestro Claudio Arrau of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5 Emperor, with Gary
Bertini conducting the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra [Berliner
Philharmonisches Orchester] at the Philharmonie on Tuesday 27th and Wednesday 28th March at 8:00 pm. The programme likewise included Haydn's Symphony No.89 and Berg's Lulu Symphonie. [Source: Guide to the Concert Halls of Berlin (Fürer durch die Konzertsäle Berlins)] |
| 1979 | Switzerland | Maestro Claudio Arrau's recital at the Grosser Casinosaal of Bern on Friday 27th April at 8:15 pm, as part of the Bern Master Cycle, with a programme including: I > Beethoven: Sonate in D-dur op.10 Nr.3 > Beethoven: Sonate in f-moll op.57 Appassionata II > Debussy: Images, Heft I - >>>>>>Reflets dans l'eau. Hommage à Rameau. Mouvement. > Liszt: Ballade Nr.2 in h-moll > Liszt: Les jeux d'eaux à la Villa d'Este > Chopin: Ballade Nr.3 in As-dur op.47 > Chopin: Scherzo Nr.1 in h-moll op.20 [Source: Electronic copy of printed recital programme] |
| 1979 | Germany | In
the Der Bund of 30th April, published in Bern, Switzerland, under the
title Weise Beherrscher der Töne - Klavierabend
Claudio Arrau im Berner Meisterzyklus [Wise ruler of sound - Piano recital by Claudio Arrau at Bern Master Cycle] there is an appraisal
of a recital given by Maestro Arrau at the Grossen Casinosaal on Friday 27th April. , including works by Beethoven, Liszt, Debussy and Chopin. "An essential experience, a wealth of tones, a mature rendition". M.F. |
| 1979 | Germany | Pro Arte Subscription Master Recital by Maestro Claudio Arrau at the Philharmonie of Berlin on Tuesday 1st May at 8:00 pm. The programme comprised the following works: > Mozart: Sonata in D major KV 576 > Schumann: Twelve symphonic studies Op.13 with five variations Op. posth. > Debussy: Images Book I > Liszt: Ballade No.2 > Liszt: Les jeux d'eau à la villa d'Este > Chopin: Ballade No.3 > Chopin: Scherzo No.1 [Source: Guide to the Concert Halls of Berlin (Fürer durch die Konzertsäle Berlins)] |
| 1979 | Germany | Recital by Maestro Claudio Arrau at the Frankfurt Art Community Hall [Frankfurter Kunstgemeinder] on Monday 7th May at 8:00 pm, as part of the 'Special Performances at the Opera 1978/79', with a programme including the following works: >
Beethoven: Sonate Nr.7 D-dur Op.10 Nr.3 |
| 1979 | England | In an all-Beethoven evening: peformances
by Maestro Claudio Arrau of Piano Concertos Nos.3 & 5 Emperor, with the New Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Jan Walter Susskind at the Royal Albert Hall on Sunday 20th May at 7:30 pm. The programme commenced with Egmont Overture. [Source: Illustrated London News, 1 May 1979] This entry needs corroboration. |
1979 |
France |
Music journalist Jacques Drillon interviews Maestro Claudio Arrau for the June issue of 'Le Monde de la Musique' monthly magazine, Paris, in an article entitled Les géants du piano: Claudio Arrau. An introduction containing essential biographical notes, references to Arrau's difficult transition from child prodigy to conscious interpreter, an appreciation of the Maestro's musical thinking, his technical and practicing discipline, and high number of public performances, is followed by the transcript of an interview in French that illustrates the above issues. |
| 1979 |
France |
The 1979 Diapason d'or de l'année
is adjudicated to Maestro Claudio Arrau's 1977-78 Philips recordings of Chopin's Complete Nocturnes on the Philips label. On 6th of June, President and General Manager of Phonogram, Mr. Jacques Caillart, and Award Director, Mr. George Cherière, handed over the Diapason d’Or to Maestro Claudio Arrau at a lunch hosted by the General Manager and President of Phonogram. Maestro Arrau was reported to have been highly appreciative of the fact that this distinction came not from a jury of specialists but from music lovers themselves. [See photo]. |
1979 |
France |
At 92, painter Marc Chagall has a difficult time getting around these days, even to go to his own Paris museum and attend the many concerts held around the city. But the master did get a chance to hear and meet another master late in June at the Chagall Museum. After listening to pianist Claudio Arrau playing Beethoven's Appassionata Sonata, the painter motioned his hands toward the auditorium's beatiful blue walls adorned by his own works of art and said: "This music and your playing makes everything here pale beside it". Chagall, famous for his dreamlike paintings, has admired Arrau since hearing him play Beethoven two decades earlier in Tel Aviv. [Source: The Ottawa Citizen, Ontario, 3 Jul 1979] |
| 1979 |
Australia |
The
Australian Broadcasting Commission's Acting Federal Director of Concerts announced on 18th July that
the expected concert tour of Australia by pianist Claudio Arrau, aged 76, has
been concelled on medical advice. [Source: The Canberra Times, 19 July 1979] |
| 1979 | U.S.A. | Maestro Claudio Arrau performance
of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4 Op.58, with the Los Angeles
Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Carlo Maria Giulini on Thursday 1st,
Friday 2nd, Saturday 3rd and Sunday 4th November at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion of Los Angeles. |
| 1979 | Canada | Performances by Maestro Claudio Arrau of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No.4 Op.58 with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Kazuyoshi Akiyama on Sunday 11th November at 2:30 pm, Monday 12th November at 8:30 pm, and Tuesday 13th November at 7:30 pm in the Vancouver's Orpheum. |
| 1979 | U.S.A. | Performances by Maestro Claudio Arrau of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4 Op.58, with the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra conducted by Antonio de Almeida on Saturday 24th and Sunday 25th November in the Uihlein Hall of the Milwaukee Performing Arts Center. |
| 1979 | England | Maestro Claudio Arrau performance
of Liszt’s Piano Concerto No.2 on Sunday 16th December at
7:30 pm at the Royal Festival Hall, with the London Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Colin Davis as part of the LSO 's 75th Anniversary
Concert Season 1979/80. The programme also included Berlioz's Overture King Lear and Shostakovitch's Symphony No.5. [Source: Printed concert programme] [Source: Illustrated London News, 1 Dec 1979] |
| 1979 | U.S.A. | Performances by Maestro Claudio Arrau
of Liszt’s Piano Concerto No. 2 and R.Strauss’s Burleske
in D minor, with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra and John
Nelson conducting, in the Clowes Memorial Hall (Buttler University Arts Center) on Friday 21st and Saturday 22nd December. [Source: Buttler Arts & Events Center records, et al] The programme needs completion. |
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1979 |
Hungary |
The 1979 Liszt Record Grand Prix is adjudicated to Maestro Claudio Arrau for his 1974-76 recordings of Liszt's 12 Études d'exécution transcendante, for the Philips label. |
1979 |
Belgium |
The 1979 Caecilia Award, from the 'Union de la Presse Musicale Belge', is adjudicated to Maestro Claudio Arrau for his comprehensive Schumann recording project, spanning from 1966 through to 1976, on the Philips label. |
| 1979 | England | Publication
of the book 'Facing the Music - An Autobiography', by part-time pianist
and organist, and BBC broadcaster, Joseph Cooper. In a rather superficial account of his life, Cooper shows that not every pianist has what it takes to cope with the demands and discipline necessary to become a great concert musician. A photograph of the author with Claudio Arrau is found following page 118, and references to Arrau's late 1940s-early 1950s playing, sound, technical dexterity, and members of immediate family, are found on pages 119, 120, 121, 129, 130, 131, 135, 141, 149, and 150. [Weidenfeld and Nicolson, London, 1979. ISBN 0 297 77718 1] |
| 1979 | Germany | Maestro Claudio Arrau performance
of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 1 Op.15, with the Munich Philharmonic
Orchestra [Münchner Philharmoniker] and Gary Bertini conducting. [This entry needs completion] |
| 1979 | Switzerland | Performances by Maestro Claudio Arrau of Beethoven’s Piano Concertos Nos. 4 and 5 Emperor, with the Zurich
Chamber Orchestra [Chamberorchester Zürich] and Edmond de
Stoutz conducting. [This entry needs completion] |
| 1979 | Canada | Maestro Claudio Arrau performances
of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No.5 Emperor with the Vancouver
Symphony Orchestra conducted by Kazuyoshi Akiyama. [This entry needs completion] |
| 1979 | U.S.A. | Performance by Maestro Claudio Arrau of Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1 Op.23, with the Boston
Symphony Orchestra and Colin Davis conducting. [This entry needs completion] |
| 1979 | U.S.A. | Maestro Claudio Arrau's performance/s
with the Fresno Philharmonic Orchestra, California, conducted by Guy Taylor. |
| 1979 | England | Performance by Maestro Claudio Arrau of Liszt’s Piano Concerto Nos. 1 , with the London
Symphony Orchestra conducted by Colin Davis. [This entry needs completion] |
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| 1980 | U.S.A. | Maestro Claudio Arrau's subscription performance in the Orchestra Hall of Chicago, under de auspices of The Orchestral Association, on Sunday 6th January at 3:00 pm, as part of the 34th Annual Piano Series. |
| 1980 | U.S.A. | Piano
recital by Maestro Claudio Arrau at the McCarter Theatre Company of New Jersey on Monday 11th
February at 8:00 pm, as the Fourth Event of the 'Music-at-McCarter'
Series. |
| 1980 | U.S.A. | Maestro Claudio Arrau's piano recital at the Avery Fisher Hall, NY, on Sunday 17th February
at 3:00 pm, as part of the 'Great Performers at Lincoln Center' series. |
| 1980 | U.S.A. | Performances by Maestro Claudio Arrau of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No.5 Emperor with the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra conducted by visiting conductor Kurt Masur in San Francisco, California, on 20th-23rd February. |
| 1980 | U.S.A. | Maestro Claudio Arrau performance
of Schumann's Piano Concerto in A minor Op.54 with the Boston Symphony
Orchestra conducted by Sir Colin Davis at theMain Hall of the Carnegie
Hall, New York, on Wednesday 19th and Thursday 20th March
at 8:00 pm, as part of the 1979-1980 Season. |
| 1980 | Italy | All-Beethoven recital by Maestro Claudio Arrau at the 'Teatro alla Scala' of Milan on Monday 31st March at 8:30 pm. A sold-out session, with a programme comprising the following works: >
Piano Sonata No. 7 Op.10 No.3 |
| 1980 | Germany | Maestro Claudio Arrau's performance of Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 2 Op.21, with Hubert Soudant conducting the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra [Berliner
Philharmonisches Orchester] at the Philharmonie on Friday 11th , Saturday 12th, and Sunday 13th April at 8:00 pm. The programme comprised Ravel's Ma Mère l'Oye and Bruckner's Symphony in D minor (No. zero) as well. [Source: Guide to the Concert Halls of Berlin (Fürer durch die Konzertsäle Berlins)] |
| 1980 | Germany | Recital by Maestro
Claudio Arrau in Gevelsberg's Großen Saal of the CVJM-Saales, at North Rhine-Westphalia, on 19th
April, including works by Beethoven, Debussy, Chopin and Liszt. [Source: Ennepetaler newspaper, Gevelsberg, 21 April 1980] N.B.: Please see programme below. |
| 1980 | Germany | The Gevelsberg Ennepetaler newspaper of 21st April containns an article by G.v.H. entiled 'Hochachtung, Bewunderung - Der 77 Jährige Claudio Arrau Erneut Als Gefeiertter Künstler in Gevelsberg' [Respect, Admiration - The 77-year-old Claudio Arrau is once again a celebrated artist in Gevelsberg], reviewing Maestro Arrau's recital at the Großen Saal of the CVJM-Saales on 19th April, which included works by Beethoven, Debussy, Chopin and Liszt. |
| 1980 | Germany | The
Gevelsberg's Westfälische Rundschau
of 21st April includes an article by Dagmar Zschliesche, entitled
'Claudio Arrau: Keine Wiederholung, sondern neues Erleben - Ovation
Biem Sonderkonzert im Vollbesetzten CVJM-Saal für den Großen
Künstler am Klavier' [Ovation for the
greatest artist of the piano at a special full-house concert in the
CVJM Hall - Claudio Arrau, an entirely new experience].
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| 1980 |
Germany |
Cover
page photograph of Maestro Claudio Arrau on the 4th April issue of Fono
Forum, Magazin für gute Musik und HiFi, containing an article
entitled - 'Claudio Arrau - Ein Grandseigneur des Klaviers '. |
| 1980 |
Chile |
Journalist
Eugenio Gutiérrez interviews Maestro Claudio Arrau in Washington
for Cosas magazine of Santiago. Maestro Arrau speaks briefly of childhood memories in Chillán, interpretation of Beethoven and Schubert, preferred conductors, writers and philosophers, good film directors, his fondness for The Beatles, and other music related topics. [Source: Cosas, No. 94 of 8th May, Santiago, pages 48 and 49. In Spanish] |
| 1980 | Mexico | Maestro Claudio Arrau's performance of Brahms's Piano Concerto No.1 Op.15, with the visiting Gewandhaus Orchestra of Leipzig conducted by Kurt Masur at the 'Teatro Juárez' of Guanajuato on Friday 9th May in the evening. The programme also included Brahms's Symphony No.1 and, as an encore, Beethoven's Fidelio Overture. [Source: Arrau, el gran artista latinoamericano, Dorantes Guzmán, Universidad Veracruzana, México, 1991] |
| 1980 | Mexico | Recital
by Maestro Claudio Arrau on Sunday 11th May at the 'Festival Cervantino' of Guanajuato. [This entry needs completion] |
| 1980 | England | Maestro Claudio Arrau performance
of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No.3 Op.37 on Friday 23th May at
8:00 pm at the Royal Festival Hall, with the London Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Riccardo Chailly as part of the LSO 's
75th Anniversary Concert Season 1979/80. |
| 1980 | England | Recital performance by Maestro Claudio Arrau at the Royal Festival Hall on 16th June at 8:00 pm, with a programme including works by Beethoven and Chopin. |
| 1980 | England | Piano
recital by Maestro Claudio Arrau at the Plymouth Guildhall, Devon, on Wednesday 18th June at 7:30 pm, as part of the 9th International
Piano Series (Plymouth) and The Drake 400 Commemorative Festival 10th
May-28th September 1980. |
| 1980 | France | Performance by Maestro Claudio Arrau of Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 1 Op.15 at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées on Wednesday 23rd June, with L’Orchestre
de Paris conducted by Daniel Barenboim. |
| 1980 | Germany | Claudio Arrau's live performances
of Beethoven’s Piano Concertos Nos. 3 Op.37 and 4 Op.58, with the Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SDR conducted
by Gary Bertini on Wednesday 9th July at the Liederhalle. CD: SWR19084CD, Germany, 2019. |
| 1980 | Germany | Performances by Maestro Claudio Arrau
of Beethoven’s Piano Concertos Nos. 3 and 4, with the Stuttgart
Radio Symphony Orchestra [Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart] and
Gary Bertini conducting. A recording of the above Beethoven Piano Concerto No.4 was released in 2003 on CDR En Larmes ELS 03-368, USA, as performed on 19th July 1980. [This date needs corroboration] |
| 1980 | Scotland | Recital performance by Maestro Claudio Arrau at the Usher Hall on Thursday 28th August at 8:00 pm, as part of the Edinburgh International Festival 1980, presenting the following programme: >
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.7 in D major Op.10 No.3 |
| 1980 | Scotland | Maestro Claudio Arrau's performance of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No.4 Op.58
at the Usher Hall on Saturday 30th August at 8:00 pm, with the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra conducted by Kurt Masur, as part of the Edinburgh
International Festival 1980. |
| 1980 | Switzerland | Performance by Maestro Claudio Arrau
in September of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No.5 Emperor,
with the Orchestra della Radiotelevisione della Svizzera italiana, as
part of the Settimane Musicali di Ascona. [This entry needs completion] |
| 1980 | England | Maestro Claudio Arrau is scheduled to take part in the Benson and Hedges Music Festival to be held at the Snape Maltings of Aldeburgh, Suffolk, that runs from 20 September to 5 October. [This entry needs corroboration/completion] [Source: The Stage weekly, London, 22 May 1980] |
| 1980 | Mexico | Performance
by Maestro Claudio Arrau of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No.4 Op.58, with the Mexico City
Symphony Orchestra [Orquesta Sinfónica de la Ciudad de México],
conducted by Fernando Lozano, at the Sala Ollin Yoliztli
of Mexico City on 11th November. [This entry needs corroboration/completion] |
1980 |
Canada | Maestro Claudio Arrau's performances of Brahms's Piano Concerto No.2 in D minor Op.83, with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra under conductor Yuval Zaliouk, in the Jubilee Auditorium of Edmonton, on Friday 14th and Saturday 15th November at 8:00 pm, as part of the ESO Master Series. The programme concluded with Schumann's Symphony No.2. |
1980 |
Canada | Performances by Maestro Claudio Arrau of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No.3 in C minor Op.37, with the National Arts Centre Orchestra conducted by Mario Bernardi at the NAC Opera Theatre, Ottawa, on Wednesday 19th and Thursday 20th November at 8:30 pm. |
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1980 |
Germany |
Maestro Claudio Arrau was bestowed - Die Hans von Bülow Medaille by the Berlin Philharmonic on the occasion of the Maestro 's 60th anniversary of his début with the Orchestra. |
1980/1 |
U.S.A. |
Recital
by Maestro Claudio Arrau as part of the 1980-81 Boston University Celebrity Series. |
1980 |
Germany |
Henry Litolff's Verlag / C.F. Peters publishes in the early 1980s a series of interviews conducted by Jürgen Meyer-Josten with outstanding contemporary pianists, including one entitled 'Musiker im Gespräch - Claudio Arrau' [Musicians in Conversation], with a Foreword written by Claudio Arrau. The same foreword by Arrau appears in other interviews of the series. The Foreword highlights the important role of the piano as a unique instrument in musical practices, development and interpretation throughout history and into the future. [Edition Peters, Nr.8440. 20-page booklet. Published in 1980] |
| 1980 | Canada | Performance by Maestro Claudio Arrau of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 3 Op.37 in Ontario with the Toronto National
Arts Centre Orchestra conducted by Mario Bernardi. [This entry needs completion] |
| 1980 | Germany | Maestro Claudio Arrau's performance
of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 3 Op.37, with the Berlin Philharmonic
Orchestra [Berliner Philharmoniker] conducted by Hubert Soudant. [This entry needs completion] |
| 1980 | Austria | Maestro Claudio Arrau performance
of Liszt’s Piano Concerto No. 2, with the Vienna Philharmonic
Orchestra [Wiener Philharmoniker] conducted by Lawrence Foster. [This entry needs completion] |
| 1980 | Switzerland | Performance
by Maestro Claudio Arrau of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5 Emperor, with Stanislaw
Skrowaczewski conducting the Lucerne Festival Orchestra. [This entry needs completion] |
| 1980 | U.S.A. | Maestro Claudio Arrau performance
of Grieg’s Piano Concerto Op 16, with the Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted
by Sir Colin Davis. [This entry needs completion] |
| 1980 | U.S.A. | Performances
by Maestro Claudio Arrau of Liszt’s Piano
Concerto No. 2, with the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra and Kurt
Masur conducting. [This entry needs completion] |
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| 1981
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Germany
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Maestro
Claudio Arrau writes a Foreword for a 24-page booklet in German entitled "Svjatoslav
Richter", by Jürgen Meyer-Jostenrgen, of the Musiker
im Gespräch series, published this year by Henry Litolff's Verlag/C.F.
Peters, Frankfurt and New York. [N.B.: The booklet was later translated into English by John Nowell and published in Recorded Sound number 84 of July 1983. A slightly different version of the same translation appeared in the Autumn 1997 edition of International Piano Quarterly] |
| 1981 | U.S.A. | Performances by Maestro Claudio Arrau
of Beethoven’s Piano Concertos Nos. 4 and 5 Emperor, with The Y
Chamber Orchestra conducted by Gerard Schwartz,
at the Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, New York, on Friday 16th January at 8:00 pm, as
part of the 'Great Performances at the Lincoln Centre' series. [Y:
Youth] The programme commenced with Excerpts from the Ballet The Creatures of Prometheus Op.43 by Beethoven. [Source: Electronic copy of signed printed concert programme pages] |
| 1981 | U.S.A. | Maestro Claudio Arrau performances
of Beethoven’s Piano Concertos Nos. 4 and 5 Emperor, with The Y
Chamber Orchestra of New York conducted by Gerard Schwartz,
on Saturday 17th January at 8:00 pm and Sunday 18th January
at 3:00 pm, as part of the 1980-81 Season of The 92nd Street YM/YWHA. The programme also included Schönberg's Verklärte Nacht. [Source: Electronic copy of printed schedule] |
| 1981 | Canada | Performances by Maestro Claudio Arrau
of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5 Emperor, with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra conducted by Jesús López-Cobos,
on Tuesday 20th and Wednesday 21st January at 8:30 pm, in the Salle Wilfrid Pelletier, Place des Arts, Montreal, as part of Les Grands Concerts series. The programme commenced with Piérre Mercure's Triptyque and concluded with Jean Sibelius's Symphony No.1. [Source: The Gazette, Montreal, 17 & 21 Jan 1981] |
1981 |
U.S.A. |
Steinway
and Sons presented on WNCN Classic FM Radio of New York a series of six one-hour programmes where Maestro
Claudio Arrau was interviewed by music critic David Dubal.
The project, conceived as a tribute to Maestro Arrau on his 78th birthday, consisted of evening broadcasts from the 9th through to the 14th of February and covered several of the Maestro's chosen composers (Beethoven, Schumann, Chopin, Liszt, Brahms, Albéniz, Debussy & Schubert), with the insertion of selected pieces or movements from Arrau's studio recorded works. |
| 1981 | U.S.A. | Recital
by Maestro Claudio Arrau on Tuesday 24th February at 8:oo pm, forming part of the 1980-81 Season
of The 92nd Street YM/YWHA, New York, with a program which included, inter alia, Liszt's Sonata quasi una Fantasia, après une lecture de Dante. |
| 1981 | U.S.A. | Boston's
The Globe of 4th March includes a critique
of Claudio Arrau's solo recital at the Boston Symphony Hall on Sunday 1st
March, whereby the performance is characterized as - >>'superbly finished instrumental mastery' and the artist as a - >>'sovereign pianist at his very best', >>'marvelously intact at the age of 78', >>'one of the very last of the titans'. The program comprised the following works: > Beethoven: Sonata No.13 Op.27 No.1 > Schumann: Etudes symphoniques > Chopin: Fantasia in F minor > Debussy: Jardins sous la pluie (from Estampes) > Liszt: Dante Sonata |
| 1981 | Spain | Maestro Claudio Arrau's recital at the 'Teatro Real' of Madrid on Tuesday 10th March at 7:30 pm, with a programme comprising the following compositions: > Beethoven: Sonata para piano No.13 Op.27 No.1 > Schumann: Estudios sinfónicos > Debussy: Estampas > Chopin: Fantasía en Fa menor > Liszt: Sonata Dante Ten curtain calls ovation. [Source: A.B.C., Madrid, 5 & 12 March 1981] |
| 1981 | Spain | Journalist José Luis Carrascosa, music critic for the daily A.B.C. of Madrid, writes a brief appreciation of Claudio Arrau in the 13th March issue, entitled Claudio Arrau, "nieto" de Listz [Claudio Arrau, "nephew" of Liszt], including theoretical propositions about his art and illustrative quotes from the master pianist. The article, with several photos, occupies page 9 of the issue. [Source: A.B.C., Madrid, 13 March 1981] |
| 1981 | Spain | Performances by Maestro Claudio Arrau of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No.5 Emperador at the 'Teatro Real' of Madrid on Friday 13th & Saturday 14th March at 7:00 pm, with Spain's National Orchestra [Orquesta Nacional de España] conducted by Miklós Erdélyi. The programme also comprised Bartók's one-act opera Bluebird Castle. [Source: A.B.C., Madrid, 14 & 52 March 1981] |
| 1981 | Germany | Maestro Claudio Arrau performance of Liszt’s Piano Concerto No. 2, with Gary Bertini conducting the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra [Berliner
Philharmonisches Orchester] at the Philharmonie on Tuesay 24th and Wednesday 25th March at 8:00 pm. The programme also featured Brahms's Serenade No.2 Op.16 and Bartók's The Miraculous Mandarin. [Source: Guide to the Concert Halls of Berlin (Fürer durch die Konzertsäle Berlins)] [Source: Electronic copy of printed programme page] |
| 1981 | Germany | Pro Arte, subscription Master Piano Recital by Claudio Arrau at the Philharmonie of Berlin on Sunday 29th March at 800 pm. The programme performed was as follows: > Beethoven: Sonata in E flat major Op.27 No.1 > Schumann: Twelve Symphonic Studies Op.13 with five Variations Op. posth. > Debussy: Estampes > Chopin: Fantasy in F minor Op.49 > Liszt: Dante Sonata [Source: Guide to the Concert Halls of Berlin (Fürer durch die Konzertsäle Berlins)] |
| 1981 | Netherlands | Recital performance by Maestro Claudio Arrau in the Grand Hall of the Vredenburg Music Centre [Grote Zaal, Muziekcentrum], Utrecht, on Sunday 26th April at 8:15 pm. The programme comprised the following works: I > Beethoven: Sonate nr.13 in Es op.27 nr.1 > Schumann: Études symphoniques op.13, met :: Vijf variaties op.posth. Pauze II > Debussy: Estampes - :: Pagodes. La soirée dans Grenade. Jardins sous la pluie. > Chopin: Fantasie in f op.49 > Liszt: Aprés une lecture de Dante [Source: Electronic copy of autographed, printed recital programme] |
| 1981 | France | Maestro Claudio Arrau performance/s
at the Rencontres Musical d'Évian, Évian-les-Bains, in April-May. [Source: Le Monde, Paris, 11 May 1981] This entry needs completion. |
| 1981 | England | Performance by Maestro Claudio Arrau of Schumann's Piano Concerto Op.54 with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Walter Weller on 4th June at 8:00 pm, at the Royal Festival Hall, London. The programme also included Smetana's Sarka (from Ma Vlast) & Bruckner's Symphony No.4 (Romantic). [Source: Illustrated London News, 1 June 1981. [This entry needs corroboration] |
| 1981 | England | Maestro Claudio Arrau's recital at the Royal Festival Hall on 9th November at 8:00 pm, with a programme featuring the following compositions: > Beethoven: Sonata in E flat Op.27 No.1 > Schumann: Etudes symphoniques Op.13 > Debussy: Estampes > Chopin: Fantasia in F minor Op.49 > Liszt: Fantasia quasi sonata Après une lecture de Dante [Source: Illustrated London News, 1 Nov 1981] [This entry needs corroboration] |
| 1981 | Italy | Recital
by Maestro Claudio Arrau at the 'Teatro La Fenice' of Venice on Saturday 7th November, with a programme
including the following works: Video
of the recital produced and directed by John Lollos, co-produced and
edited by Ken Currier, advised by Robert Snyder, written by Frieda Roth,
and narrated by Lloyd Moss. |
| 1981 | England | Solo piano recital by Maestro Claudio Arrau at the Royal Festival Hall in London, on Monday 9th November, rendering the following works: >
Beethoven: Sonata No.13 in E flat Op.27 No.1 |
| 1981 | England | Maestro Claudio Arrau performance of Brahms's Piano Concerto No.1 in D minor Op.15 at The Royal Festival Hall, London, on Wednesday 11th
November at 8:00 pm, with The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Sir Charles Groves. |
1981 |
U.S.A. |
Performances by Maestro Claudio Arrau of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No.5 Emperor with the Philadelphia Orchestra
conducted by Eduardo Mata on Friday 27th and Saturday 28th November. The programme also comprised Revueltas's Sensemayá and Elgar's Enigma Variations. [Source: The Philadelphia Inquirer, Pennsylvania, 3 May 1981] Actual performances needs corroboration. |
1981 |
U.S.A. |
Maestro Claudio Arrau performance of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No.5 in E flat major Op.73 Emperor with The Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eduardo Mata in the Main Hall of the Carnegie Hall, New York, on 1st December at 8:00 pm. The programme likewise comprised Silvestre Revueltas's Sensemayá, and Edward Elgar's Variations on an Original Theme Enigma, Op.36. [Source: Carnegie Hall Archives] et al. |
| 1981 | Canada | Performance by Maestro Claudio Arrau
of Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor Op.15, with the Orchestre symphonique
de Montréal [Montreal Symphony Orchestra] and guest conductor David
Atherton, on
Tuesday 15th and Wednesday 16th December at 8:00 pm in the Salle Wilfred Pelletier de la Place
des Arts, Montréal. The programme also included Brahms's Symphony No.4. Montreal's La Presse of 17th December publishes a Claude Gingras's appraisal of the above Gala Concert entitled Un Brahms qui confirme la suprématie d'Arrau [A Brahms that confirms Arrau's supremacy]. [Source: The Gazette, Montreal, 16 Dec 1981] . |
| 1981 | Canada | Maestro Claudio Arrau
performance of Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor Op.15, with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra conducted by Kazuyoshi Akiyama on
Thursday 31st December at 2:30 pm at the NAC Orpheum, Montreal. The programme also includes Beethoven's Symphny No.3. [Source: The Vancouver Sun, Canada, 31 Dec 1981] This entry needs completion. |
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1981-1982 |
World |
World
tour by Maestro Claudio Arrau including the U.S., Canada, Europe, Brazil, and Japan. [This entry needs completion] |
| 1981 | Italy | Participation of Maestro Claudio Arrau
in the 'Serate Musicali', Comune di Milano. [This entry needs completion] |
1981 |
Japan |
Concerto
performance by Maestro Claudio Arrau with the NHK (Nippon Hoso Kyokai or Japan Broadcasting Corporation)
Symphony Orchestra conducted by Aldo Ceccato in Tokyo. [ This entry needs completion] |
| 1981 | U.S.A. | Performance by Maestro Claudio Arrau of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 3 Op.37, with the Rochester
Philharmonic Orchestra and David Zinman conducting. [This entry needs completion] |
| 1981 | U.S.A. | Maestro Claudio Arrau performance
of Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 1 Op.15, with the Oakland Symphony
Orchestra of California conducted by Calvin Simmons. [This entry needs completion] |
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| 1982 | Canada | Performance by Maestro Claudio Arrau
of Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor Op.15, with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra conducted by Kazuyoshi Akiyama on
Friday 1st January at 8:30 pm at the Orpheum, Montreal. The programme also includes Beethoven's Symphny No.3. [Source: The Vancouver Sun, Canada, 31 Dec 1981] This entry needs corroboration/completion. |
| 1982 | U.S.A. | Piano
recital by Maestro Claudio Arrau at the Davies Symphony Hall of San Francisco on Sunday 10th January in the evening, with the following programme: > Beethoven: Sonata No.26 in E flat major Op.81a Les adieux > Beethoven: Sonata No.23 in F minor Op.57 Appassionata Intermission > Liszt: Sonata in B minor > Liszt: Après une lecture de Dante - Fantasia quasi sonata [Source: 'At 79, Arrau Fingers Are Nimble'. Santa Cruz Sentinel, California, 13 Jan 1982] |
| 1982 | U.S.A. | In January, Maestro Claudio Arrau instructed his lawyers in New York to register the formation of the 'Claudio Arrau Foundation' as an autonomous, politically independent entity, dedicated to fostering music and the arts. |
| 1982 | Canada | Maestro Claudio Arrau's piano recital at the University Centre Auditorium, Victoria, on Tuesday 12th January, with the following programme: > Beethoven: Sonata No.26 in E flat major Op.81a Les adieux > Liszt: Sonata in B minor (dedicated to Schumann) > Beethoven: Sonata No.23 in F minor Op.57 Appassionata > Liszt: Après une lecture du Dante [Source: Times Colonist, Victoria, 8 & 9 Jan 1982] |
| 1982 | U.S.A. | Piano
recital by Maestro Claudio Arrau at the Main Hall of the Carnegie Hall, New York, on Saturday 16th January
at 8:00 pm, rendering the following programme: > Beethoven: Sonata No.26 in E flat major Op.81a Les adieux > Liszt: Sonata in B minor Intermission > Beethoven: Sonata No.23 in F minor Op.57 Appassionata > Liszt: Après une lecture de Dante - Fantasia quasi sonata [Source: Electronic copy of signed, printed recital programme] [Source: Carnegie Hall Archives] |
| 1982 | Canada | Performances by Maestro Claudio Arrau
of Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor Op.15, with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra conducted by Kazuyoshi Akiyama on Sunday 24th January at 2:30 pm,
Monday 25th January at 8:30 pm, and Tuesday 26th January at 7:30 pm in the Orpheum, Montreal, as part of The Jubilee Series. The programme also includes Beethoven's Symphny No.3 Eroïca. [Source: The Vancouver Sun, 31 Dec 1981, 13 & 25 Jan 1982] [Source: The Abbotsford News, British Columbia, 20 Jan 1982] [Source: The Province, Vancouver, 25 Jan 1982] |
| 1982 | U.S.A. | Maestro Claudio Arrau's performance
of Weber's Konzertstück for Piano and Orchestra
and R.Strauss's Burleske for Piano and Orchestra, with the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra conducted by Gerard Schwarz in the Ambassador Auditorium of Pasadena, California, on Saturday 30th January. The programme, which also incluided Haydn's Symphony No.31 in D Horn Signal and Bizet's Symphony in C, was recorded by Radio Station KUSC-FM in Los Angeles. Recordings available online as at August 2021: https://pastdaily.com/2017/06/14/claudio-arrau-1982-past-daily/ |
| 1982 | U.S.A. | Maestro Claudio Arrau performances
of Weber's Konzertstück for Piano and Orchestra Opus 79
and Liszt’s Piano Concerto No. 2 on Thursday 11th February
at 8:00 pm, Friday 12th February at 2:00 pm, Saturday 13th February at
8:00 pm, and Tuesday 16th February at 7:30 pm, with the New York Philharmonic
Orchestra conducted by Klaus Tennstedt at the Avery Fisher
Hall. The programme also included Schubert's Symphony No.9 in C major. [Source: Signed printed concert programme] |
| 1982 |
Germany |
Maestro Claudio Arrau writes a Foreword for a 24-page booklet in German entitled "Alfred Brendel ", by Jürgen Meyer-Jostenrgen, of the Musiker im Gespräch series, published in 1982 by Henry Litolff's Verlag/C.F. Peters, Frankfurt, New York, London. |
| 1982 |
Italy |
Maestro Claudio Arrau cover
photograph on the March issue of the quarterly magazine Musica
published in Milan (Trimestrale di informazione musicale e discografica,
numero 24, anno 6). Three articles in Italian: - 'Il pianista Claudio Arrau ' by Marvin Allen Wolfthal, - 'Claudio Arrau ricorda i grandi pianisti ' by Peter Warwick, and - 'Claudio Arrau e il disco ' by Riccardo Risaliti. [Pages 32 through to 42. Six photographs] |
| 1982 | Germany | Performances by Maestro Claudio Arrau of Weber’s Konzertstück in F minor for Piano and Orchestra Op.79, and R. Strauss's Burleske in D minor for Piano and Orchestra, with Horst Stein conducting the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra [Berliner
Philharmonisches Orchester] at the Philharmonie on Thursday 18th and Friday 19th March at 8:00 pm. The programme also featured Berlioz's Benvenuto Cellini Overture Op.23 and Hindemith's Mathis the Painter Symphony. [Source: Guide to the Concert Halls of Berlin (Fürer durch die Konzertsäle Berlins)] [18th March: CDR: FKM CDR-76, USA, 2000] |
| 1982 | Germany | Piano recital by Maestro Claudio Arrau at the University of Munster's Auditorium [Hörsaalgebäude] on Thursday 25th March at 8:00 pm, as part of the 8. Meisterkonzert 1981/82 - Zyklus A. The programme featured the following compositions: > Beethoven: Klaviersonate Nr.26 Es-dur op. 81a Das Lebewohl > Liszt: Klaviersonate h-moll op. 143 Pause > Beethoven: Klaviersonate Nr.23 f-moll op.57 Appassionata > Liszt: Fantasia quasi sonata (Dante-sonate) [Source: Signed printed recital programme] |
| 1982 | Mexico | Maestro Claudio Arrau's recital on Monday 10th May at the 'Templo de la Compañía'
Jesuit Church, as part of the 'Festival Cervantino' of Guanajuato. The programme included: > Beethoven: Sonata Los Adioses > Beethoven: Sopnata Appassionata > Liszt: Sonata en Si menor > Liszt: Sonata según una lectura de Dante The performance was broadcast by XHTM-8 TV Channel. |
| 1982 | U.S.A. | On
22nd May, The University of Vermont awarded Maestro Claudio Arrau the degree
of - Doctor in Humane Letters Honoris Causa. See image. |
| 1982 | France | Piano
recital by Maestro Claudio Arrau at the Salle Pleyel of Paris on Wednesday 2nd June at
8:30 pm, as part of the 1981/82 Season, with a Liszt and Beethoven programme. |
| 1982 | England | Maestro Claudio Arrau's piano recital at the Royal Festival Hall in London, on Tuesday 8th June at 8:00 pm, rendering the following works: >
Beethoven: Sonata No.26 in E-flat major Op.81a Les adieux |
| 1982 | England | A
House du Maurier concert: Maestro Claudio Arrau performance of Beethoven's Piano Concerto
No.4* at the Royal Festival Hall of London with the Philharmonia Orchestra
conducted by Riccardo Muti on Tuesday 6th July
at 8:00 pm. The programme also included Music of Gaity from Fitzwilliam Virginal Book, and Beethoven's Symphony No.2. [ Source: Printed concert programme] [*Note that the Illustrated London News of 1 July had announced Brahms's Piano Concerto No.2 instead] |
| 1982
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Austria |
Sixth
(and last) appearance of Maestro Claudio Arrau at the Salzburg Festival (25 July to 30 Aug), with a recital performance at
the Großes Festspielhaus on Sunday 15 August at 8:00 pm, including: |
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Germany |
The
world's first ever commercial classical music compact disc, produced
on 17th August, contained the standard selection of 14 Waltzes
by Chopin (Philips 400 025-2) as interpreted and recorded by Maestro Claudio
Arrau in 1979. |
| 1982 | Italy | Maestro Claudio Arrau's evening recital at the Settimane Musicali di Stresa (Lago Maggiore, Piedmont region) on Thursday 2nd September. |
| 1982 | U.S.A. | On 12th September, Maestro Claudio Arrau names his cousin-once-removed, Mr. Agustín Arrau (often wrongly referred to as his nephew), as First Director and President of the Claudio Arrau Foundation, with full powers. |
| 1982 | U.S.A. | Review of Joseph Horowitz's book 'Conversations with Arrau' in The Washington Post of Saturday 23rd October, whereby the newspaper's music critic Joseph McLellan appraises the valuable contents of the book and highlights important aspects of Claudio Arrau's life, musicianship, and artistic career. |
| 1982 | U.S.A. | Maestro Claudio Arrau performance
of Weber’s Konzertstück Op 79 on 2nd November,
with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Klaus Tennstedt. [This entry needs completion] |
| 1982 | U.S.A. | Performance by Maestro Claudio Arrau
of Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 1 Op.15, with Sir Alexander
Gibson conducting The Scottish National Orchestra at the Main Hall of the Carnegie
Hall, New York, on Sunday 7th November at 8:00 pm, as part of
the Carnegie Hall 1982-83 Season. The programme also included Sibelius's Symphony No.2 Op.43. [Source: Electronic copy of printed concert programme] [Source: Carnegie Hall Archives] |
| 1982 |
U.S.A. |
Maestro Claudio Arrau performance
of Beethoven's Piano Concertos No.1 Op.15 and No.3 Op.37, with Gerard
Schwarz conducting The Y Chamber Symphony at the Avery Fisher
Hall, Lincoln Centre, New York, on Friday 17th December. [Y = Youth] [Source: Printed Lincoln Center 1982 schedule page] |
1982 |
U.S.A. |
Maestro Claudio Arrau declared to United Press International on 21st December that his colleague Arthur Rubinstein - who passed away in Geneva on 20th December aged 95 - was gifted with the greatest natural atributes ever known to a pianist. Rubinstein was an innate genius of the keyboard and, with his style, he expressed his deepest personal sentiments in recreating the music of the great composers. [Source: El Informador, Guadalajara, 22 Dec 1982] |
1982/3 |
U.S.A. |
The Winter 1982-83 issue of 'The Piano Quarterly' magazine (No.120, 31st Year), published in Wilmington, Vermont, includes a recent interview with Maestro Claudio Arrau by Robert J. Silverman. |
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1982/3 |
World |
Main
musical circles around the world declared the 1982-83 season The Arrau Year in honour of Maestro Claudio Arrau and his 80th birthday.. |
1982 |
Mexico |
In 1982, Maestro Claudio Arrau was bestowed, along with Karajan and Bernstein, La Orden del Águila Azteca by the Mexican Government at the Cervantes Festival in Mexico City. The Order of the Aztec Eagle is the highest Mexican distinction awarded to foreigners for services to Mexico or humankind. |
1982 |
Hungary |
The 1982 Liszt Record Grand Prix is adjudicated to Maestro Claudio Arrau for the 1979 recordings of Liszt's Two Piano Concertos with the London Symphony Orchestra under Sir Colin Davis for the Philips label. |
1982 |
England |
Publication
of the biographical book ' Conversations with Arrau' by Joseph Horowitz, Collins, St James's Place, London, transl;ated into several languages, widely held as essential reading. This book went on to win the - 1983 ASCAP Deems Taylor Award for excellence in writing about music. |
1982 |
Europe |
Maestro Claudio Arrau's performances
at festivals in Strasbourg, Lausanne, Zurich, Lucerne, Montreux, and
Stresa. [This entry needs further specification] |
1982
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Chile
|
A
letter to the editor, published by El Mercurio newspaper of
Santiago, raises controversy surrounding Claudio Arrau's acquisition of U.S.
citizenship in 1979 and alleged abandonment of his Chilean citizenship. The fact was eventually established that, in acquiring the U.S. citizenship, Arrau had not renounced his original citizenship. |
| 1982 |
Germany |
Recordings by Maestro Claudio Arrau
of Mozart’s Piano Concertos Nos. 20 (K466) and 24 (K491), with the
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra [Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen
Rundfunks] conducted by Sir Colin Davis. N.B.: These recordings were not released by Philips reportedly due to sound engineering issues. |
| 1982 | Germany | Maestro Claudio Arrau's performance
of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4 Op.58, with the Munich Philharmonic
Orchestra [Münchner Philharmoniker] conducted by Lawrence
Foster. [This entry needs completion] |
1982 |
Switzerland |
Performance by Maestro Claudio Arrau
at the 37e Festival de Musique Classique, Montreux-Vevey. [This entry needs completion] |
1982 |
Brazil |
Series
of four performances by Maestro Claudio Arrau at the 'Teatro Municipal' of Rio de Janeiro, during the
'Arrau Festival' held here in the Maestro's honour. [This entry needs completion] |
| 1982 | U.S.A. | Performances by Maestro Claudio Arrau
of R.Strauss’s Burleske in D minor and Weber’s Konzertstück
Op 79, with the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra conducted by Gerard
Schwartz. [This entry needs completion] |
| 1982 | Canada | Maestro Claudio Arrau's recital, believed to have taken place in Toronto, with a programme including at least the following works: > Liszt: Après une lecture du Dante [CD: Music and Arts CD 282, USA, 1988] |
1982/3 |
U.S.A. |
Recital by Maestro Claudio Arrau as part of the 1982-83 Boston University Celebrity Series. |
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| 1983 |
Netherlands |
The Philips label
issues a 59-LP Arrau Edition to mark the Maestro's 8Oth birthday. |
| 1983 |
U.S.A. |
Cover page title Claudio Arrau: The "Maestro"
turns 80 and photograph of Arrau on the January issue of Ovation, The Magazine for Classical Music Listeners, published
in New York. This issue includes a Herbert Kupferberg's article entitled Claudio Arrau - Gearing up for a busy 80th birthday year, with a comprehensive account of Maestro Claudio Arrau's personal bearing, musical styles, repertory, concertising, recordings, opinions, plans, and biographic notes, in the lead up to a very active 8oth birthday. [Pages 12 through to 15. Cover page photograph, full page inner photograph, and two smaller photographs] |
1983 |
France |
Maestro Claudio Arrau performances of Brahms's Piano Concertos Nos.1 & 2, with the Orchestre de Paris conducted by Daniel Baremboim in January, celebrating the 150th birth anniversary of the composer. [Source: Le Monde, Paris, 16 June 1982 & 8 Jan 1983 This entry needs completion. |
1983 |
U.S.A. |
Under the title "I, Claudio", Stuart Isacoff writes an article in the January/February issue of Keyboard Classics magazine of New York, surveying Maestro Claudio Arrau's early biography, his stature amongst pianists, piano techniques, interpretation approaches, and teachings. Also, "An Appreciation", by Garrick Ohlsson. Photograph on cover. Three internal studio photos. Three fingering illustrations. Pages 7 to 10. |
1983 |
U.S.A. |
Cover
page photograph of Maestro Claudio Arrau on Fanfare, The Magazine for Serious
Record Collectors, of January/February, published in New
Jersey. A rather unappreciative review by John D. Wiser of Joseph Horowitz's award winning book 'Conversations with Claudio Arrau' is contained on pages 374-375. |
| 1983 | Canada | Performance by Maestro Claudio Arrau
of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5 Emperor, with Kazuyoshi
Akiyama conducting the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, as part of the
'Musically Speaking Series', at The City of Vancouver Orpheum, on Saturday 8th January at 8:30 pm, repeated on Monday 10th January at 7:30 pm. Rave
review by Lloyd Dykk in The Vancouver Sun of 10th January: |
1983 |
U.S.A. |
Maestro Claudio Arrau's performance at the Meany Theater of the University of Washington on Tesday 18th January as part of the UW President's Piano Series and of Maestro Arrau's 80th birthday world concert tour. [Source: Newspaper clip and photograph inscription] This entry needs completion. |
1983 |
U.S.A. |
Maestro Claudio Arrau's 80th birthday performance at the Boston Symphony Hall on Saturday 29th January. [Source: Inscription on photograph of reception in honour of the Maestro by the Panamerican Society of New England] This entry needs completion. |
1983 |
U.S.A. |
Maestro Claudio Arrau was made an - Honorary Member of the Pan American Society of New England at an 80th birthday reception in his honour, attended by the pianist and his wife Ruth, as well as Dr. James Nelson Goodsell, President of the Society, his wife Rhoda Ford, and numerous members and friends. The reception was held at the Cohen Room of the Boston Symphony Hall on Saturday 29th January, following the Maestro's full-house performance that evening. |
| 1983 |
U.S.A. |
Homage
and congratulations on the occasion of Maestro Claudio Arrau's 8Oth birthday on 6th February
are reported as received from leaders, dignitaries and authorities all
over the world. |
1983 |
France |
Article on Maestro Claudio Arrau entitled 'Claudio Arrau sur le divan: Conseils de Sage' [Claudio Arrau on the couch: Tips from a wise man], being a translation into French by Christine Paly of a section from J. Horowitz's 'Conversations with Arrau', appearing on 'Le Monde de la Musique' magazine of February. The article explores piano technicques and psychoanalysis. Two photographs. Pages 22 to 24. |
| 1983 | U.S.A. | Cover page photograph of Maestro Claudio Arrau on February's Schwann-1 Record & Tape Guide, published in Boston. |
| 1983 |
England |
Critic
Richard Osborne writes a rave appraisal of the artist, entitled "Claudio
Arrau at 8O ", in the Gramophone magazine edition of
February, pages 911 and 912. |
1983 |
Germany |
Fono Forum German magazine of 2 February, publishes an article by Martin Meyer, entitled "Absicht und Vergegenwärtigung" [Intention and Mindfulness], highlighting essential features of Maestro Arrau's artistry with regards to his leading composers: > 'The musician seems to disappear behind the performance'. The article marks Claudio Arrau's 80th birthday and is concluded with a full discography to date, which comprises, amongst others, all recordings in the complete 1983 Philips LP Arrau edition. Eleven photographs. Pages 4 and 17, 20 to 23, and 26 to 29. |
| 1983 |
U.S.A. |
Performance by Maestro Claudio Arrau
of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No.4 Op.58 at the Main Hall of the Carnegie Hall, N.Y., on Tuesday
8th February at 8:00 pm, with The Philadelphia Orchestra conducted
by Riccardo Muti, as part of the Eighty-Third Season
1982-83. The programme also included Excerpts of Prokofiev's Suites Nos. 1 & 2 from the Ballet Romeo and Juliet. [Source: Carnegie Hall Archives] [Source: Electronic copy of pages of the printed concert programme] |
1983 |
U.S.A. |
Recording of Maestro Claudio Arrau performance
of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No.4 Op.58 with The Philadelphia Orchestra conducted
by Ricardo Muti at the Philadelphia Academy of Music, Pennsylvania, in February. [VHS: Philips 070 122-3, The Netherlands, 1990] |
1983 |
U.S.A.  |
Maestro Claudio Arrau is awarded - The Beethoven Medal by the New York City's Beethoven Society, presented by its president Mr. Robert Becker on 20th February. The inscription on the medal reads: 'The Beethoven Society is privileged to present this award to Claudio Arrau in recognition of his distinguished service to the world of music and the creative spirit of Ludwig van Beethoven.' |
| 1983 |
U.S.A. |
Critic
Bernard Holland writes a comprehensive appraisal of the artist, entitled
"Claudio Arrau at 8O ",
in The New York Times of 20th February. |
1983 |
Chile | The Chilean Military Goverment's censorship office ordered the state television network to cancel the scheduled live telecast of Claudio Arrau's 80th birthday concert at New York's Lincoln Center on Sunday 20th February. [Source: The Index-Journal, South Carolina, 14 May 1984] |
| 1983 |
U.S.A. |
Televised
Gala Recital given by Maestro Claudio Arrau at the Avery Fisher Hall of the
Lincoln Center in New York on Sunday 20th February at 3:00 pm. The programme consisted of the following works: I > Beethoven's Sonata No.21 in C major Op.53 Waldstein II > Beethoven's Sonata No.23 in F minor Op.57 Appassionata Intermission III > Debussy's Reflets dans l'eau (from Images Book I) > Liszt's Les jeux d'eaux à la Villa d'Este > Liszt's Ballade No.2 in B minor (Hero and Leander) > [ Not performed. > Chopin's Scherzo No.1 in B minor Op.20 At the end of the programme, world renowned tenor Plácido Domingo surprisingly appeared on stage pushing a large, piano-shaped birthday cake, and sang the Happy Birthday to the Maestro. [Source: Electronic copy of pages of the printed recital programme] [DVD: Philips UCBP-9007, Japan ] [DVD: EuroArts 2058678, Austria, 2011. Note that this release mistakenly states the recital to have taken place on 6th February] |
| 1983 |
U.S.A. |
The
City of Philadelphia presented Maestro Claudio Arrau with - |
| 1983 | U.S.A. | The
March issue of Clavier, The Magazine
for Pianists and Organists, Volume 22, No. 3, published in Evanston, Illinois,
shows a full cover page photograph of Maestro Claudio Arrau and includes
an article by Carol Montparker, senior editor of Clavier, entitled
'Portrait of an artist at eighty',
which combines interview material with informative commentaries and a
description of the atmosphere of, and precious objects in, Arrau's home studio.
Arrau recollects Brahms being disliked in the early 20th century, and remembers Berlin during the Weimar Republic and his own eventual departure from Germany. Various matters of interpretation, search for meaning, vanity and ego, and the misplacement of competitiveness in the arts are discussed. [Pages from 18 through to 21. Three photographs] |
1983
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Maestro Claudio Arrau's performance of Brahms's Piano Concerto No.1 Op.15, with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra under the baton of conductor Jerzy Semkow in Detroit's Ford Auditorium on Thursday 3rd March in the evening, with repeats at the Orchestra Hall on Friday 4th March at 8:00 pm, and back in the Ford Auditorium on Saturday 5th March at 8:30 pm. The programme concluded with Schumann's Symphony No.4. [Source: The Windsor Star, Ontario, 4 March 1983] |
1983
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France
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80th birthday performances by Maestro Claudio Arrau of Brahms's Piano Concertos at the Salle Pleyel in Paris, with the Orchestre de Paris under Daniel Baremboim: Wednesday 16th March: Concerto No. 1 Thursday 17th March: Concerto No. 2 Friday 18th March: Concertos Nos. 1 & 2. [Source: Le Monde de la Musique, Paris, Feb 1983] [Source: Le Monde, Paris, 19 March 1983] |
| 1983
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U.S.A.
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Opera
journalist Robert Baxter reproduces a conversation he held with Maestro
Claudio Arrau, entitled Of Songs and Singers,
where Arrau speaks about similarities between voice and instrumental
interpretations, and speaks about opera singers, conductors and interpretations
that inspired him and influenced his playing. M [Source: Opera News magazine, New York, 9th April 1983, pages 14, 15, 61, and 62] |
| 1983 | Germany |
Maestro Claudio Arrau's performance of Brahms’s Piano Concerto No.1 in D minor Op.15, with Sir Colin Davis conducting the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra [Berliner
Philharmonisches Orchester] at the Philharmonie on Tuesday 12th and Wednesday 13th April at 8:00 pm. The programme also included Brahms's Tragic Overture Op.81 and Berg's Three Orchestral Pieces Op.6. [Source: Guide to the Concert Halls of Berlin (Fürer durch die Konzertsäle Berlins)] et al. |
| 1983 | Germany |
Pro Musica, subscription Master Recital at the Philharmonie of Berlin, perfomed by Maestro Claudio Arrau on Saturday 30th April at 8:00 pm. The programme comprised the following works: > Beethoven: Sonate Nr.4 Es-Dur Op.7 > Beethoven: Sonate Nr.26 Es-Dur Op.81a > Brahms: Sonate Nr.3 f-Moll Op.5 [Source: Guide to the Concert Halls of Berlin (Fürer durch die Konzertsäle Berlins)] |
| 1983 | England |
Recital performance by Maestro Claudio Arrau at the Royal Festival Hall in London, on Monday 30th May at 8:00 pm, of a programme comprising sonatas by Beethoven and Brahms. [Source: Illustrated London News, 1 May 1983] This entry needs corroboration/completion. |
| 1983 | Switzerland | Recital
by Maestro Claudio Arrau at the Geneve Grand Théâtre on 12th June, which
inspired an appreciative review by critic Sylvie Bonier in Spectacles
of 13th June. |
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U.S.A.
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On
the occasion of the Maestro's 8Oth birthday, music critic Allan Kozinn
publishes a précis of the artist's career and an interview with
him, under the title "Claudio Arrau -
75 years on the concert circuit ". Maestro Arrau speaks of his approach to music, his musical and artistic tastes, and his expected recording plans which at the time included works by Debussy, Ravel and Schönberg. [Source: KEYBOARD magazine, July 1983, California, pages 27 through to 31] |
1983 |
Sweden |
On 21st July in Stockholm, Maestro Claudio Arrau is awarded - The Music Prize by the International Music Council of UNESCO This Prize is "...awarded annually to musicians and musical institutions who have contributed to the enrichment and development of music and served in the cause of peace and international cooperation". |
1983 |
France |
Maestro Claudio Arrau's recital performance at the Parvis St-Michel on Monday 15th August in the evening, as part of the '34e Festival de Musique de Menton' running from the 2nd to the 30th of August. The programme comprised the following compositions: > Beethoven: Sonate no.13 quasi une fantasia en mi bémol majeur Op.27 no.1 > Beethoven: Sonate no.3 en fa mineur Op.5 Entr'acte > Debussy: Reflets dans l'eau (du 1er livre des Images) > Liszt: Les jeux d'eau à la villa d'Este > Liszt: Ballade no.2 en si mineur > Liszt: Scherzo no.1 en si mineur Op.20 [Source: Prospectus, 34e Festival de Musique de Menton] |
1983 |
England |
Concerto performance by Maestro Claudio Arrau at London's Royal Albert Hall, featuring R.Strauss's Burleske and C.M.Weber's Konzertstük in F minor, with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Norman del Mar on Saturday 27th August at 7:30 pm. The programme also included Mozart's Symphony No.41 (Jupiter) & Hindemith's Symphonic metamorphosis of themes by Carl Maria von Weber. [Source: Illustrated London News, 1 Aug 1983] This entry needs corroboration. |
1983 |
Scotland |
Maestro Claudio Arrau performances of R.Strauss's Burleske in D minor for piano and orchestra and Weber's Konzertstück for piano and orchestra, with the London Philharmonic Orchestra under Klaus Tennstedt at the Usher Hall, as part of the Edinburgh International Festival, on Tuesday 30th August at 8:00 pm. The Programme also featured R.Strauss's Don Juan tone poem, Wagner's Siegfried's Journey to the Rhine Götterdämmerung, and J.Strauss Jnr's Emperor Waltz. [Source: Edinburgh International Festival 1983 - Complete Programme Guide, pages 106 to 108] [Source: A.B.C., Madrid, 1 Sept 1983, p.56] |
| 1983 |
Chile |
Cover page photograph of Maestro Claudio Arrau on the September issue of Pluma y Pincel magazine, published in Valparaíso, containing an article entitled 'Claudio Arrau '. |
1983 |
Italy |
On Maestro Claudio Arrau's turning 80, journalist Franca Piperno writes an article entitled 'Arrau, dalla pianola al laser', published in Milan's Alta Fedeltá magazine of September. The writer highly praises the celebrated pianist whilst quoting or borrowing from the recently published book 'Conversations with Arrau', of Joseph Horowitz, some essential details of his biography, musical characterization, triumphant career, recording legacy, worldwide recognition, and colleagues' opinions. [Pages from 146 through to 149. Studio photographs.] |
1983 |
France |
Recital performance by Maestro Claudio Arrau on Friday 9th September at 8:45 pm, in Besançon's Théatre Municipal, as part of the XXXVIe festival international de musique de Besançon (2 to 25 Sept). |
1983 |
Spain |
Maestro
Claudio Arrau's recital as part of Barcelona's Third International Festival (5-30 October) with a recital in the 'Palau de la Música Catalana' on Sunday 30th October. [Source: A.B.C., Madrid, 7 July 1983] [Source: La Vanguardia, Barcelona, 31st Dec 1983] This entry needs completion. |
1983 |
Germany |
Maestro
Claudio Arrau is made - The First Honorary Member of the Robert Schumann-Gesellschaft in Düsseldorf. The ceremony took place on 18th October and the laudation was presented by Prof. Dr. Karl Schumann of Munich. |
1983 |
Germany |
Pro Musica, subscription Master Recital by Maestro Claudio Arrau at the Philharmonie of Berlin on Thursday 20th October at 8:00 pm. |
1983 |
Chile |
November was marked all over the country as Claudio Arrau's Month, with photographic exhibitions, piano marathon, piano competition, special radio programmes, literary contests, cultural activities, and various celebrations, all sponsored by numerous organizations to honour the concertist master pianist. The piano marathon was held in Santiago, organized by pianist and professor Elisa Alsina from Chile's National University, and lasted 24 consecutive hours, with the participation of 48 pianists for some half-an-hour each, as a homage to the Maestro on his 80th birthday. [Source: A.B.C., Madrid, 30 Nov 1983, p.83] et al. |
| 1983 | U.S.A. | Maestro Claudio Arrau performance
of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5 Emperor at the Main Hall of the Carnegie Hall, New York, with the visiting Warsaw National
Philharmonic Orchestra and Kazimierz Kord conducting, on Wednesday 16th November at 8:00 pm. The programme also included B.Szabelski's Toccata-Overture from his Suite for Orchestra & D.Shostakovich's Symphony No.10 Op.93. [Source: The New York Times, 17 Nov 1983] [Source: Carnegie Hall Archives] |
| 1983 | Canada | Performance by Maestro Claudio Arrau
of Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 1 Op.15, with the National Arts
Center Orchestra [NACO] conducted by Franco Mannino. The Ottawa Citizen of Thursday 24th November publishes a critique by Jacob Siskind, entitled 'Arrau, NACO inspired each other ', describing the concerto performance of Wednesday 23rd November in superlative terms for both Maestro Arrau and the Orchestra, in what was considered a rare overwhelming occasion where everything fell into place to perfection. The performance was repeated on Thursday 24th November. |
| 1983 | Sweden | The 1983 Music Prize by the International Music Council of UNESCO is bestowed upon Maestro Claudio Arrau at a ceremony held in Stockholm in December. The prize had been awarded to the Maestro on 21st July (please see above). |
1983 |
Chile |
Maestro Claudio Arrau was awarded
the - Premio Nacional de Arte: Mención en Música, by Chile's Ministry of Education in Santiago on 21st December. The 'Premio Nacional de Arte' had previously been awarded only to Nobel Prize poets Gabriela Mistral, in 1945, and Pablo Neruda, in 1971. |
1983 |
France  |
French President François Mitterrand named Maestro Claudio Arrau a - |
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1983 |
Italy |
Maestro Claudio Arrau is made
a - Commandatore by the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome. |
1983 |
England |
Maestro Claudio Arrau is awarded
the degree of - Doctor Honoris Causa by The University of Oxford. |
| 1983 | France |
Performances by Maestro Claudio Arrau
of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5 and Brahms’s
Piano Concerto No. 1, with L’Orchestre de Paris under Daniel
Baremboim. [This entry needs corroboration/completion] |
| 1983 | U.S.A. | Maestro Claudio Arrau performance of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4 Op.58, with the San Francisco
Symphony Orchestra and Edo de Waart conducting. [This entry needs completion] |
| 1983 | Germany | Performance by Maestro Claudio Arrau
of Liszt’s Piano Concerto No. 2, with the Sarrebruck Radio
Symphony Orchestra [Radio-Sinfonieorchester Saarbrücken] conducted
by Jacques Mercier. http://arrausite.free.fr/Index.html [This entry needs corroboration] |
| 1983 | ? | Cover
page photograph of Maestro Claudio Arrau on an issue of the Music & Musicians,
incorporating Records & Recording magazine, with the heading
"Arrau at 80 ". [This entry needs ascertaining/completion] |
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