ZUM TOD DES BRITISCHEN DIRIGENTEN SIR NEVILLE MARRINER

02.10.2016 Der am 15. April 1924 in Lincoln (England) geborene britische Dirigent und Violinist Sir Neville Marriner (Bild) ist am 2. Oktober 2016 gestorben.

Foto: Araceli Merino, 2010 - CC-Lizenz: Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported - Zur Datei: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Neville-Marriner.jpg

The Academy of St Martin in the Fields is deeply saddened to announce the death of Sir Neville Marriner, Founder and Life President of the Academy of St Martin in the Fields.

Sir Neville Marriner passed away peacefully in the night on 2 October.

http://www.asmf.org/sir-neville-marriner/

Ein stiller Revolutionär

Mit seinen federnden, von Pathos und blossem Schönklang-Denken befreiten Interpretationen sorgte Neville Marriner für eine Stil- und Zeitenwende in der Musik.

Christian Wildhagen

http://www.nzz.ch/feuilleton/ein-doyen-der-musikwelt-neville-marriner-ist-gestorben-ld.119911

Der britische Dirigent Neville Marriner war einer der Meister des Musikgeschäfts. Als Teenager studierte er Geige, später gehörte er als Violinist zum Londoner Symphonieorchester und gründete 1958 die Academy of St. Martin in the Fields.

Dank des Soundtracks zum Film «Amadeus» wurden Marriner und sein Orchester einem grossen Publikum bekannt. Jetzt starb der Ausnahmemusiker im Alter von 92 Jahren, wie die Academy of St. Martin in the Fields mitteilte.

sda/bürg

http://www.srf.ch/kultur/musik/neville-marriner-war-ein-dirigent-mit-brillanz-und-humor

Leading British conductor Sir Neville Marriner dies at 92

Sir Neville has been widely honoured for his work which includes recording the soundtrack for the 1984 film, Amadeus, and becoming the oldest conductor to lead at the Proms, in 2014 at the age of 90.

In March, he was made a Companion of Honour by the Duke of Cambridge at Buckingham Palace, and has also been honoured in France, Germany and Sweden.

http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-37535272

Sir Neville Marriner obituary

On the strength of what he had achieved by his early 30s, Sir Neville Marriner, who has died aged 92, would have been remembered as a decent orchestral and chamber music violinist. But at 34 he made a brilliant career move that led to his becoming one of the world's best-known conductors. His chamber orchestra, the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, not only inaugurated a fashion for long-winded ensemble titles, but shot straight to the top of its class, beating the Germans and Italians at their own game. To achieve this feat in Britain, a land not noted for its string playing, was extraordinary.

Tully Potter and John Amis

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/oct/02/sir-neville-marriner-obituary

Marriner, a violinist in the London Symphony Orchestra, joined with several other musicians in 1959 to form a chamber group, which was intended to perform without a leader. The group's mouthful of a name, the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, was inspired by the church in central London where they performed.

"The name was chosen without much thinking because, when we started, we never thought we would even get off the ground," Marriner once said. "And then we were stuck with it."

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-3818414/Conductor-Neville-Marriner-dies-founded-London-orchestra.html

For energy and output, Marriner had few equals. He made more than 600 recordings of 2,000 musical works, a greater legacy than any conductor except Karajan. These included the soundtrack for Milos Forman's film of Peter Shaffer's Amadeus, which introduced more new listeners to classical music than any film since Fantasia.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2016/10/02/sir-neville-marriner--obituary/

"It's the sound of the Academy that made it celebrated around the world," Mr. Marriner reflected in an interview he gave to the Guardian newspaper for his 90th birthday in 2014. "We wanted some clarity in the texture and vitality in the tempi. Early music at that time had been slow, thick, cloudy and taken very seriously, like an ancient relic."

Tim Page

https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/neville-marriner-led-renowned-academy-of-st-martin-in-the-fields-dies-at-92/2016/10/02/3bfbb3ec-88b2-11e6-875e-2c1bfe943b66_story.html

A plus de 90 ans, le chef conduisait encore régulièrement des formations à travers le monde. Il déclarait en 2000 à la Scena musicale: «Ce qui est terrible, c'est qu'un chef d'orchestre qui vieillit est de plus en plus demandé. Si seulement j'avais pu avoir toutes ces propositions quand j'avais 30 ans !»

Guillaume Tion

http://next.liberation.fr/culture-next/2016/10/02/mort-du-chef-d-orchestre-britannique-sir-neville-marriner_1518249

Videos und Audios:

Sir Neville Marriner and the Academy of St Martin in the Fields

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eM11qCS8kvc

Academy of St Martin in the Fields - NM interview, full version

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_6_q6cvlqU

Academy of St Martin in the Fields - players discuss Sir Neville #Marrinerat90

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrfIfKjTnzA

Sir Neville Marriner: Masters of Music (Händel / Mozart / Rossini - 1972 vinyl LP)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQds1Jf5ZFQ

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