Yarlung’s friend and board member Sir Neville Marriner was born April 15th, 1924 and died on October 2nd, 2016. Kind, talented, and generous, Sir Neville remains one of the world’s most lauded and prolific recording conductors with over 600 albums to his credit. Yarlung had the privilege of working with Sir Neville multiple times, and released three albums with him on the podium.
After serving as principal second violin in the London Symphony Orchestra, Marriner founded the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields in 1958 and the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra ten years later. Marriner has always been a conductor for connoisseurs, but he came to broad popular attention when he conducted the film score for the movie Amadeus in 1984. Sir Neville conducted Mozart’s violin concerto No. 5 with Martin Chalifour and the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Korngold’s violin concerto with Nigel Armstrong and The Colburn Orchestra and Beethoven’s piano concerto No. 1 with Jeffrey Kahane and the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra on the Yarlung label.
Martin Chalifour and the Los Angeles Philharmonic
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Nigel Armstrong
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Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra: 40th Anniversary
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Sir Neville Marriner Conductor
Discography
Martin Chalifour and the Los Angeles Philharmonic
Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra: 40th Anniversary
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Other CDs by this Artist
Strawinsky: Concerto in D, Danses Concertantes, Dumbarton Oaks
Vaughan Williams: Greensleeves / Tallis / Lark
Bach: Magnificat & Vivaldi: Gloria
Serenades for Strings
Bruch: Violin Concerto No 1 & Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto
Bach: Brandenburg Concertos & Orchestral Suites (box set)
Sir Neville joined Yarlung as a Special Advisor in Yarlung’s early years, and subsequently joined Yarlung’s board of directors. He remains a board member in memoriam.
Queen Elizabeth appointed Marriner Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1979. The French Minister of Culture awarded Sir Neville officer of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 1995.
“In a world dominated by peacocks and super-egos, Marriner stood out for his likeability, and his expertise was in demand around the world. It was to Marriner the Vienna Philharmonic turned when it felt it had forgotten how to play Mozart.”
Marriner’s obituary in The Telegraph, October 2nd, 2016
Lady Marriner wrote one of her beautiful letters to her Yarlung family about her Sir Neville’s death and enjoyed reliving her last memory of her husband: “Neville… went on the crest of the wave, after a wonderful life until the end, when with his impeccable sense of timing, he conducted the three last Mozart symphonies, came home and took our family out to supper to celebrate the arrival of our first great-grandson and left in the night!”
Bravo Maestro, thank you, and congratulations.