Constantin Silvestri: the Last Ten Years
Constantin Silvestri: the Last Ten Years

Summary/Abstract: The author concentrates on the last ten years of Silvestri’s life after exploring why he defected in 1958 and made Paris his domicile for the next three years. The motivation is also examined as to why, after conducting some of the world’s most prestigious orchestras, he accepted the offer to become the principal conductor of an orchestra in a seaside resort in England. Players in the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and soloists of world repute describe the maestro’s orchestra-training methods and his interpretations of parts of works in the standard repertoire. Both were considered unorthodox at that time but resulted in transforming the BSO into an orchestra of international repute. The world lost a great musician when he died in London aged only fifty-five.

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