Musicians at the Edinburgh International Festival, 1957â1966 lists the major artists who appeared during the second decade of the Edinburgh International Festival.
Orchestras and groups from Scotland, Britain, Austria, France, Germany, Switzerland, Denmark, the Netherlands, Czechoslovakia, Poland, the Soviet Union, Canada and the USA were all invited to perform.
The Scottish Orchestra, now known as the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, and BBC Scottish Orchestra were present, joined by the London Symphony Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra; Hallé Orchestra, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, BBC Concert Orchestra, English Chamber Orchestra and others.
European and American orchestras included the Berlin Philharmonic, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Hamburg Radio Symphony Orchestra, Czech Philharmonic, Orchestra of the National Theatre, Prague, Concertgebouw Orchestra, Netherlands Chamber Orchestra, Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre National de la RTF, Royal Danish Orchestra, Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Lucerne Festival Strings, Leningrad Symphony Orchestra, Moscow Radio Orchestra, the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and the National Youth Orchestra of Canada.
Each orchestra or group came with celebrated conductors and soloists, many of whom are still famous today as their recordings remain the standard by which contemporary musicians are judged.
Orchestras | Conductors | Soloists | Singers | Ensembles and choral groups |
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HallĂ© Orchestra, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, BBC Scottish Orchestra, Scottish National Orchestra, Concertgebouw Orchestra, Convivium Musicum (Chamber Orchestra of the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra), | John Barbirolli, Otto Klemperer, Eugen Jochum, Eugene Ormandy, Ian Whyte, Hans Swarowsky, Eduard van Beinum | Janos Starker, Clara Haskil, Rudolf FirkuĆĄnĂœ, Gerald Moore, Szymon Goldberg, Thurston Dart, Gerard Hengeveld, Francis Poulenc, Nina Milkina, Weldon Kilburn, Hilde Dermota | Lois Marshall, Heinz Rehfuss, Anton Dermota, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Victoria de los Ăngeles, Pierre Bernac, Anna Russell | HallĂ© Choir, Dennis Brain Wind Ensemble, Saltire Singers, Deller Consort, Hollywood String Quartet, Parrenin String Quartet, Jacobean Ensemble, Robert Masters String Quartet, New Edinburgh Quartet |
Orchestras | Conductors | Soloists | Singers | Ensembles and choral groups |
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Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Scottish National Orchestra, London Mozart Players, Lucerne Festival Strings, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, | William Walton, Rudolf Kempe, Alexander Gibson, Adrian Boult, Rudolf Baumgartner, Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt, Karel AnÄerl, Raymond Leppard | Pierre Fournier, Hans Richter-Haaser, Wilhelm Kempff, Terence MacDonagh, Jack Brymer, Gwydion Brooke, Jean-Pierre Rampal, Nicanor Zabaleta, Erik Werba, Gerald Moore, Wolfgang Schneiderhan, Johanna Martzy, Rudolf FirkuĆĄnĂœ, Carl Seemann, Robert Veyron-Lecroix, Andrew Woodburn | Heather Harper, John Cameron, Irmgard Seefried, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Richard Lewis, Josephine Veasey, Jennifer Vyvyan | Vronsky & Babin, Amadeus Quartet, Loewenguth Quartet, Stross Quartet, Prometheus Ensemble, Leppard Ensemble, Sextet Luca Marenzio, Edinburgh University Singers, Amici Quartet, Edinburgh Royal Choral Union |
Orchestras | Conductors | Soloists | Singers | Ensembles and choral groups |
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Philharmonia Orchestra, Scottish National Orchestra, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Leningrad Symphony Orchestra, Sacher Chamber Orchestra Zurich | Carlo Maria Giulini, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Alexander Gibson, Vittorio Gui, Paul Sacher, John Pritchard, Eugen Mravinsky, Gennadi Rozhdestvensky | Gioconda de Vito, Claudio Arrau, Myra Hess, Paul Badura-Skoda, Isaac Stern, Gerald Moore, Witold MaĆcuĆŒyĆski, Mstislav Rostropovich, Joan Dickson, Enrico Mainardi, George Malcolm, Ernst Wallfisch, Adam Harasiewicz, Halina Czerny-StefaĆska, Lory Wallfisch, Hester Dickson, Alexander Dedukhin | Joan Sutherland, Fiorenza Cossotto, Luigi Ottolini, Ivo Vinco, Ursula Boese, Victoria de los Ăngeles, Oralia Dominguez, Richard Lewis, Giuseppe Modesti, Helga Pilarczyk, Hermann Prey, Janet Baker | Juilliard Quartet, Amadeus Quartet, Beaux Arts Trio, Koeckert Quartet, Ars Musicae Ensemble |
Musicians at the Edinburgh International Festival, 1957â1966 lists the major artists who appeared during the second decade of the Edinburgh International Festival.
Orchestras and groups from Scotland, Britain, Austria, France, Germany, Switzerland, Denmark, the Netherlands, Czechoslovakia, Poland, the Soviet Union, Canada and the USA were all invited to perform.
The Scottish Orchestra, now known as the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, and BBC Scottish Orchestra were present, joined by the London Symphony Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra; Hallé Orchestra, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, BBC Concert Orchestra, English Chamber Orchestra and others.
European and American orchestras included the Berlin Philharmonic, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Hamburg Radio Symphony Orchestra, Czech Philharmonic, Orchestra of the National Theatre, Prague, Concertgebouw Orchestra, Netherlands Chamber Orchestra, Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre National de la RTF, Royal Danish Orchestra, Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Lucerne Festival Strings, Leningrad Symphony Orchestra, Moscow Radio Orchestra, the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and the National Youth Orchestra of Canada.
Each orchestra or group came with celebrated conductors and soloists, many of whom are still famous today as their recordings remain the standard by which contemporary musicians are judged.
Orchestras | Conductors | Soloists | Singers | Ensembles and choral groups |
---|---|---|---|---|
HallĂ© Orchestra, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, BBC Scottish Orchestra, Scottish National Orchestra, Concertgebouw Orchestra, Convivium Musicum (Chamber Orchestra of the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra), | John Barbirolli, Otto Klemperer, Eugen Jochum, Eugene Ormandy, Ian Whyte, Hans Swarowsky, Eduard van Beinum | Janos Starker, Clara Haskil, Rudolf FirkuĆĄnĂœ, Gerald Moore, Szymon Goldberg, Thurston Dart, Gerard Hengeveld, Francis Poulenc, Nina Milkina, Weldon Kilburn, Hilde Dermota | Lois Marshall, Heinz Rehfuss, Anton Dermota, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Victoria de los Ăngeles, Pierre Bernac, Anna Russell | HallĂ© Choir, Dennis Brain Wind Ensemble, Saltire Singers, Deller Consort, Hollywood String Quartet, Parrenin String Quartet, Jacobean Ensemble, Robert Masters String Quartet, New Edinburgh Quartet |
Orchestras | Conductors | Soloists | Singers | Ensembles and choral groups |
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Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Scottish National Orchestra, London Mozart Players, Lucerne Festival Strings, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, | William Walton, Rudolf Kempe, Alexander Gibson, Adrian Boult, Rudolf Baumgartner, Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt, Karel AnÄerl, Raymond Leppard | Pierre Fournier, Hans Richter-Haaser, Wilhelm Kempff, Terence MacDonagh, Jack Brymer, Gwydion Brooke, Jean-Pierre Rampal, Nicanor Zabaleta, Erik Werba, Gerald Moore, Wolfgang Schneiderhan, Johanna Martzy, Rudolf FirkuĆĄnĂœ, Carl Seemann, Robert Veyron-Lecroix, Andrew Woodburn | Heather Harper, John Cameron, Irmgard Seefried, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Richard Lewis, Josephine Veasey, Jennifer Vyvyan | Vronsky & Babin, Amadeus Quartet, Loewenguth Quartet, Stross Quartet, Prometheus Ensemble, Leppard Ensemble, Sextet Luca Marenzio, Edinburgh University Singers, Amici Quartet, Edinburgh Royal Choral Union |
Orchestras | Conductors | Soloists | Singers | Ensembles and choral groups |
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Philharmonia Orchestra, Scottish National Orchestra, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Leningrad Symphony Orchestra, Sacher Chamber Orchestra Zurich | Carlo Maria Giulini, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Alexander Gibson, Vittorio Gui, Paul Sacher, John Pritchard, Eugen Mravinsky, Gennadi Rozhdestvensky | Gioconda de Vito, Claudio Arrau, Myra Hess, Paul Badura-Skoda, Isaac Stern, Gerald Moore, Witold MaĆcuĆŒyĆski, Mstislav Rostropovich, Joan Dickson, Enrico Mainardi, George Malcolm, Ernst Wallfisch, Adam Harasiewicz, Halina Czerny-StefaĆska, Lory Wallfisch, Hester Dickson, Alexander Dedukhin | Joan Sutherland, Fiorenza Cossotto, Luigi Ottolini, Ivo Vinco, Ursula Boese, Victoria de los Ăngeles, Oralia Dominguez, Richard Lewis, Giuseppe Modesti, Helga Pilarczyk, Hermann Prey, Janet Baker | Juilliard Quartet, Amadeus Quartet, Beaux Arts Trio, Koeckert Quartet, Ars Musicae Ensemble |