Bruno Walter

Since their formation nearly a century ago, the Philharmonic has been conducted by giants like Otto Klemperer, Bruno Walter, Leopold Stokowski, William Steinberg and Eduard van Beinum.

Laurence Vittes: Jeremy Denk Meets Gustavo and Beethoven on the Hill at Mouse Hall Laurence Vittes 2011

Since their formation nearly a century ago, the Philharmonic has been conducted by giants like Otto Klemperer, Bruno Walter, Leopold Stokowski, William Steinberg and Eduard van Beinum.

Laurence Vittes: Jeremy Denk Meets Gustavo and Beethoven on the Hill at Mouse Hall Laurence Vittes 2011

Named after conducting legend Bruno Walter, the showcase is designed like the talent evaluation combine that pro football teams like New Orleans' beloved Saints hold every year.

Laurence Vittes: Have Baton, Will Travel: Classical Music Combine in New Orleans Laurence Vittes 2011

This was clear to his friend, conductor and composer Bruno Walter, when he first read the score.

SuperCooperators Martin A. Nowak 2011

Since their formation nearly a century ago, the Philharmonic has been conducted by giants like Otto Klemperer, Bruno Walter, Leopold Stokowski, William Steinberg and Eduard van Beinum.

Laurence Vittes: Jeremy Denk Meets Gustavo and Beethoven on the Hill at Mouse Hall Laurence Vittes 2011

Consider the 25-year-old Leonard Bernstein stepping in to conduct the New York Philharmonic, in 1943, when Bruno Walter was laid low by the flu.

When Classical Musicians Call In Sick Joanne Kaufman 2011

Named after conducting legend Bruno Walter, the showcase is designed like the talent evaluation combine that pro football teams like New Orleans' beloved Saints hold every year.

Laurence Vittes: Have Baton, Will Travel: Classical Music Combine in New Orleans Laurence Vittes 2011

Since their formation nearly a century ago, the Philharmonic has been conducted by giants like Otto Klemperer, Bruno Walter, Leopold Stokowski, William Steinberg and Eduard van Beinum.

Laurence Vittes: Jeremy Denk Meets Gustavo and Beethoven on the Hill at Mouse Hall Laurence Vittes 2011

As it happens, the two works Harty conducted were to play a highly significant role in converting hundreds of gramophone enthusiasts into Mahlerians when special subscription recordings of live performances by the Vienna Philharmonic under Bruno Walter were issued by Columbia and HMV in 1936 and 1939.

Mahler’s mass following 2010

She also sang under Bruno Walter, who recalled her as self-willed and original, unprepared to be influenced by the efforts of a young musician like himself.

Ernestine Schumann-Heink. 2009