John Barbirolli
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Sir John Barbirolli was a British conductor and cellist. He is remembered above all as conductor of the Hallé Orchestra in Manchester, which he helped save from dissolution in 1943 and conducted for the rest of his life.
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Barbirolli in 1960
Southampton Row blue plaque
Royal Academy of Music, London
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden![Carnegie Hall, New York, where Barbirolli conducted from 1936 to 1943 @media(min-width:640px){.mw-parser-output .infobox{margin-left:1em;float:right;clear:right;width:22em}}.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent;color:inherit}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:-3px}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .infobox-hiddenrow,body.skin--responsive.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox .infobox-hiddenrow{display:none}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}External audio You may listen to John Barbirolli conducting his orchestral transcription of Johann Sebastian Bach's Sheep May Safely Graze from his Cantata Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd, BWV 208 with the New York Philharmonic in 1940 here on archive.org](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Carnegie-hall-isaac-stern.jpg/500px-Carnegie-hall-isaac-stern.jpg)
Carnegie Hall, New York, where Barbirolli conducted from 1936 to 1943 @media(min-width:640px){.mw-parser-output .infobox{margin-left:1em;float:right;clear:right;width:22em}}.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent;color:inherit}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:-3px}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .infobox-hiddenrow,body.skin--responsive.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox .infobox-hiddenrow{display:none}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}External audio You may listen to John Barbirolli conducting his orchestral transcription of Johann Sebastian Bach's Sheep May Safely Graze from his Cantata Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd, BWV 208 with the New York Philharmonic in 1940 here on archive.org
Free Trade Hall, Manchester, the Hallé's main base in the Barbirolli years
Barbirolli conducting (1959)
The Hallé's first programme (1858) replicated by Barbirolli and the orchestra a hundred years laterListen
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Kyösti KallioAlso won Commander First Class of the Order of the White Rose of Finland
Peter Maxwell DaviesAlso won Royal Philharmonic Society Gold Medal
Nuri as-SaidAlso won Companion of Honour
Rafael KubelíkAlso won Royal Philharmonic Society Gold Medal
Antonia FraserAlso won Companion of Honour
Rolf NevanlinnaAlso won Commander First Class of the Order of the White Rose of FinlandAbout this person
Sir John Barbirolli was a British conductor and cellist. He is remembered above all as conductor of the Hallé Orchestra in Manchester, which he helped save from dissolution in 1943 and conducted for the rest of his life. Earlier in his career he was Arturo Toscanini's successor as music director of the New York Philharmonic, serving from 1936 to 1943. He was also chief conductor of the Houston Symphony from 1961 to 1967, and was a guest conductor of many other orchestras, including the BBC Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, the Philharmonia, the Berlin Philharmonic and the Vienna Philharmonic, with all of which he made recordings.
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