Many Happy Returns to Zubin Mehta, 88 today.

Footage (from end of Feb) of Mehta returning to the Israel Philharmonic for concerts including Dvořák Seven:

Earlier in their long relationship:

https://www.discogs.com/release/9487940-Dvo%C5%99%C3%A1k-Israel-Philharmonic-Zubin-Mehta-Israel-Philharmonic-Tour-1968-Symphony-No7/image/SW1hZ2U6MjYwMzYwMTg=

Decca SXL 6381; recorded May 31-June 1, 1968 in Kingsway Hall, London.

Mehta & Belgrade Philharmonic – Beethoven & Berlioz – June 20, 2023:

Zubin Mehta conducts a Good Friday Bruckner Eight with Staatskapelle Berlin.

Wiener Philharmoniker at the Musikverein – Zubin Mehta conducts Bruckner’s Seventh Symphony, with Martha Argerich playing Ravel’s G-major Piano Concerto. Live relay on Österreich 1 [oe1.ORF.at].

Munich Philharmonic at Carnegie Hall – Zubin Mehta conducts Brahms’s first two Symphonies.

Dynamic releases Zubin Mehta conducting Beethoven’s Nine Symphonies with Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino.

Zubin Mehta’s diary of appearances this year culminates in December with the Los Angeles Philharmonic for performances of Schoenberg’s Gurrelieder…

… and January 2025 begins with Vienna Philharmonic concerts.