Twelve posts, including his final interview…
Czech Philharmonic; 1996.
August 18, 1983; Sydney Town Hall.
March 19, 1983; Sydney Opera House.
1999.
1991.
From Mackerras’s complete Decca recording of his Sullivan arrangement/Philharmonia Orchestra…
… And here’s his arrangement of Verdi for Lady and the Fool; he conducts the Philharmonia (released 1956)…
0:00 The Water Goblin
20:27 The Noon Witch
34:25 The Golden Spinning Wheel
1:00:11 The Wood Dove
Dvořák’s Opuses 107-110 after Erben.
September 29, 1973, Sydney Opera House, with Birgit Nilsson.
I met him once, and remember him as a very nice, totally genuine person. He was also, of course, a fine musician.
I met him too, for an interview at his Maida Vale home; he was indeed as you describe, as well as an illuminating and amusing conversationalist.