Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Plates
- List of Figures
- Foreword
- Preface to the New Edition
- Chronology
- Chapter 1 1843–1865: Childhood and Years of Study
- Chapter 2 1866–1867: Tribschen
- Chapter 3 1868–1869: Munich
- Chapter 4 1870–1871: Brussels; Tribschen
- Chapter 5 1871–1874: Budapest
- Chapter 6 1874–1875: Budapest and Bayreuth
- Chapter 7 1875: Vienna
- Chapter 8 1876: Bayreuth
- Chapter 9 1877: London
- Chapter 10 1878–1879: Vienna
- Chapter 11 1879–1880: Friends and Enemies
- Chapter 12 1880–1881: London and Vienna
- Chapter 13 1881–1882: Richter and d'Albert
- Chapter 14 1882: Richter and d'Albert
- Chapter 15 1882–1883: The Master's Death
- Chapter 16 1884: More Opera in London
- Chapter 17 1885–1886: Vienna, London and Birmingham
- Chapter 18 1887–1888 Return to Bayreuth
- Chapter 19 1889–1900: Vienna
- Chapter 20 1897–1900: Richter and Mahler
- Chapter 21 1889–1890: England
- Chapter 22 1891–1895: England
- Chapter 23 1895–1900: England
- Chapter 24 1890–1899: Bayreuth
- Chapter 25 1894–1899: Richter's Diary
- Chapter 26 1899–1900: Hallé Orchestra
- Chapter 27 1900–1902: England
- Chapter 28 1903–1904: England
- Chapter 29 1904–1906: England
- Chapter 30 1906–1908: England
- Chapter 31 1908–1909: England
- Chapter 32 1909–1911: England
- Chapter 33 1911–1914: Retirement
- Chapter 34 1914–1916: The Last Years
- Chapter 35 Finale
- HANS RICHTER'S CONDUCTING BOOKS
- Appendix 1 Works conducted by Hans Richter
- Appendix 2 Cities and towns where Richter conducted
- Select Bibliography
- Index
Chapter 17 - 1885–1886: Vienna, London and Birmingham
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 29 April 2017
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Plates
- List of Figures
- Foreword
- Preface to the New Edition
- Chronology
- Chapter 1 1843–1865: Childhood and Years of Study
- Chapter 2 1866–1867: Tribschen
- Chapter 3 1868–1869: Munich
- Chapter 4 1870–1871: Brussels; Tribschen
- Chapter 5 1871–1874: Budapest
- Chapter 6 1874–1875: Budapest and Bayreuth
- Chapter 7 1875: Vienna
- Chapter 8 1876: Bayreuth
- Chapter 9 1877: London
- Chapter 10 1878–1879: Vienna
- Chapter 11 1879–1880: Friends and Enemies
- Chapter 12 1880–1881: London and Vienna
- Chapter 13 1881–1882: Richter and d'Albert
- Chapter 14 1882: Richter and d'Albert
- Chapter 15 1882–1883: The Master's Death
- Chapter 16 1884: More Opera in London
- Chapter 17 1885–1886: Vienna, London and Birmingham
- Chapter 18 1887–1888 Return to Bayreuth
- Chapter 19 1889–1900: Vienna
- Chapter 20 1897–1900: Richter and Mahler
- Chapter 21 1889–1890: England
- Chapter 22 1891–1895: England
- Chapter 23 1895–1900: England
- Chapter 24 1890–1899: Bayreuth
- Chapter 25 1894–1899: Richter's Diary
- Chapter 26 1899–1900: Hallé Orchestra
- Chapter 27 1900–1902: England
- Chapter 28 1903–1904: England
- Chapter 29 1904–1906: England
- Chapter 30 1906–1908: England
- Chapter 31 1908–1909: England
- Chapter 32 1909–1911: England
- Chapter 33 1911–1914: Retirement
- Chapter 34 1914–1916: The Last Years
- Chapter 35 Finale
- HANS RICHTER'S CONDUCTING BOOKS
- Appendix 1 Works conducted by Hans Richter
- Appendix 2 Cities and towns where Richter conducted
- Select Bibliography
- Index
Summary
Interest in the year 1885 is focused on England, though at this time Richter served four organisations in Vienna. The five remaining concerts of the Philharmonic series between January and April 1885 produced only one work new to the city, Dvořák's Slavonic Rhapsody No. 2 in G minor, Op. 45. Though the composer was grateful when he saw his name in the programmes for the 1884–85 season, he nevertheless had doubts which he aired:
I have some misgivings on the grounds that the Viennese public has shown a certain prejudice against compositions with a Slavonic flavour; a feeling which must lessen the success the work would have in other circumstances. In London or Berlin it might be alright but unfortunately our national and political relations being as they are, it will not do in Vienna, therefore I would ask you, dear friend, if you would not choose another of my compositions.
Though Dvořák suggested his Hussite Overture (which could be renamed Dramatic Overture to avoid a similar Czech association), the Scherzo capriccioso or the Sixth Symphony, the conductor left the programme as it stood for 1 March 1885. Dvořák wrote again after the concert to remind him of the two new works as well as asking for a performance of his Stabat Mater in Vienna. It was performed in April 1886 by the Wiener Singakademie, but not under Richter. Dvořák also hoped they would meet at Birmingham later in the year, when he would conduct his own newly-commissioned Spectre's Bride.
Richter engaged d'Albert as soloist in Beethoven's Emperor Piano Concerto for the concert for the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde on 4 January 1885. D'Albert had now Germanicised his Christian name from Eugène to Eugen and alienated his English friends by claiming he had never learnt a thing in the land of his birth. This behaviour distressed such supporters as Mrs Joshua, despite reassurances from her friend Sir George Grove that the young man was only going through a Sturm und Drang period in his life. He reminded her that it was only because d'Albert was so good when she introduced him to Richter that the famous conductor took him to Vienna and, within a very short time, presented him at a Philharmonic concert, all of which could have only reflected well upon his training in London.
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- Hans Richter , pp. 211 - 230Publisher: Boydell & BrewerPrint publication year: 2016