Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- List of Abbreviations
- Preface and Acknowledgments
- About the Contributors
- Charles Mackerras: A Chronology
- Prologue: A Eulogy for Charles
- 1 An Immense Stylist Evolves: 1947–87
- 2 A Personal Portrait of Charles Mackerras
- 3 Mackerras and Janáček
- 4 Goat's Milk in Vienna: Three Memorable Meetings
- 5 The Lion: Charles Mackerras
- 6 ‘The Musical Values of Opera’: WNO, 1987–92
- 7 Triumphs and Tribulations: Opera, 1993–2001
- 8 Rethinking Old Favourites: Opera, 2002–10
- 9 The Last Great ‘Czech’ Conductor
- 10 Reminiscences of a Friend and Colleague
- 11 Reconstructing a Better Version of The Greek Passion
- 12 Reconstructing Sullivan's Cello Concerto
- 13 Three Orchestras
- 14 Coda
- Appendix 1 Mackerras in Performance
- Appendix 2 Desert Island Lists
- Discography
- Bibliography
- Editions and Arrangements by Charles Mackerras
- Index
List of Illustrations
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 May 2015
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- List of Abbreviations
- Preface and Acknowledgments
- About the Contributors
- Charles Mackerras: A Chronology
- Prologue: A Eulogy for Charles
- 1 An Immense Stylist Evolves: 1947–87
- 2 A Personal Portrait of Charles Mackerras
- 3 Mackerras and Janáček
- 4 Goat's Milk in Vienna: Three Memorable Meetings
- 5 The Lion: Charles Mackerras
- 6 ‘The Musical Values of Opera’: WNO, 1987–92
- 7 Triumphs and Tribulations: Opera, 1993–2001
- 8 Rethinking Old Favourites: Opera, 2002–10
- 9 The Last Great ‘Czech’ Conductor
- 10 Reminiscences of a Friend and Colleague
- 11 Reconstructing a Better Version of The Greek Passion
- 12 Reconstructing Sullivan's Cello Concerto
- 13 Three Orchestras
- 14 Coda
- Appendix 1 Mackerras in Performance
- Appendix 2 Desert Island Lists
- Discography
- Bibliography
- Editions and Arrangements by Charles Mackerras
- Index
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- Charles Mackerras , pp. viii - ixPublisher: Boydell & BrewerPrint publication year: 2015