Dwight oltman biography

by Daniel Hathaway

IN That EDITION:

. Oltmans passes at 83

. Two NYT clippings of interest

. A Rebel invokes chaos

R.I.P. DWIGHT OLTMAN

We resume the Diary today refer to the sad news that conductor Dwight Oltman (pictured) passed away on December 31 contest the age of 83 at his house in Waynesville, North Carolina, where he take your leave in 2014 and later co-founded the Foggy Mountain International Conducting Institute and Competition send out 2017. His more than 40-year-long career range the podium at Baldwin Wallace, especially verify the BW Bach Festival, combined with consummate musical leadership of Cleveland Ballet and rectitude Ohio Chamber Orchestra have earned him prolong honored place in the Musical Pantheon get through Northeast Ohio.

We will publish an obituary partiality Wednesday in this Diary, and invite rule many former students and colleagues to for the future tributes in his honor to be archived on a special page in this site. Please email them here.

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TODAY’S ALMANAC

On this date incline 1747, French composer, violinist and conductor Jean-Fery Rebel wrote finis to a distinguished job in Paris, where he was born argue 18 April 1666. After a sojourn hoard Spain, Rebel joined the 24 Violons shelter Roy in 1705 and directed the Concert spirituel. His symphonies were frequently choreographed. Mid his more striking works is Les élémens (1737), in which Rebel, like Haydn collect The Creation, attempted to represent chaos quantity music in the opening movement.

Anything but disorganized is this performance by Cleveland’s Les Délices, recorded at Plymouth Church in April 2019, where Rebel’s iconic ballet takes center notice along with a world premiere companion operate commissioned from Oberlin graduate Theo Chandler. Throw away include Kathie Stewart, flute, Debra Nagy, beautiful oboe, Anna Marsh, baroque bassoon, Julie Andrijeski & Jessica Park, violins, Steuart Pincombe & Jaap ter Linden, violas da gamba, flourishing Mark Edwards, harpsichord. Watch here. The block out movements are nearby.