Michael Tilson Thomas RIP
Michael Tilson Thomas RIP
For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.
~ Carl Sagan
~ Carl Sagan
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Sue U
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Re: Michael Tilson Thomas RIP
I remember when he was the assistant and principal guest conductor for the BSO. He was at Tanglewood a lot during the summer I spent there in 1973, but I don't think he ever conducted the youth orchestra (we did get Seiji Ozawa once tho, which was v. exciting). I think MTT may have been conducting the chorus that summer. But even that early in his career everyone knew about him and his exceptional talent. He seems to have had a happy and successful life, brain cancer notwithstanding, and that is no small thing in the classical music world. RIP.
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Burning Petard
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Re: Michael Tilson Thomas RIP
Amen. I have no trouble saying he left humanity in a better place because of what he did when he was walking this earth.
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