Record

Performance TitleYehudi Menuhin Eightieth Birthday Concert, in aid of the Yehudi Menuhin School and Live Music Now!
Performance Date20 April 1996
Performance DaySaturday
Performance Time19:30
Main PerformersYehudi Menuhin - violin
Secondary PerformersAnne-Sophie Mutter - violin,
Mstislav Rostropovich - cello,
Samuel Ramey - vocal
Orchestra or BandRoyal Philharmonic Orchestra,
Students of the Yehudi Menuhin School
ChoirsThe Voices Foundation Children's Choir
ConductorsMstislav Rostropovich,
Yehudi Menuhin,
Gareth Wood,
Pinchas Steinberg
Set ListSpeech (Sir David Attenborough),
'God Save the Queen' (The National Anthem),
'Fanfare for a Man of Spirit', Gareth Wood (Royal Philharmonic Orchestra),
'A Hopeful Place', Malcolm Singer (Students of the Yehudi Menuhin School, The Voices Foundation Children's Choir),
'Variations on a Rococo Theme for Cello and Orchestra, in A Major, Op. 33', Tchaikovsky (Mstislav Rostropovich, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra),
'Uldino! Uldin, Mentre Gonfiarsi L'anima (Attila)', Verdi (Samuel Ramey, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra),
'Serenade from Faust, Gounod (Samuel Ramey, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra),
'Ol' Man River' from Show Boat, Kern (Samuel Ramey, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra)
INTERVAL
'Violin Concerto No. 3 in G Major, K.216', Mozart (Anne-Sophie Mutter, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra),
'Variations on an Original Theme (Enigma), Op. 36', Elgar (Yehudi Menuhin, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra)
Royal PresenceHRH The Duchess of Kent,
HRH The Duke of Kent
Performance NotesThis concert was one of more than 110 concerts which he conducted during his eightieth birthday year.
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1996/24),
Handbill (RAHE/6/1996/13),
Poster (RAHE/2/1996/7A)
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Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1996/24Yehudi Menuhin Eightieth Birthday Concert20 April 1996
RAHE/6/1996/13Yehudi Menuhin Eightieth Birthday Concert20 April 1996
RAHE/2/1996/7AYehudi Menuhin Eightieth Birthday Concert20 April 1996
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Cfozefyh_VodYehudi Menuhin Eightieth Birthday Concert, in aid of the Yehudi Menuhin School and Live Music Now!1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/41Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (RPO); 1946-; British orchestra
DS/UK/17497Wood; Gareth (1950-); Welsh composer, double-bass player
DS/UK/121Menuhin; Yehudi (22 April 1916-12 March 1999); Baron Menuhin OM KBE; American-born Russian violinist and conductor
DS/UK/13427Mutter; Anne-Sophie (1963-); German violinist
DS/UK/12422Rostropovich; Mstislav Leopoldovich (1927-2007); KBE; Russian cellist, conductor
DS/UK/13137Ramey; Samuel Edward (1942-); Amerivan operatic bass
DS/UK/1461Attenborough; Sir; David (8 May 1926); OM CH CVO CBE FRS FRSB FRSA FLS FZS FSA FRSGS; English broadcaster and natural historian
DS/UK/16812Steinberg; Pinchas (1945-); Israeli conductor
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