(Ebook) Star Turns and Cameo Appearances: Memoirs of a Life among Musicians by Bernard Jacobson ISBN 9781580465410, 1580465412, 2015024762

(Ebook) Star Turns and Cameo Appearances: Memoirs of a Life among Musicians by Bernard Jacobson ISBN 9781580465410, 1580465412, 2015024762

Star Turns and Cameo Appearances is the entertaining and insightful memoir by veteran music critic Bernard Jacobson. Its pages are populated by eminent composers ranging from Hans Werner Henze to Andrzej Panufnik and by renowned performers, including Georg Solti, Daniel Barenboim, Sviatoslav Richter, and Jessye Norman. As a music critic and orchestra administrator, Jacobson has had the opportunity to observe these outstanding musicians and many of their colleagues at close quarters. Assisting Riccardo Muti at the Philadelphia Orchestra for eight years, he saw sides of that maestro not normally visible to the music-loving public. Throughout Star Turns and Cameo Performances, Jacobson adds his own sensitive and sympathetic view to public perceptions of musical luminaries of yesterday and today, helping to explain and illuminate their artistry.