At the top of yesterday’s concert (2/9) at Symphony Hall, our President & CEO Chad Smith shared a few words honoring Seiji Ozawa’s legacy, followed by a performance led by Karina Canellakis of Bach’s “Air on G” — a work he often shared as a farewell to his friends during his lifetime — and a moment of silence.
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To add to Chad Smith's fine tribute, Ozawa was also instrumental in starting Western classical music culture in Japan that grew and lasted to this day — Tokyo has world's only Tower Records store, and the world's biggest (only?) classical music CD market.
rest in peace maestro 🙏
この指揮を見たら、すぐにレッスンして直すだろうな、小澤さんなら。
Grazie Maestro. ❤
What's the purpose of that woman? Is she kin to Ozawa or something?
Sometimes, Elgar's Nimrod variation is played on occasions like this but not today.
RIP Maestro Ozawa.
No applause, but silence, for him.
고인의 명복을 빔니다.
I met Ozawa as a fellow artist. He was brusquely rude and arrogant. He was competent. But, seriously, tell me a landmark performance he contributed to the other notable colleagues of worthy notice.
삼가 고인의 명복을 빕니다.
演奏が終わった後の沈黙を見て涙が止まりませんでした。ありがとう。
Sorry Seiji for that little mistake: I think it was Bach's original "Air in D-major" from the Orchestral Suite No. 3 and not as announced the arrangement for violin and orchestra called "Air on G" by german violinist August Wilhelmj.
Thank you. I will miss his influence and music. One deep impression on me was his Carmina Burana. Goodbye and many thanks, Maestro ❤
He was a absolutely wonderful and handsome man in the Tokyo and Boston orchestras. 🎼🙏
The spirit of Maestro Ozawa lives on …
This is a sad loss. I still listen to Respighi's Roman symphonic poems and the Chinese piece 'Little Sisters of the Grassland' as conducted by Ozawa. Brilliant conductor.
May you find peace in the hereafter, sir. You will be remembered.
😂SF Symphony gives concerts in Stern Grove in the summer. On one of those days I came barreling own the path to almost crash into him at the bottom. Mortifying. Thank goodness I didn’t!
Wonderful. Thank you for helping me to pay tribute to master born in eternity.🙏
R.I.P Maestro Seiji !
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏼😢
Rest in Peace, Maestro! Thank for the music, end deep love from Argentina!
the only student of both Karajan and Bernstein and now he's with them….
Nice
Your previous performance of Holst's “Planets'' with Seiji Ozawa is the best moment for me.Thank you!
They have treated him so badly in his last years.
10:00 am
Thank you bso. Salute to all of you. From Japan
Beautiful homage to Ozawa san! RIP, Seiji Ozawa!!❤
Thank you. Sky is awesome with blowing wind joining Seiji and Bach.
Beautifully performed. Man, she is hard to follow.
El gran maestro, ha sido mi favorito !!!!! hermoso hombre….hermosas sus interpretaciones…no podía ser de otra forma….el Universo valora a uno de los más grandes directores de orquesta !!!!
My deepest respect from Brazil 🇧🇷