Today, on the anniversary of her birth, we honor the great German mezzo-soprano Christa Ludwig (1928-2021)! Ludwig and Leonard Bernstein shared a close friendship, collaborating on iconic recordings and performances, including Mahler’s Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3, Das Lied von der Erde, Des Knaben Wunderhorn; Strauss’s Der Rosenkavalier (1968); and Bernstein’s Symphony No. 1, "Jeremiah." In 1973, she performed Brahms Lieder with Bernstein at the piano in Tel Aviv, a recital later broadcast on Great Pe
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The Family of Leonard Bernstein and the Leonard Bernstein Office mourn the death of mezzo-soprano Christa Ludwig, who died on Saturday at the age of 93. Leonard Bernstein and Ludwig shared a close personal friendship and collaborated in many performances and recordings, including Mahler’s Symphony No. 2, Das Lied von der Erde, and Des Knaben Wunderhorn, Richard Strauss’s "Der Rosenkavalier" (1968) and Bernstein’s Symphony No. 1 'Jeremiah.” In June of 1973, Ludwig sang a collection of Brahms Lied
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On January 28, 1944, Leonard Bernstein conducted the premiere of his Symphony No. 1, “Jeremiah,” with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and mezzo-soprano Jennie Tourel as soloist—a performance met with immediate acclaim. The success continued swiftly: within weeks Bernstein led Jeremiah with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, followed by four performances with the New York Philharmonic in March and April. In May, the New York Music Critics Circle named it the outstanding new classical work of the se
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