Background (Source:Wikipedia) The Furtwängler Glacier is located near the summit of Kilimanjaro and is a small remnant of an enormous icecap which once crowned the summit. What comes through amply... is the rare combination of a conductor who understands both sound and structure. He died in 1954 in Ebersteinburg, close to Baden-Baden. A classic case of "overshoot" occurs at the end of the first movement, which sounds terribly rushed. [102] However, in contrast to his experience with the Berlin Philharmonic, he could not save the lives of 'full-blooded' Jews: they were persecuted, with a number dying in concentration camps. [83] He returned to the Berlin Philharmonic in 1937, performing with them in London for the coronation of George VI, and in Paris for the universal exposition, where he again refused to conduct the Horst-Wessel-Lied or to attend the political speeches of German officials. Leins Hermann, Diener der Musik, herausgegeben von Martin Müller und Wolfgang Mertz, Rainer Wunderlich Verlag, 1965, p. 180–187. [142] Even after Furtwängler's acquittal at the denazification trials, Mann still criticized him for continuing to conduct in Germany and for believing that art could be apolitical in a regime such as the Third Reich, which was so intent on using art as propaganda. [9] He had said of Hitler in 1932, "This hissing street pedlar will never get anywhere in Germany". Both of these glaciers are located near the poles. [78] there and demanded that all swastikas be removed from his concert halls[79] The Nazis realized and complained that Furtwängler did not bring back any money from his tours abroad. The Adagio, though, is magnificent...". As snow continues to pile on the glacier, the layer of blue ice becomes thicker and thicker over the course of many years. Pierre Brunel), Carnets 1924-1954 : suivis d’Écrits fragmentaires, Genève, éditions Georg, 1995, p. 39. For instance, Carlos Kleiber thought that "nobody could equal Furtwängler". The retreat of glacial ice on the summit is expected to continue… The other two were members of the Philharmonic such as Hugo Strelitzer, who declared: If I am alive today, I owe this to this great man. John Ardoin has reported the following discussion he has had with Maria Callas in August 1968 after having listened to Beethoven's Eight with the Cleveland orchestra conducted by George Szell: "Well", she sighed, "you see what we have been reduced to. Some valleys in mountain regions have been carved out by the movement of glaciers. His father Adolf was an archaeologist, his mother a painter. He is buried in the Heidelberg Bergfriedhof. Furtwängler Glacier is a small remnant of an enormous icecap which once crowned the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro.
He saw symphonic music as creations of nature that could only be realised subjectively into sound. While Furtwängler was travelling, the Berlin branch of the Associated Press leaked a news story on Hermann Göring's orders. Name and Local ethnicities of Mount Elgon. Let's allow improvisation to have its place and play its role. Realizing that Furtwängler had never been a Nazi and had helped many people of Jewish origin, he became his "denazification advisor". The glacier was named after Walter Furtwängler, the fourth party to ascend to the summit of Kilimanjaro in 1912 with Siegfried König. During that time, a massive ice sheet covered much of the northern part of North America, large tracts of Europe, and Asia. The situation became intolerable for Furtwängler. [148][149] Berta Geissmar had forwarded the documents to General Robert A. McClure in charge of the Furtwängler trial, but the documents had mysteriously disappeared in Berlin,[150] when they were to be handed over to the general of the American zone of occupation. [140] He was charged with having conducted two official Nazi concerts during the period 1933–1945. [74][75] Furtwängler accepted the post, but his telephone conversations were recorded by the Gestapo.[16]. On 28 February 1935, Furtwängler met Goebbels, who wanted to keep Furtwängler in Germany, since he considered him, like Richard Strauss and Hans Pfitzner, a "national treasure". [3] Berta Geissmar wrote, "Furtwängler became so good at [skiing] as to attain almost professional skill...Almost every sport appealed to him: he loved tennis, sailing and swimming...He was a good horseman..."[4] She also reports that he was a strong mountain climber and hiker. [177][178] This "school" was initiated by Richard Wagner. He called Furtwängler shortly before to ask him to agree to conduct the symphony but the latter refused arguing that he had no time to rehearse and that he had to perform several concerts in Vienna.