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  • Michael Tilson Thomas, 81

    From SURNAME@SURNAME@panix.removethispart.com (J.D. Baldwin) to alt.obituaries on Fri Apr 24 20:40:50 2026
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    I saw Michael Tilson Thomas conduct for the first and last time in a performance with the NY Philharmonic in a Mozart piano concerto
    (Emanuel Ax as soloist) and the Mahler Fifth. I knew he was sick, and
    I knew I probably wouldn't get another chance to see him, and now I
    guess I was right: he has died at age 81 of the glioblastoma he'd
    been fighting for around five or six years.

    He was a little more into contemporary music than I personally like,
    but he was completely at home with the real classics as well. The
    touch he brought to the Mahler piece I saw him conduct was right there
    with any of the real greats. He left behind a pretty grand legacy of recordings, which I recommend to all of you. RIP
    --
    jd
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  • From Adam H. Kerman@ahk@chinet.com to alt.obituaries on Fri Apr 24 20:54:49 2026
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    J.D. Baldwin <news@baldwin.users.panix.com> wrote:

    I saw Michael Tilson Thomas conduct for the first and last time in a >performance with the NY Philharmonic in a Mozart piano concerto
    (Emanuel Ax as soloist) and the Mahler Fifth. I knew he was sick, and
    I knew I probably wouldn't get another chance to see him, and now I
    guess I was right: he has died at age 81 of the glioblastoma he'd
    been fighting for around five or six years.

    I am sorry to hear this. btw, when I was in high school, the orchestra
    floor of the high school auditorium got fixed up for a concert series
    and I saw Emanuel Ax in what I think was his very first tour.

    I think I saw Thomas conduct at Ravinia a few times.

    He was a little more into contemporary music than I personally like,
    but he was completely at home with the real classics as well. The
    touch he brought to the Mahler piece I saw him conduct was right there
    with any of the real greats. He left behind a pretty grand legacy of >recordings, which I recommend to all of you. RIP
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  • From kludge@kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) to alt.obituaries on Fri Apr 24 19:03:09 2026
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    J.D. Baldwin <news@baldwin.users.panix.com> wrote:

    He was a little more into contemporary music than I personally like,
    but he was completely at home with the real classics as well. The
    touch he brought to the Mahler piece I saw him conduct was right there
    with any of the real greats. He left behind a pretty grand legacy of >recordings, which I recommend to all of you. RIP

    He also left behind a huge legacy of students. I never worked with
    him but I have worked with hundreds of musicians who trained with him.
    There is no better legacy anyone can leave than that.
    --scott
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