Isaac Stern dead at 81.

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[SlickWillard]

Bach, Concerto Number One, in A, for Violin, BWV 1041 First Movement, Allegro Second Movement, Andante Third Movement, Allegro Assai
Bach, Concerto Number Two, in E, for Violin, BWV 1042 First Movement, Allegro Second Movement, Andante Third Movement, Allegro Assai Bach, Concerto in D for Two Violins, BWV 1043 (with Itzhak Perlman) First Movement, Vivace Second Movement, Largo Ma Non Tanto Third Movement, Allegro
Beethoven, Concerto in D for Violin, Opus 61 First Movement, Allegro Ma Non Troppo Second Movement, Larghetto Third Movement, Rhondo Allegro Beethoven, Triple Concerto in C, for Violin, Cello, and Piano, Opus 56 (with Leonard Rose and Eugene Istomin) First Movement, Allegro Second Movement, Largo Third Movement, Rondo Alla Polacca
Brahms, Concerto in D, for Violin, Opus 77 First Movement, Allegro Non Troppo Second Movement, Adagio Third Movement, Allegro Giocoso, Ma Non Troppo Vivace
Brahms, Double Concerto in A, for Violin and Cello, Opus 102 (with Leonard Rose) First Movement, Allegro Second Movement, Andante Third Movement, Vivace Non Troppo

[SlickWillard]

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Isaac Stern: Et Resurrexit

[Cultural Jihad]

May God be merciful and lift Isaac up to the Light of His countenance, and may perpetual Light shine upon him.

[NotJustAnotherPrettyFace]

Isaac Stern was famous for his witticisms. When asked, "How do you get to Carngie Hall?", he's the one who replied, "Practice, practice, practice!"

I'm going to miss this man. He was a really special person with tremendous talent and a marvelous sense of humor and how to entertain audiences.

[Bella_Bru]

A bump for a gifted man.

[Julliardsux]

RIP, master Stern.

I imagine his death as being similar to Obi Won's - he just *poof* disappeared, leaving his cloak and violin.

[bootless]

I imagine his death as being similar to Obi Won's - he just *poof* disappeared, leaving his cloak and violin.

Sad smile. God bless you, Maestro Stern.

[habs4ever]

What a shame, a very talented man, and a huge presence on the NYC arts community. RIP.

[The Westerner]

Thanks for posting such a lovely tribute.

[aposiopetic]

A friend got us on-stage seating at one of Stern's recitals twenty years back. Stern's rendering of the Schumann Fantasiestucke that evening remains with me to this day.

[SlickWillard]

Thanks for posting such a lovely tribute.

You're welcome.

[Askel5]

That's sad ... for us, anyway.

Thanks for the links.

[afraidfortherepublic]

Your tribute is beautiful and made even more special by the musical clips. But why did you spoil it with this statement:

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[SlickWillard]

But why did you spoil it with this statement

It's sarcasm.

[Old Fud]

Thanks, Slick, for the wonderful post. In the midst of turmoil, men great and small, live and die. Stern was huge.

[liberallarry]

thanks for the nice post.

[Hit & Run Poster]

The Beethoven Violin Concerto in D...my first Isaac Stern LP (Bernstein, NYP, Kreisler cadenzas, Columbia MS 6093). It arrived in the mail from the "Club" on Christmas Eve, 1962...I'm going to dust that off this morning and put it on tape, and play it in the car driving to work tomorrow...

"And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed" - Genesis 22:18

Thanks for the tribute, SW.

[afraidfortherepublic]

It's sarcasm.

OK. But you should label it as such. People are really touchy these days. Thanks for the post, however.

[SamAdams76]

I disagree. If sarcasm (or satire) needs to be "explained," then why bother?