 "Deseret News (Salt Lake City)")
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Polly Tunney dies at 100
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STAMFORD, Conn. (AP) -- Polly Lauder Tunney, the Carnegie Steel
Co. heiress whose marriage to heavyweight boxing champion Gene
Tunney made international headlines in 1928, has died. She was 100.
Tunney, whose husband died in 1978 at age 81, died Saturday at
her home in Stamford, a son, Jay Tunney, said Monday. One of her
other sons is former Sen. John V. Tunney of California.
Mary "Polly" Lauder was 21 when she married Tunney in Italy in
1928, a year after he successfully defended his heavyweight boxing
title against Jack Dempsey in the famous "long count" fight in
Chicago. After their ...
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The Arts: Marked for life by Glorious John Michael Kennedy recalls his friendship with the conductor Sir John Barbirolli, whose centenary it is - a man who had `the biggest heart in his profession'
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Telegraph London
; ...his own in a very special way. I mean Sir John Barbirolli. This English musician of Italo-French...the Bridgewater Hall, which stands in Barbirolli Square. Everything conspired to make Barbirolli the great conductor and musician he was...
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Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 "Eroica"; An Elizabethan Suite. Sir John Barbirolli, BBC Symphony Orchestra. Dutton Laboratories CDSJB 1008.(Review)
Magazine article from: Sensible Sound
; ...Eroica"; An Elizabethan Suite. Sir John Barbirolli, BBC Symphony Orchestra. Dutton...after two listening sessions with Barbirolli's Beethoven Third, I am so...The little Elizabethan Suite, Barbirolli's own pastiche of various early...
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Sir John - barbirolli musicians did you proud
Newspaper article from: Citizen Gloucestershire, The
; Sir John Barbirolli was a regular visitor to the Cheltenham Music Festival in its early...a slow melody which gathered momentum as the others joined in. The Barbirolli, whose members come from four countries of the Commonwealth, had...
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The Sibelius Edition Sir John Barbirolli and the Halle (EMI Classics) HHHH
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Herald
; ...edition is a glowing testiment to the Halle Orchestra at the height of its powers under the baton of the masterful Sir John Barbirolli. Now digitally remastered and re- released, it comprehensively covers Sibelius's seven symphonies as well as...
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Mahler: Symphony No. 5. Sir John Barbirolli, New Philharmonia Orchestra. EMI Classics CDU 7243 5 66962 2.(Review)
Magazine article from: Sensible Sound
; Mahler: Symphony No. 5. Sir John Barbirolli, New Philharmonia Orchestra. EMI Classics CDU 7243 5 66962 2. Perhaps prompted by DG's Originals, London's Classic Sound...
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Haydn: Cello Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 Boccherini: Cello Concerto in B flat. Jacqueline du Pre, cello; Daniel Barenboim, English Chamber Orchestra; Sir John Barbirolli, London Symphony Orchestra. EMI CDU 7243-5-66948.(Review)
Magazine article from: Sensible Sound
; ...Daniel Barenboim, English Chamber Orchestra; Sir John Barbirolli, London Symphony Orchestra. EMI CDU 7243-5...Haydn concerto, recorded a few months later with Sir John Barbirolli and the LSO, is very slightly better defined. None...
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CLASSICAL Review: From Manchester with love BARBIROLLI NIGHT BRIDGEWATER HALL MANCHESTER/BBC RADIO 3
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London
; ...perhaps only in Manchester, where Sir John Barbirolli turned around the fortunes of...1970, would people still swap Barbirolli stories, fondly recall his Puccini...impression that Giovanni Battista Barbirolli has made on the city. The idea...
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Evelyn Barbirolli, oboist and widow of conductor, dead at 97
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream
; Evelyn Barbirolli, a distinguished oboe player and widow of the conductor Sir John Barbirolli, has died. She was 97. Barbirolli...scholarship to the Royal Academy of Music. John Barbirolli offered her a position in...
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 "Daily Post (Liverpool, England)")
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CLASSICAL: Barbirolli recalled with love.(Features)
Newspaper article from: Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
; ...than 30 years since the death of Sir John Barbirolli, but many still treasure memories...Recently his widow Lady Evelyn Barbirolli unveiled a plaque on the house...through. (Life with Glorious John, by Evelyn Barbirolli. Published...
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 "The Mail on Sunday (London, England)")
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Barbirolli in the Sixties when he recorded his brilliant Sibelius; GIFT RAPT: Barbirolli in the Sixties when he recorded his brilliant Sibelius.
Newspaper article from: The Mail on Sunday (London, England)
; ...half a century old, but Sir John Barbirollis long-lost1962...Orchestra conductedby Sir John (Testament [pounds sterling...Its the only recording Barbirolli ever made with the Royal...young British conductor John Wilson is a dab-hand...
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