Arnold Jacobs Almost Live
A live presentation featuring video clips of Mr. Jacobs

The Performer

"Through his unstinting support and encouragement of generations of brass players the world over, he has justifiably become a legend in his own lifetime." - Sir Georg Solti

Videos from Masterclasses and private interviews

Photos from the Jacobs Family, Chicago Symphony Archives and other sources

Subjects in The Performer 

Early Days - The Early Days; Curtis Institute; Philip Donatelli; Influential Teachers at Curtis
Professional Experience - Indianapolis, Pittsburgh and All-American Youth Orchestras
Chicago Symphony - History, Conductors, Colleagues, Brass Quintet
 Retirement, Honors and Awards; York Tuba; Gunnison Music Camp; Bill Bell & Harvey Phillips; Slide Presentation from A Tribute to Arnold Jacobs

Music Selections in The
 Performer

  Moussorgsky / Ravel, Pictures at an Exhibition, Promenade, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Raphael Kubelik
Moussorsky / Ravel, Pictures at an Exhibition, Bydlo, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Raphael Kubelik
Bartok, Concerto for Orchestra, second movement, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Fritz Reiner
Prokoviev, Battle on Ice from Alexander Nevsky, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Fritz Reiner
Moussorgsky/ Ravel, Pictures at an Exhibition, Great Gate of Kiev, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Fritz Reiner
Wagner, Overture to Die Miestersinger, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Georg Solti
Berlioz, Symphonie Fantastique -  Fifth Movement, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Georg Solti
Mahler, Symphony #2, fifth movement, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Georg Solti
Mahler, Symphony #5, first movement, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Georg Solti
Berlioz, Romeo and Juliet, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Georg Solti (Video)
Rimsky Korsakov, Russian Easter Overture, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim
Mahler, Symphony #3, first movement, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Georg Solti
Mahler, Symphony #3, fifth movement, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Georg Solti
Strauss, Ein Heldenleiben, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Fritz Reiner
Mendelssohn, Midsummer's Night Dream, Scherzo, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Jean Martinon
Beethoven, Quartet Opus 18 No 2, Chicago Symphony Brass Quintet
Berlioz, Rakoczy March, Chicago Symphony Orchestra Trombone and Tuba Sections, Joseph Kreines
Wagner, Ride of the Valkyries, Chicago Symphony Orchestra Trombone and Tuba Sections, Joseph Kreines
Giovanni Gabrieli, Canzon Quarti Toni, Philadelphia, Cleveland, Chicago Brass Ensembles
Strauss, Also Sprach Zarastrustra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Georg Solti (Video)
Monti, Czardas, Arnold Jacobs practice tape
Paganini, Moto Perpetuo, Gunnison, Colorado, Bill Bell, Arnold Jacobs, Harvey Phillips soloists
Ralph Vaughan Williams - Concerto for Bass Tuba and Orchestra - Second Movement, Arnold Jacobs, soloist, Chicago Symphony, Henry Mazer 

Video - Introduction to The Performer 
(9:27 minutes - 10 meg)

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