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| Salon of the Château de la Fontaine in Montigné-les-Rairies, France. It was here that I lived and penned my transcription of Mahler's Adagietto in 1989. | Aerial view of the Château de la Fontaine, Montigné-les-Rairies, France. My suite here was in the western most top floor turret. |
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| First page of my transcription of Mahler's Adagietto | |
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| John Bell Young
with pianists Dag Achatz and Albert Sassmann, and Marie Achatz at the Summer Palace of the Emperor in Beijing, August 2001. |
John Bell Young, Beijing, August 2001. | ||||||
| From rehearasal at Forbidden City Concert Hall | |||||||
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| JBY at the Great Wall of China, July 2001 | |||||||
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YORK, 11 September 2001: See his article, Aftermath, in Writing Samples |
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JBY hands out hardhats to rescue workers and firemen, West SideHighway, New York, September 12, 2001 |
Flags and candles form
a shrine to the WTC victims at Washington Square Park, September 12,
2001.
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"Camp Clarkson":,
our supply and distribution camp along the West Side Highway to aid
firemen, police and rescue workers. New York. September 12-20, 2001.
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A young man pays tribute at a canadlelight
vigil. |
The Statue of Liberty
in the aftermath of the attack..
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| "I recall
in particular the face of one young man, at a candlelight vigil in Washington
Square Park, that bespoke utter desolation. Listlessly slumped in the consoling embrace of his girlfriend, a single tear streamed slowly and uneasily towards his chin. He conveyed the unmistakable impression of one who was either a close friend or relative of a victim. His eyes were indescribably lonely and hauntingly distant. He radiated the poignant look of one unfulfilled, as if he were grasping at a thousand good-byes that he never had the chance to say. His look, so intense and solemn, penetrated me to the core, though he had no idea I was even observing him. He looked south towards the smoky remains of the World Trade Center, over and beyond the thousands of candles softly illuminating the no less tortured stares of those commemorating the tragedy. At that moment, it seemed to me as if he were looking for the one person in this world he may have loved but who had become, in the space of a few moments, only a memory." |
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| Paying my respects at the grave of Chopin, Pere la Chaise, Paris 1989 | Inspecting the staircase of my new apartment in the Marais, Paris. 1986. |
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| 8 rue de Jarente, Paris. My apartment is at the top of this building. |
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| The jewel box cover art from my recordings of Nietzsche's music, Newport Classics label | The philosopher himself, Friedrich Nietzsche. |
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| A drawing of Margarita Fyodorova and me in concert at the Scriabin Museum, Moscow , 1992. | Signing autographs after a recital in St. Petersburg, Russia 1992. |
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| Program from my recital at the Riga Philharmonic, Latvia 1992 |
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| With Hugh Downs (at the piano), and friends Alexander Zacharias and Dr. Averill Summer at Eckerd College, St. Petersburg, Florida 1997. | With Hugh and Ruth Downs, St. Petersburg, Florida 1997 |
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Rehearsing in Florida with Margarita Fyodorova, 1995 |
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With the American composer Peter Robles, St. Petersburg, Russia 1992. |
| With my old friend Lord Montagu at his 14th century castle at Beaulieu, Hampshire, OK. June 1999. |
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| with Gian Carlo Menotti and Joanna Porackova at the Kennedy Center, on the occassion of Ms. Porackova's debut with the Washington Opera as Magda in Menotti's "The Consul" | |
| At Glyndebourne with Joanna Porackova and Sir Charles Mackerras, folowing her audition, June 1999. |
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| Putney School's brochure. | Putney School as viewed from the air. |
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| Though it`s not as Jackie O as it sounds, the East Lawn was a haven for lazy students on lazy days. |
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| Warm and welcoming, the Main Building was a place to hang one`s hat by the hearth in mid-winter of rehearse chamber music in the spring. |
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| With Marina Scriabine
(center), daughter of the composer, and Mme. De Schloezer, daughter of the Boris de Schloezer. Cap d'Ail, France, 1983. | Alexander Scriabin circa 1905 |
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Michel York and John Bell Young at Malibu Photos by John DesMarteau and Mark Crosby |
Michael York and John Bell Young In rehearsal of Enoch Arden Taking a break at Sound Castle recording studio, Los Angeles |