He was 81. It never happened for Clevenger, but not for want of trying. Raised in a mus.. Dale Clevenger. Haha. The young and extraordinarily talented musicians of the Orchestra Giovanile Luigi Cherubini are, in fact, paid stipends for being part of this training orchestra, and many of them go on to win prestigious positions in orchestras across the world. I read a different story that was probably part of the same trip. [2] Clevenger's father was President of the Chattanooga Opera Association, and he was exposed to live orchestral music at an early age. He and I sat with Georgia OKeefe over lunch at her home as she told us her musical tastes: Mendelssohn yes and Mozart no. Wallenstein immediately started with the horn entrance to Brahms 3rd Symphonys 3rd movement. Yes, the only frustration I had with Dale as an avid CSO concert attendee is that he did not know when it was time to go. There is the wonderful Op. His wife died in 2011. Dale Clevenger, the principal horn of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for the past 47 years, will retire June 30. He was born January 24, 1939 in Webster County to the late Onie Earl and Maggie Gathel Groves Clevenger and was a retired truck driver. Many (all?) I think you are mixing him up with Myron Bloom of the Cleveland Orchestra in the Szell days. In a statement released late Thursday, his family said the cause was Waldenstrom's disease, a form of cancer. [3] (Dale Clevenger)___ This is very touching. Wonderful recording of the Britten Serenade with Robert Tear and Giulini. He belonged to the Mifflin Athletic Association where . could feel it. Jaap did it. Inspiration no. Dale Clevenger dead: former CSO Principal Horn was 81 31 : Britten: Serenade for tenor, horn & strings, Op. We wont find a more credible horns expert. Period? In June 2013, Clevenger told me about their final meeting, two years before Giulini died. Dale may have been a great horn player but he was not a great human and Im dreading the influx of gushing praise thats about to flow about this predator. That will never change. Menuet by Dale Clevenger published on 2022-01-27T18:00:07Z. With heavy hearts, we announce the death of Michael Dale Clevenger (Evanston, Illinois), who passed away on January 5, 2022 at the age of 81.
