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David Measham

David Michael Lucian Measham was a British-Australian conductor and violinist. Measham was born in Nottingham, England, to a musical family. His father, Lester, had trained as an opera singer and his mother, Joan, was a pianist. He began violin studies at age 7, and first conducted at age 13. He attended the Mundella Grammar School, and later the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London, where he studied with Norman Del Mar. He then became a section violinist with the BBC Symphony Orchestra. He served with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra as co-leader alongside John Georgiadis. He became principal second violin with the London Symphony Orchestra in 1967 following Neville Marriner's departure. At one rehearsal, Measham took over when the conductor, Leonard Bernstein, said he wanted to hear what the orchestra sounded like from the back of the hall and called for a volunteer conductor. He then had further assistance in conducting from Bernstein. Subsequently, in his conducting career, Measham was music director of Phoenix Opera, and chief conductor of the Stetson University Summer Institute in Florida. From Wikipedia (

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Thaïs: Méditation

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Nocturne in E-Flat, Op. 9, No. 2

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Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46: Morning Mood

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Dreamers (from "Jean")

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Suite bergamasque: Clair de lune

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Thaïs: Méditation

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Knoxville Summer 1915, Judith Raskin

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Hamlisch: Jean - Dreamers - James Galway

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Meditation From Thäis by Massenet Played by James Galway

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Clair de Lune: James Galway

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Barbara Hannigan sings and conducts Samuel Barber's Knoxville: Summer of 1915

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Classical for Dining

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