Mengelberg in pictures

Tête-à-têtes during rehearsals, on tour with the orchestra, and encounters with legendary musicians and conductors. View the images.

Willem Mengelberg with the Concertgebouw Orchestra

  • 1907 – Willem Mengelberg with the Concertgebouw Orchestra. (.)
    1907 – Willem Mengelberg with the Concertgebouw Orchestra. (.)
  • 1916 - Willem Mengelberg conducts a performance of Bach's St Matthew Passion (© NMI)
    1916 - Willem Mengelberg conducts a performance of Bach's St Matthew Passion (© NMI)
  • Willem Mengelberg leads the Concertgebouw Orchestra in a sold-out concert (© Alfred Eisenstädt)
    Willem Mengelberg leads the Concertgebouw Orchestra in a sold-out concert (© Alfred Eisenstädt)
  • Willem Mengelberg with the Concertgebouw Orchestra onstage in the Main Hall. (.)
    Willem Mengelberg with the Concertgebouw Orchestra onstage in the Main Hall. (.)

On tour

  • 1898 – The Concertgebouw Orchestra was the first foreign orchestra to visit Norway – at the composer Edvard Grieg’s invitation. The orchestra gave warmly received concerts to a full house in Bergen on six consecutive evenings. (.)
    1898 – The Concertgebouw Orchestra was the first foreign orchestra to visit Norway – at the composer Edvard Grieg’s invitation. The orchestra gave warmly received concerts to a full house in Bergen on six consecutive evenings. (.)
  • 1898 – Edvard Grieg and Willem Mengelberg side by side. (.)
    1898 – Edvard Grieg and Willem Mengelberg side by side. (.)
  • 1927 – Mengelberg and the Concertgebouw Orchestra upon returning to Amsterdam after a concert tour of Germany and Switzerland. Louis Zimmerman is on the right. (.)
    1927 – Mengelberg and the Concertgebouw Orchestra upon returning to Amsterdam after a concert tour of Germany and Switzerland. Louis Zimmerman is on the right. (.)
  • 1928 – Paying a visit to Ernest Schelling on a day off during the Concertgebouw Orchestra’s tour of Germany and Switzerland (© NMI)
    1928 – Paying a visit to Ernest Schelling on a day off during the Concertgebouw Orchestra’s tour of Germany and Switzerland (© NMI)
  • May 1931 – Mengelberg conducts the Concertgebouw Orchestra in a film studio (Epinay-sur-Seine) (.)
    May 1931 – Mengelberg conducts the Concertgebouw Orchestra in a film studio (Epinay-sur-Seine) (.)
  • June  1935 – The Concertgebouw Orchestra with Willem Mengelberg in the Salle Rameau (Pleyel) in Paris (.)
    June  1935 – The Concertgebouw Orchestra with Willem Mengelberg in the Salle Rameau (Pleyel) in Paris (.)

Legendary Encounters

  • 1938 – Willem Mengelberg with Yehudi Menuhin during a rehearsal prior to the Dutch premiere of Robert Schumann’s Violin Concerto. (.)
    1938 – Willem Mengelberg with Yehudi Menuhin during a rehearsal prior to the Dutch premiere of Robert Schumann’s Violin Concerto. (.)
  • 1909 – At the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam: (from left to right) Cornelis Dopper, Gustav Mahler, H. Freijer, Willem Mengelberg and Alphons Diepenbrock. (.)
    1909 – At the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam: (from left to right) Cornelis Dopper, Gustav Mahler, H. Freijer, Willem Mengelberg and Alphons Diepenbrock. (.)
  • October 1937 - Stravinsky, Mengelberg, Swarowsky (r) during a rehearsal of Jeu de Carte (© NMI)
    October 1937 - Stravinsky, Mengelberg, Swarowsky (r) during a rehearsal of Jeu de Carte (© NMI)
  • October 1938 – Willem Mengelberg and Serge Rachmaninoff rehearse the Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini with the Concertgebouw Orchestra (© NMI)
    October 1938 – Willem Mengelberg and Serge Rachmaninoff rehearse the Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini with the Concertgebouw Orchestra (© NMI)
  • c.1922 – Willem Mengelberg, Serge Rachmaninoff and Mischa Levitzki (.)
    c.1922 – Willem Mengelberg, Serge Rachmaninoff and Mischa Levitzki (.)

Portraits

  • Willem Mengelberg with his signature cigar. (.)
    Willem Mengelberg with his signature cigar. (.)
  • Willem Mengelberg at a music stand built by his father. (.)
    Willem Mengelberg at a music stand built by his father. (.)
  • c.1880–1940 – Portrait of conductor Willem Mengelberg (Rijshouwer, 1880 - 1940 RIJKSMUSEUM)
    c.1880–1940 – Portrait of conductor Willem Mengelberg (Rijshouwer, 1880 - 1940 RIJKSMUSEUM)
  • c.1898–1912 – Willem Mengelberg (Jacob Merkelbach)
    c.1898–1912 – Willem Mengelberg (Jacob Merkelbach)