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02 April 2024
Scoring the Marriner
100
BY STEVEN LIBOWITZ | APRIL 2, 2024
Douglas Marriner will play with the ASMF for the Marriner 100, the centennial celebration of his
grandfather, the legendary Sir Neville Marriner (photo by Meirion Harries)
It would be hard to overstate the popularity of The Academy of St Martin in the
Fields, whose reputation and name recognition soared following its recording of
all the music for the soundtrack of the 1984 film Amadeus, which occurred about
halfway through the 50-year leadership of founding artistic director Sir Neville
Marriner. The album was just one of 500 recordings released by ASMF under
Marriner’s baton, and the London-based chamber orchestra also amped up its
world tours, appearing in all the greatest concert halls of the world.
