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Richard Kapp
Richard Kapp was an American conductor. Richard Kapp was born in Chicago, Illinois. He was a child piano prodigy. He studied German political history at Johns Hopkins University and received his BA in 1957. He then went abroad on a Fulbright fellowship and studied conducting, composition, and piano at the Stuttgart Staatliche Hochschule für Musik in Germany. Kapp started his musical career as a vocal coach at the Basel Stadttheater, Switzerland. He then moved back in the United States and served as music director of the Opera Theater of the Manhattan School of Music in New York from 1963 to 1965. While in New York City he earned a law degree from the New York University in 1966. He also studied conducting, piano and harpsichord. In 1968 Richard Kapp founded the chamber orchestra Philharmonia Virtuosi of New York. He served as their musical director for the rest of his life. Among other notable concerts the Philharmonia Virtuosi of New York gave the inaugural concert at the Performing Arts Center at the State University of New York at Purchase in 1977. The Philharmonia Virtuosi of New York performed and recorded until 2004 when concerts were suspended when Kapp became ill. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Kapp) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/legalcode)
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Concerto for 7 Trumpets and Timpani in C Major: 1. Allegro
Edward Carroll, David Bilger, Raymond Mase, Lee Soper, Stephen Burns, Timothy Morrison, Alex Holton, Ben Harms, Richard Kapp, and Philharmonia Virtuosi
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Bach: Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 4-6, BWV 1049-1051 - Sony Classical Masters
2010
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Joseph Haydn: "London" Symphonies 93, 94 & 92
2005
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Trafalgar: Haydn And Clementi
2005
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Franz Schubert: Works for Violin and Orchestra
2004
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Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonatas For Violin And Piano
2004
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Vivaldi's Favorites, Vol. 3: Concertos for Violin with Two Orchestras
2004
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Beethoven Violin Concerto & Mozart Adelaide Concerto
2001
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Johann Sebastian Bach: Sonatas for Violin & Piano
1999
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Mozart Violin Concertos, Vol. 3
1999
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Berlioz & Fauré: Orchestral Works
1995
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