The Man
Timeline
- 1916 - 1929: The Prodigy
- 1930 - 1938: Jeunesse dorée
- 1939 - 1956: War and Peace
- 1957 - 1979: Festivals and Festivities
- 1980 - 1999: Music's Ambassador to the World
- 1999 Onwards: After Menuhin's Death
1930 - 1938: Jeunesse dorée
Yehudi with Toscanini
- 1931
- Family home established at Ville d’Avray, outside Paris
- First concerto recording (Bruch No.1) with LSO under Sir Landon Ronald
- 1932
- Coaching with Toscanini on board the SS France
- Records Elgar Concerto in London, with the composer conducting, and in Paris the Bach Double Concerto with Enescu under Monteux
- Plays Mozart and Bach concertos at Royal Albert Hall, London with LSO conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham, followed by Elgar concerto conducted by the composer
- “The way that boy plays my concerto is amazing.”
Elgar to Delius - 1933
- First duo recordings with Hephzibah as pianist
- 1935
- 'World Tour' visits Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and Europe (110 concerts in 72 cities)
- 1936/7
- Eighteen months' sabbatical at new family home in Los Gatos, California "a blithe, young, joyful time"
- 1937
- Gives US première of Violin Concerto by Schumann
- 1938
- Marriage to Nola Nicholas; both his sisters get married (Hephzibah to Nola Nicholas’s brother, Lindsay)
Yehudi with Elgar