Editing Adrian Boult (section)

===Later years===
After stepping down from the chief conductorship of the LPO, Boult was, for a few years, less in demand in the recording studio and the concert hall. Nevertheless, he was invited to conduct in Vienna, Amsterdam and Boston.<ref name=kennedy244>Kennedy, pp. 244–57</ref> In 1964 he made no recordings, but in 1965 he began an association with Lyrita records, an independent label specialising in British music. In the same year he resumed recording for EMI after a six-year break.<ref name=kennedy244/> Celebrations for his eightieth birthday in 1969 also raised his profile in the musical world. After the death of his colleague [[John Barbirolli|Sir John Barbirolli]] in 1970, Boult was seen as "the sole survivor of a great generation" and a living link with Elgar, Vaughan Williams and Holst.<ref>Kennedy, p. 268</ref> In the words of ''The Guardian'',  "it was when he reached his late seventies that the final and most glorious period of his career developed."<ref name=greenfield>Greenfield, Edward. "Boult – true servant of the composers", ''The Guardian'', 24 February 1983, p. 14</ref> He ceased to accept overseas invitations, but conducted in the major British cities, as well as at the Festival and Albert Halls and began what is frequently called his "Indian Summer" in the concert hall and recording studio.<ref name=greenfield/><ref>[http://www.naxos.com/conductorinfo/Adrian_Boult/30884.htm "Boult, Adrian"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090723015409/http://www.naxos.com/conductorinfo/Adrian_Boult/30884.htm |date=23 July 2009 }}, Naxos.com, accessed 2 April 2010.</ref> He was featured in a 1971 film ''The Point of the Stick'', in which he illustrated his conducting technique with musical examples.<ref>British Film Institute database: {{cite web |url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/7641 |title=The Point of the Stick (1971) |access-date=12 November 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090904190950/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/7641 |archive-date=4 September 2009  }}</ref>

At a spare recording session in August 1970 Boult recorded the [[Symphony No. 3 (Brahms)|Third Symphony]] of Brahms. This was well received and led to a series of recordings of Brahms, Wagner, Schubert, Mozart and Beethoven.<ref>Bishop, Christopher in Simeone, p. 73</ref> His repertoire in general was much wider than his discography might suggest.{{refn|Boult conducted seven of the nine Mahler symphonies well before the Mahler revival of the 1960s: the First, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Seventh, Eighth and Ninth,<ref>Kennedy, p. 336</ref> and he programmed [[Maurice Ravel|Ravel]]'s complete ballet ''[[Daphnis et Chloé]]'' and [[Ferruccio Busoni]]'s rarely staged opera ''[[Doktor Faust]]'' in the late 1940s. He conducted Berg's ''[[Wozzeck]]'' before and after the war, regarding it as a masterpiece.<ref>Kennedy, p. 169</ref>|group=n}} It was a disappointment to him that he was rarely invited to conduct in the opera house, and he relished the opportunity to record extensive excerpts from the Wagner operas in the 1970s.<ref>Kennedy, p. 270</ref> Having conducted several ballets at Covent Garden during the 1970s,<ref>Bland, pp. 198 and 232</ref> Boult gave his last public performance conducting Elgar's ballet ''[[The Sanguine Fan]]'' for the [[English National Ballet|London Festival Ballet]] at the [[Coliseum Theatre|London Coliseum]] on 24 June 1978. His final record, completed in December 1978, was of music by Hubert Parry. Boult formally retired from conducting in 1981. He died in London in 1983, aged 93,<ref>Kennedy, pp. 287–88 and 294–96</ref> leaving his [[Body donation|body to medical science]].<ref name=abbey>{{cite web |url=https://www.westminster-abbey.org/abbey-commemorations/commemorations/sir-adrian-boult |title=Sir Adrian Boult |website=Westminster Abbey |access-date=13 May 2022}}</ref>