Word: attilio
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...responsibility for this lies solely with the conductor. In Attilio Poto, the orchestra is fortunate in having a man whose impeccable conducting technique provides control and discipline, and whose sense of balance allows the clarity imperative for a good performance. But Mr. Poto does not go any further. Technique is substituted for feeling, clarity for delineation and emphasis. Throughout, the absence of a shaped phrase, a smooth flow of line, or a large conception is painfully evident...
Under the direction of Attilio Poto, the work received a performance that was consistently solid and occasionally superb. "The Creation" contains some of Haydn's greatest music, and this was conveyed without any of the idiosyncracies that can so easily mar an otherwise satisfactory reading...
...Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra opened its season yesterday afternoon with an outstanding concert at Sanders Theatre. Under the leadership of conductor Attilio Poto, the orchestra performed a well-chosen program with unusual competence. The strings this year reclaim their position as the dominant section of the orchestra, restoring the balance which was so sorely lacking last year, and greatly improving the overall tone...
...half-clad body of 21-year-old Wilma Montesi on a beach near Rome in April 1953 very nearly brought down the government of then Premier Mario Scelba. Because of it, the chief of Italy's national police, the chief of the Roman police force and Foreign Minister Attilio Piccioni resigned. When the Communist daily L'Unita solemnly declared that the Montesi case was a symbol of the moral bankruptcy of "the entire clerico-capitalist regime," millions of Italians agreed...
...Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra, conducted by Attilio Poto, gave its best concert of the season Friday night in Sanders Theatre. The group played with more spirit and cohesion, and was in better tune than usual...