Word: attilio
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Under the direction of Attilio Poto, the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra has, in general, proved its ability to give good, if not always polished, performances of works in the standard repertory; it has steadily improved in performing ability...
...full of moments that made it difficult for a person with a taste for grotesque humor to keep from laughing aloud. The trouble lay primarily in three things--the terrible out-of-tuneness of the strings, the lifelessness of the playing, and the lack of intensity and precision in Attilio Poto's conducting. Each contributed to the others...
Miss Steiner played the Concerto for Cello by Saint-Saens, and Lubow performed Franz Liszt's Concerto for Piano No. 1 in E flat. Judges for the competition, which was held in Payne Hall, were Attilio Poto, Sodality conductor, Walter H. Piston, Walter W. Naumburg Professor of Music, and Gregory Tucker...
...should be within the Orchestra's scope, never seemed to get off the ground. Although the woodwind and brass sections were unusually strong, the strings were unable to carry their weight; the violins were ragged and the cellos unnecessarily heavy. In a vain effort to keep everyone together, conductor Attilio Poto chose calm and moderate tempi, but these only made the faults more obvious...
...Attilio Poto, conductor of the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra--Pierian Sodality of 1808, announced last night the election of Paul Buttenweiser '60 as student conductor...