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Caesar and Cleopatra. Galileo and Pope Paul V. Thomas ŕ Becket and Henry II. Encounters between great figures, especially when their world views clash, can create historical watersheds. Such an encounter, writes James R. Gaines, took place on a spring evening in 1747, when an aged Johann Sebastian Bach arrived at the court of Frederick the Great, ruler of Prussia. Frederick, a music lover with as deep a passion for the arts as for waging war, had summoned Bach in order to set him a musical challenge--one that Bach triumphantly met two weeks later when he presented Frederick with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Duel at the Tipping Point | 3/6/2005 | See Source »

Wednesday, March 2. An Open Rehearsal with Conductor Leonard Slatkin. Open rehearsal of Bach Society Orchestra in honor of 50th anniversary. 8 p.m. Sanders Theater Free...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Happening | 2/24/2005 | See Source »

Wednesday, March 2. An Open Rehearsal with Conductor Leonard Slatkin. Open rehearsal of Bach Society Orchestra in honor of 50th anniversary. 8 p.m. Sanders Theater. Free...

Author: By Christopher A. Kukstis, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: On the Radar | 2/24/2005 | See Source »

...Wednesday he joins with Harvard’s Bach Society Orchestra for a rehearsal open to the public in honor of BachSoc’s 50th anniversary. The program will consist of Debussy’s “Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun,” Harbison’s “The Most Often Used Chords,” and Stravinsky’s “Pulcinella.” Since the 1954-55 school year, the Bach Society has been Harvard’s premiere chamber orchestra, specializing in chamber music...

Author: By Christopher A. Kukstis, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: On the Radar | 2/24/2005 | See Source »

Buswell’s formidable skills were developed during his Harvard years, where he made his musical presence known on campus. In addition to performing with both the Bach Society Orchestra and the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra, Buswell was a founding member of Music 180r, a popular performance class still offered in the Music department, notable for its intensity and faculty star Robinson Professor of Music Robert D. Levin ’68. As I navigate a similar path through Harvard’s classical music scene, I can still see the effects of his time here. During his junior year...

Author: By Jennifer D. Chang, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Student Reflects on Professor's Life, Music | 2/24/2005 | See Source »

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