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...serious student conductors at Harvard, opportunities to lead an orchestra are rare—and that’s what makes the Bach Society Orchestra (Bach Soc) so special...
Founded in 1898 as the Musical Club of Harvard University and reformed as a chamber orchestra in 1954, Bach Soc is led each season by an undergraduate who selects the repertoire, runs rehearsals and conducts all the performances. For a young conductor, it’s perhaps as close as it gets to music directing a full-sized chamber orchestra...
Adams, who played clarinet, performed as a soloist under Yannatos’ direction at several concerts—including a 1967 performance at Carnegie Hall, where Adams is now composer-in-residence. Adams also conducted the Bach Society Orchestra from 1967-68, as well as a Leverett House Opera production of The Marriage of Figaro...
...scan also spots a lot of things that are not lung cancer. "In up to half of patients screened, the scan will show some lung scar or shadow that will require further evaluation or surgical biopsy, even though it will ultimately be deemed to be harmless," says Dr. Peter Bach of Memorial Sloan-Kettering. The best candidates for the scan, therefore, are those who already have the highest risk--and the most to gain...
...BACH SOCIETY ORCHESTRA, in their third concert of the season, will once again challenge their namesake, performing Copland’s Appalachian Spring, Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 1 and Beethoven’s famous Symphony No. 5. The hour-and-a-half concert will feature pianist Katherine Chen ’06, winner of Bach Soc’s Concerto Competition. Friday, March 7 at 8 p.m. Tickets $8, $6 students, available at the Harvard Box Office or by phone (617) 496-2222. Paine Music Hall...