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...Angeles 9-mm Beretta with 16 rounds; 21-in. aluminum baton...
pistols; plastic or wooden baton; pepper-spray...
Singapore .38-cal. Smith & Wesson; 38-cm wooden baton...
That performance was part of a veritable Schnittke festival in the U.S. in recent weeks. Among the highlights: the American premiere of the composer's second piano sonata by pianist Boris Berman, the American debut of his Symphony No. 6 in Washington under Rostropovich's baton, and conductor Leon Botstein's North American premiere with the American Symphony Orchestra of Schnittke's Faust Cantata, an oratorio version of an opera in progress. Against all odds, Schnittke is among the most commissioned of living composers...
Waving the baton, Ryan brought down the houseby orchestrating a chorus of "Ooh," "Oh," and"Yes!" from the excited and eager audience...