Word: batons
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...person of Joel Lazar, is what confronted the eighty players and three dozen singers assembled on the Sanders stage last evening. Yet, despite the brevity of their acquaintance with him, those who were bowing and blowing and crowing seemed to have readily overcome being nonplussed by a baton brandished in the let hand...
deeboop, "Diddlidong, sboop," dee, sang the tong, boopeepee-sweater-clad conductor to the orchestra. Then, raising his baton, he said: "Now - again...
...Handel's greatest work for every taste, most recently the beautifully sung, small-scale version conducted by Colin Davis, who scrupulously observed the spirit of baroque musical convention. Nevertheless, this newest entry is even more faithful to the composer and serves as a good introduction to the sensitive baton of Charles Mackerass, an Australian-trained conductor steeped in 18th century lore. His soloists (including Janet Baker and Elizabeth Harwood) do not equal those of the Davis recording; but this is a wonderfully stirring performance, astringent with a heavy complement of woodwinds as in Handel's day and jubilant...
Metaphysical Anxiety. Under the firm baton of New York City Opera Director Julius Rudel, the singers projected their parts with clarity and polish while threading their way through Ming Cho Lee's surrealistic settings. Mexican Tenor Salvador Novoa eloquently voiced the pain and weakness of the Duke, and statuesque Joanna Simon, as the courtesan, sang her seduction aria in a lustrous mezzo-soprano...
...surprise for the Crimson was a pair of victories in the relays. In the 440 relay, anchorman Wayne Andersen took the baton at full speed and bombed little Van Evans of Army to take the laurels...