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...deliver, say, a richer string sound or a brassier brass. That's why what is going on in San Francisco is creating such a buzz in the classical-music world. It has been just six months since Michael Tilson Thomas inherited the baton from the sober Swede Herbert Blomstedt, but already the San Francisco Symphony has undergone a transformation. Woodwinds dance merrily, the brass resonates nobly, and the strings speak as one; overall, performances crackle with newfound vigor...
...justified by the "Darkness" sobriquet. Harbison rejected his first draft as too light in mood, but the symphony now ends diffidently rather than blackly. Without firm cadences to rely on, audiences have trouble enough knowing when a new piece is over; at the first performance, skillfully conducted by Herbert Blomstedt, it was not immediately clear when the last light had flickered...
...orchestras of Cleveland, Baltimore, Detroit, Houston, San Francisco and Utah have filled conductorial vacancies, and at least seven other U.S. ensembles are searching. Cleveland, Detroit and San Francisco were forced to reach outside the narrow circle of superstars for Christoph von Dohnányi, Gunther Herbig and Herbert Blomstedt, Europeans relatively obscure to U.S. audiences. Others have breached the prejudice against Americans, as Baltimore did in hiring David Zinman...
Playing at number five, Tarlow eked out an unexpected victory over Blomstedt, and his partner, Don Davis, beat Fred Hall 4 and 3, snatching the match from the visitors, since the first two foursomes had finished up with Brown on the long end of a 4 to 2 score. Tarlow and Davis' best ball downed Blomstedt and Hall...
...Bruins came up with a powerful due at the number three and four positions and took all three points. Bud Patterson beat Pete Macgowan 3-2 and Ray Blomstedt, playing the best golf of the day, took Captain Watty Dickerman into camp 8-6. Brown won the best ball by a 7-6 score...