Word: blomstedt
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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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...