Word: cellistic
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...from brassy fanfare to keening funeral march with a sure theatrical sense that never quite obscures its melodic poverty; the Concerto-Rhapsody covers much the same ground in about half the time, and was partially redeemed at the Washington performance by the dazzling virtuosity and superlative mugging of Soviet Cellist Mstislav Rostropovich...
...next few decades will tell. In that time, the best of the new generation will vastly broaden their repertories and deepen their musical insights. As for Mehta, Cellist Gregor Piatigorsky believes that "his ability as conductor is unlimited. His capacity to learn is absolutely astonishing...
...Cream & Orange Juice. Finally Mehli Mehta relented, began teaching him the rudiments of the baton. One day, when Zubin was 16, his father let him conduct a Bombay Symphony rehearsal. "The moment he got onto the podium," says Bombay Cellist George Lester, "he instantly took command, gave us our correct cues and put us under his spell...
...table in an RCA Victor recording studio in Manhattan and listened to a playback. The cello came on with a rhapsodic, throbbing solo. "Very beautiful," sighed the old man, and tapped Cellist David Soyer approvingly on the knee. Then, a gnarled passage for piano and strings. "No," said the old man, "that's not so good. Here Brahms makes a trap, and we fell in. What shall...
BELL TELEPHONE HOUR (NBC, 10-11 p.m.). Honoring Cellist Pablo Casals on his 91st birthday, "Casals at Marlboro" catches the master at last summer's Marlboro Festival in Vermont. Films of his performance, and talks with such colleagues as Pianist Rudolf Serkin and Violinists Alexander Schneider and Jaime Laredo...