Word: cliburn
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...types such as Zsa Zsa Gabor, Charlton Heston, Jimmy Stewart and Rosalind Russell. Comedian Bob Hope, Sammy Davis Jr. and Frank Sinatra will star at the entertainments to be held in the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Other performances will range from the Philadelphia Orchestra, with Pianist Van Cliburn, to Soul Singer James Brown and Pat Boone...
FRIDAY: 1973 Inaugural Concert. Ormandy conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra, Van Cliburn, and the Robert Wagner Chorale perform Copland's "Fanfare for the Common Man," Beethoven's Fifth symphony, Grieg's Concerto is A Minor, and Tchaikovsky's "1812 Overture." A rare treat but don't watch unless Nixon signs the ceasefire agreement. CH. 2. 9 p.m. Color. Live...
...thinking man's kind of jazz, usually overlaid with intricate rhythms and marzipan harmonies from the Near and Far East. Chris and New Heavenly Blue display a crackling rock style deftly blending country, pop and jazz. Dave, now 51, plays with all the style and elegance of Van Cliburn summoning up memories of Meade Lux Lewis. But Jazz Great Gerry Mulligan's attacks on baritone sax are crisp and clean, and Brubeck and Mulligan bob and glide together like Astaire and Rogers doing the Big Apple. For a finale, Mulligan, the three Brubecks and nine assorted sidemen...
...accusations" create a "spirit of ill will and suspicion in the noble sports competition." His play is something else: not since Pianist Van Cliburn has an American been so widely renowned in the Soviet Union for his talents. Of late, though, the fascination with "Booo-bee" has been tinged with concern. "At home they don't understand," says one Soviet grand master of Fischer's success. "They think it means that there is something wrong with our culture...
...pipe or a cigar here. There is a fireplace he likes to have kept burning and high-fidelity speakers on either side of the grate. His tapes, cartridges and phonograph are in a large walk-in closet near the door to the sitting room. He prefers melodious classics: Van Cliburn playing Grieg, Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninoff; the theme music from Doctor Zhivago and Victory...