Word: commanday
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...viewing positions. The first was a spirited performance of classical favorites--Verdi's Overture to The Force of Destiny, Bach's Air from Orchestral Suite No. 3, Tchaikovsky's Romeo and Juliet, and Beethoven's Egmont Overture--by the Greater Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras under the direction of David Commanday. The youth orchestra's performance was exuberant and technically sound; they played with a finesse one might not have expected to hear from a youth orchestra. The youth orchestra was followed by a soulful performance by the Tanglewood Festival Chorus. Their treatment of three spirituals was excellent; "Ride the Chariot...
...opened promisingly last Friday under a new conductor. Succeeding David Commanday, Robert Lehmann brings to the ensemble a wealth of experience with junior, orchestras, including GBYSO, the New England Youth Philharmonic, and the Longy School's Young Artists Orchestra...
...attributes the improvement to conductor David R. Commanday '76, who has been with the Mozart Society for three years...
According to Fung, Commanday has helped create a more intense and productive atmosphere...