Word: concert
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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That night, I was treated to a stunning performance by the soon-to-be-definitive Yo-Yo Ma. I found myself engulfed by his confidence, capabilities and professionalism. His handling of Shostakovich's composition was stupendous, to say the least, and I left the concert feeling completely invigorated. For that, I shall ask you to extend to him my congratulations and thanks. It appeared at the time that Yo-Yo Ma's performance was doubly impressive, first for this excellent solo and, second, because of his abilities in rising above the handicap of Mr. Neal Stulberg's horrid performance...
...will admit that upon his first entrance, Stulberg's brown-turtlenecked attire impressed me as representative of a healthy, interesting attitude toward his music. "At last," I thought, "I can enjoy a concert which is not overpowered by the conductor's flash of tuxedo and lace." Little did I know how wrong...
...human art, not a sexual one," she says. "Sex is no more important than eye color." When Britain's Musgrave talks about "space music," she is not referring to synthetic sci-fi sounds but to compositions in which the players are directed to move about the concert hall...
POZZI ESCOT, 42, was born in Peru-at 23, she was named Laureate Composer of Peru-and studied at Juilliard. Sands, her exotic orchestral fantasy, which will be performed at next week's New York Philharmonic concert, was commissioned in 1966 by the Venezuelan government in honor of that country's 450th birthday...
...into all-weather fighter-bombers and others into reconnaissance planes. The changes added weight to the aircraft, presumably making them even more tricky to handle. According to one veteran U.S. Starfighter pilot, controlling the unmodified models was difficult enough. "To fly it properly you must have fingers like a concert pianist," he says. Other observers felt that West German support crews lacked the technical expertise to cope with the sophisticated craft...