Word: conductor
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...from Stravinsky's astringent, polyrhythmic ballet. This piece showed the archromantic composer in full bloom, retelling the legend of Venus and Tannhauser in a series of exquisite themes and shimmering orchestral textures. The string section shone in the controlled chaos of Wagner's glistening chromaticism. Student conductor Brian Koh matched the music's passion blow for blow, his emphatic gestures turning almost violent by the end of the overture...
Kelly's lectures include stories about the original performances of a musical work: the quirks of the conductor, the possible number of singers, the smaller size of the violins used at the time...
...many students said yesterday that replacing Taylor with a new position and conductor was no longer a concern for them...
...transition was expected," said Patricia Chi-Yan Chui '98, manager of RCS. "The associate conductor search has been going on for a while...
...post will fill the gap left when Beverly Taylor departured last year from her job as conductor of the Radcliffe Choral Society...