Word: conductor
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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House masters said the card access system is difficult because it is inflexible. Bossert said it is difficult to add friends of the house--the Lowell House Opera conductor, for example--to the system for meals...
...musicians who kept playing until the ship sank, the hymn Autumn (which bears a striking resemblance to Amazing Grace) is repeated over and over while its aural environment gradually changes. Modular in construction, the work can be performed at varying lengths. "As you know, water is a highly efficient conductor of sound," explains Bryars. "Obviously, it was impossible for the band to keep playing under water, but theoretically the music has just kept on going, forever. That's the feeling I was after...
...Domingo was late in starting rehearsals; Vladimir Chernov, the Boccanegra, was silenced by flu; and Cheryl Studer, who was to sing Boccanegra's daughter, canceled. In a remarkable piece of last-minute luck, the Met was able to sign Te Kanawa. On opening night the ensemble came through under conductor James Levine's eloquent direction. Only the massive council-chamber scene looked tentative. Viva grand opera that is grand...
...Domingo was late in starting rehearsals; Vladimir Chernov, the Boccanegra, was silenced by flu; and Cheryl Studer, who was to sing Boccanegra's daughter, canceled. In a remarkable piece of last-minute luck, the Met was able to sign Te Kanawa. On opening night the ensemble came through under conductor James Levine's eloquent direction. Only the massive council-chamber scene looked tentative. Viva grand opera that is grand...
...wonderful when everything comes together," said conductor John G. Dunn '64-'66 after the concert. Dunn has been affiliated with St. Paul's since his undergraduate days and is now the principal and music director at the school...