Word: conductor
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...have one conductor, you’re working toward one goal,” says a senior member of Holden Choirs. “Then conductors switch, and it leads to a whole change in styles and aims. It can be very frustrating,” she says...
Before Marvin implemented the system of rotating conductor, he had exclusively conducted Collegium and Glee Club...
...VALERY GERGIEV/KIROV ORCHESTRA The Rite of Spring (Philips) Igor Stravinsky's clamorous ballet score has now received a quintessentially Russian recording: violent, brazen, full of all the blunt power of passionate peasant ritual. Gergiev has been making a big impression as principal guest conductor of New York City's Metropolitan Opera, and this CD leaves no doubt...
...Valery Gergiev/Kirov Orchestra The Rite of Spring (Philips) Igor Stravinsky's clamorous ballet score has now received a quintessentially Russian recording: violent, brazen, full of all the blunt power of passionate peasant ritual. Gergiev has been making a big impression as principal guest conductor of New York City's Metropolitan Opera, and this CD leaves no doubt...
DIED. JENS NYGAARD, 69, defiantly unconventional founder and conductor of the Jupiter Symphony; of bone-marrow cancer; in New York City. Nygaard's sweeping knowledge of music gave rise to innovative, widely admired concert programs, often featuring works by Mozart (such as Symphony No. 41, "Jupiter," for which the orchestra was named). Nygaard raised money for the symphony himself; during one lean period, he paid each of his musicians with subway tokens and a book of sonnets...