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Among the three international superstars of conducting, Sir Georg Solti and Leonard Bernstein are almost overly familiar to audiences in the U.S. Herbert von Karajan is a more remote, elusive figure. In 1955 he was appointed conductor for life of the Berlin Philharmonic, one of the finest orchestras in the world. In the years since, he has exercised complete control over its rehearsals, working conditions, personnel and guest artists. Today he can say: "I cannot now blame anybody else for not getting the results I want. No excuses. If it's wrong, it's entirely my fault...
...entry cues and the vaguest of cutoff gestures. Explains Karajan: "Baton technique is what the people see, but it is all nonsense. The hands do their job because they have learned what to do. In the performance I forget about them. The molding comes when the orchestra and conductor come together in a sort of union. Things happen that are too delicate for words. It is the music that takes you away. It is mystical: you are so concentrated you forget everything else...
...choice of the Shostakovich, though, did indicate that conductor Yannatos intends to challenge the HRO's capabilities throughout the year. Like most student orchestras, HRO should show marked improvement, and is starting out this year from a higher level than usual. But in terms of what the representative large orchestra of the Harvard community could and should sound like, HRO has a long...
...heard both inside and outside the hall. The man responsible was Master Acoustician Cyril M. Harris, 59, who could already boast of the fine sound at the Metropolitan Opera, Washington's (B.C.) Kennedy Center and, most spectacular of all, the two-year-old Orchestra Hall in Minneapolis. Conductor Pierre Boulez was pleased because the 110 men and women of the New York Philharmonic no longer had to force their sound and now could hear each other clearly...
Died. Pedro Sanjuán, 89, conductor, composer and founder of the Havana symphony; following a heart attack; in Washington, B.C. Born in Spain, Sanjuán moved to Cuba in the early 1920s. After establishing the Havana Philharmonic, he led it for nine years, then conducted music in the U.S. and Europe, becoming an American citizen in 1947. His compositions, including Castilla and Liturgia Negra, emphasized the African rhythms inherent in Cuban music...