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...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 as conductor...
...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...
This, I think, is a lesson Mr. Stulberg has yet to learn. There is a selflessness which must pervade a live performance of this sort: a respect for the composer and a pride among the assembled musicians who are allowed to produce beautiful music under an able conductor's direction. At no time should a concert become merely a vehicle for a conductor to show off his choreographic abilities with a series of bumps and grinds...
...playing the same works all over the country"). She performs almost all the music for the first time and has never before worked with most of the orchestras she conducts. It takes an orchestra a while to get used to any new piece of music and any conductor. By making her New York Philharmonic debut next week with a woman's program new to both the orchestra and herself, Caldwell is almost asking for trouble...
...point out that little girls are mostly encouraged to confine their talents to parlor piano playing. Though women have always been accepted as soloists, only in recent years have many conservatories trained women as composers. "Think of the thousands and thousands of men who have studied composing," says Pianist-Conductor Bo ris Goldovsky, "to produce only about three dozen masters. Statistically, wom en may simply have to catch up before they have their Beethoven." There are signs they soon may be getting their chance. In June Manhattan's Juilliard School for the first time awarded a doctorate in composition...