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...interior design of St. Paul's Church is, to use the polite word, eclectic. Regardless of that, its acoustics are superb and the two-second echo is a pleasure to hear. Conductor F. John Adams was rigorous in his programming: he chose works by six composers of the Tudor period, a relatively limited historical pool from which to draw compared to the Bach-to-Stravinsky expanse that usually leaves everyone dissatisfied in some way. Adams's approach to programming is commendable for it ensures both an interested, attentive audience (who have come for a specific type of music), as well...
Married. Brian Priestman, 45, English-born conductor of the Denver Symphony Orchestra and former musical director of the Royal Shakespeare Theater at Stratford-on-Avon; and Mary-Ford Stockton McClave; both for the first time; in Berkeley, Calif...
Retiring after no less than 46 years with the New York Philharmonic, the world's top virtuoso on the kettledrums, Saul Goodman, let fall some acerbic sidelights on conductors he has known. Willem Mengelberg: "A very arrogant man. I think he was sure he looked like Beethoven." Artur Rodzinski: "The kind of fellow who made the musicians give him a birthday party at his own house." Seiji Ozawa: "An audience eye-catcher. More than that I can't say about him." Well, one thing more: "He's an egomaniac." Tympanist Goodman's own weakness-or perhaps...
...Tatrallyays's second escape attempt also failed. They arranged Hungary by train, but at the last moment the conductor balked on a plan to take them across the border to Austria...
...McGovern backers have had difficulty getting local students to work hard for their man. "I think these kids are into not being radical now," explains Frances Bennotti, a McGovern worker manning a campus campaign table in Durham. Nor does the issue necessarily hurt Nixon. Dick Allison, a tram conductor at the Cannon Mountain ski area, lost a cousin in Viet Nam. He considers the war a tragic mistake, but defends the Administration's pace of withdrawal. "I don't like just walking out now," he says...