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...conductor appeared transformed by the music. His pudgy body swayed on the podium; his moon face was pop-eyed with pleasure. Occasionally, listeners close to the stage could hear him snort with excitement. At Manhattan's Lewisohn Stadium, Conductor Josef Krips gave agile proof that he is descended from a long line of conductors of the Viennese school, a special breed that has all but disappeared from the world's concert halls, a line that once rang with such great names as Gustav Mahler, Felix Weingartner (Krips's teacher), Franz Schalk and Bruno Walter. What those artists...
...This is the biggest event of the Summer School session, and it is the only one which springs from the Summer School itself," Dee Hiatt, conductor of the Harvard Summer School Chorus, said yesterday in reference to the Chorus's annual summer concert, which will take place tonight at 8 p.m. in Sanders Theatre. The program for the concert contains a variety of musical styles, ranging from 17th century English Renaissance music to major contemporary works for mixed chorus and a brass ensemble...
Miss Hiatt, conductor of the chorus, is associate professor of Music at Smith College. As Director of Choral Music at Smith she has conducted the Glee Club and the Choir in concerts given in many eastern cities. She founded the Smith College Chamber Singers, who have made six European tours. According to the Christian Science Monitor, "Miss Hiatt is a master of her craft and art...Under her supple hands the chorus sounded well-nigh flawless---secure, sonorous, and full of spirit...
Sunday, August 19: 10 a.m. Chamber Music Hall - Friends Event BMC Chamber Music 2:30 p.m. Shed - Boston Symphony Orchestra - Conductor: Charles Munch - Schubert: Symphony No. 5 - Foss: Time Cycle (Addison) - Conducted by the composer - Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1 (Graffman...
Saturday, August 18: 10 a.m. Shed - BSO Open Rehearsal 8 p.m. Shed - Boston Symphony Orchestra - Conductor: Eugene Ormandy - Prokofiev: Classical Symphony - Prokofiev: Symphony No. 6 - Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 (Istomin...