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...shirt-sleeved conductor raised his arms, and the 85-member Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra began the introduction to Beethoven's Third Piano Concerto. For Michael Senturia '58, summa graduate in music and former conductor of the Bach Society Orchestra, long weeks of practice have gone into preparation for the HRO's Friday evening concert, his debut before the critical Cambridge audience as the new conductor of the Orchestra...
...budding conductor received a great honor when he was accepted at Tanglewood as a conducting student in the summer of 1957. "I was about 10 years younger than the other conductors there...
...Senturia admits, "I'm by no means a finished musician. I'm still studying with scores, at the piano, or `by ear. There is no real set pattern of advanced study for a musician, and as a conductor I must build up my repertory." To help accomplish this, and, more important, to provide more interest at the HRO's rehearsals, Senturia often conducts the Orchestra in pieces not meant specifically for concerts, a new practice this year. "This gives us all more variety and wider acquaintance with musical literature...
...brain-fogging total of 50 concerts in 29 cities of 17 countries. Unfortunately, the pace showed. The program was one that Bernstein and crew had played repeatedly in Europe: Beethoven's "Egmont" Overture and Triple Concerto (with Lenny conducting from the piano), Shostakovich's Fifth Symphony. Conductor Bernstein gave it all his familiar body English, and the orchestra plugged hard, but the sound was sometimes edgy. And even excellent playing could not save Shostakovich's Fifth from its own garish pretensions. Nevertheless, Lenny and the orchestra won a standing ovation...
...members wander out on the concert stage, may say a few words to each other, sometimes hiss when the student conductor takes the baton, and generally have a good time as they play. This informality and independence is typical of the organization...