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...orchestra's balance faltered only through the domination of an exceptionally snarling brass section. The frequent long building passages, leading to the inevitable climax of a loud brass phrase under a string ostinato and trilling winds, were expertly guided by the Orchestra's regular conductor, Attilio Poto. Adequate preparation and generally vigorous playing made austere work interesting to hear but one looked forward to the imminent reward of the Faure at hand...
Much of the performance's distinction came from the conductor, Elliott Forbes, who seemed in control of every moment. His largeness of conception, together with a scrupulous attention to shaping detail proved equal to the difficult combination of subtlety and scope that this work presents...
Rattler & Friends. What Belafonte sings is not strictly folk music. He takes folk songs as starters and collaborates with Conductor-Composer Robert Corman, lyric writers and arrangers to make the special regional words and symbols of the songs meaningful to a wide audience. It is an audience he has virtually created for himself, because folk music has never before had mass appeal in the U.S. To protesting purists, Belafonte replies: "All folk songs are interpretations. Otherwise you might as well go back to the first time and say 'ugh.'" He takes a tape recorder with him wherever...
According to Harlow Russell '60, president of the HRO, the new relationship will erase the disadvantage of having a conductor from outside the University community, who is unable to become intimately acquainted with the orchestra...
...idea of having a Faculty director occurred independently to both the Music Department and the executive board of the orchestra. The first official action was taken by the orchestra in September, when a memorandum pointing out the advantages of a Faculty-affiliated conductor was submitted to the Department...