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...Conductor and soloist were once again equal partners in Webern's version of "Ihr Bild." The orchestra played movingly and, for the great climax, Baer puffed out his cheeks, stuck out his neck and sounded totally despondent as he attacked the last two lines: translated from the German, "And ah, I cannot believe/That I have lost...
...Washington is trying a new approach: star power. This season, two of the classical world's most renowned musicians have been recruited to revive the city's symphony and opera. Leonard Slatkin, the internationally acclaimed conductor of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, has been named to lead the 66-year-old National Symphony, while Placido Domingo, one-third of the international franchise known as the Three Tenors, has become the new artistic director of the 41-year-old Washington Opera. "To have two such major names take up residence raises the level substantially," says Richard Hancock, executive director...
...Louis, during which he transformed a regional orchestra into one of the finest in the country and established himself as a leading proponent of American music, Slatkin, 52, has gained the bully pulpit he has long both desired and deserved. As for the 56-year-old Domingo, an able conductor and pianist, the move to Washington offers an opportunity to prepare for the future as his singing career winds down over the next seven or eight years. Both men have moved quickly to reinvigorate their companies and to reach out to new audiences, particularly children...
...When we sought a music director for the orchestra, we specifically wanted an American who loved American music, who would support American artists and American composers and musicians," says Lawrence J. Wilker, president of the Kennedy Center. "We think that it is very appropriate having the pre-eminent American conductor be our music director here at the nation's capital of the performing arts...
Slatkin is equally committed to being an active spokesman for the arts in the capital. He acts as host of a weekly show on the local classical radio station, has taken the orchestra to area churches and, most unusual for a big-name conductor, has been handling many of the children's concert's himself rather than assigning them to an assistant. "I think it is crucial that the message to the young people comes from the person in charge of the organization," he says. Privately, he is lobbying Hillary Rodham Clinton on behalf of all American cultural institutions...