Word: conductors
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While the Bach Society was a triumph of amateur professionalism, the Graduate Chorale could only be credited with enthusiasm and ambition that together did not add up to the best of performances. The ensemble is extremely fortunate to have had Gerald Moshell as their conductor the past three years. Moshell's imaginative programming allows his group to capitalize on the often unusual nature of the pieces rather than becoming just another chorus singing Handel and Bach...
Born. To Seiji Ozawa, 36, conductor of the San Francisco Symphony and onetime protege of Leonard Bernstein, and Vera Ozawa, an ex-model: their first child, a girl; in San Francisco...
...recording is a knockout, fully comparable to London's history-making Ring cycle. Conductor Georg Solti, today's top conductor of Wagner, makes the opera brilliant and unabashedly grand. As Venus, Mezzo-Soprano Christa Ludwig seethes with eroticism, suggesting a world of impossible sexuality. Soprano Helga Dernesch as Elisabeth, Wagner's virginal opposite to Venus, is the perfect embodiment of pinched Victorian purity. Best of all is Tenor René Kollo, a German pop singer metamorphosed into a Heldentenor, who sings Tannhäuser with a gleaming tone, power, and a dramatic force unequaled since Lauritz Melchior...
Virtually every night during New York City's nine-month music season, Winthrop Sargeant takes his aisle seat at the opera or a concert hall. On Saturday he writes the music column for The New Yorker-a column with considerable bite if he finds the performers indifferent, the conductor lackluster or the composers too avant-garde for his conservative taste...
...CONDUCTORS Toscanini had a strong temper, and he slashed through rehearsals. But he was the kind of conductor who could forestall trouble. By just looking at his tuba player, he could tell how much wind the man had taken in and forecast how long that tuba note was going to be. He would then make a sign warning to the guy not to play that long. He was the most expert conductor there...