Word: conductors
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Other maestros may prepare for a major performance by going over the score in solitude. Not Austria's white-maned Conductor Herbert von Karajan, 63-flyer, skier, yachtsman and fast-car buff. A few hours before the première of a Karajan-produced, Karajan-directed, Karajan-conducted Fidelio at Salzburg's Easter festival, he climbed into his souped-up Ford GT 40 and took on a twisting mountain road at speed. When he whined around a curve to face a juggernaut diesel on the wrong side of the road, Karajan took evasive action, turned the Ford over...
...sophomore called in at the last minute to fill in for the ailing soprano, did a splendid job, handling most of her role as if she knew it by heart. The choruses were in wonderful shape, as was the first orchestra which handled itself remarkably well. For a choral conductor, F. John Adams did a remarkable job in preparing the ensemble...
Weiland, himself a former NHL forward, didn't want to underestimate the importance of the line. "The center is the conductor of the play. He has to direct traffic, move the puck, and keep a lookout of each corner of his eye to see if the wings are making a faux pas. It's his center ice work that decides whether you score...
...Variaciones Concertantes of the Argentine composer, Alberto Ginastera. The latter involves solos from all sections of the orchestra including an extremely flashy violin variation played by Robert Portney '74. The rest of the orchestra's personnel includes members of the tennis, lacrosse, swimming and baseball teams, an ex-conductor of the Bach Society, the daughter of a world-famous harpsichordist, a former House Master, an oboist who does remarkable animal imitations, and, pound for pound, the greatest tympanist in the world. This unusual aggregation will be conducted by Martin Kessler '71, who was quoted as saying, "don't miss this...
...French Conductor Pierre Boulez, who takes over as music director of the New York Philharmonic next season, recently journeyed to the U.S. and announced various plans for revivifying the programs of the Philharmonic. Among them: the idea of snaring young listeners by taking members of the orchestra to Greenwich Village for four avant-garde evenings, to be called "Prospective Encounters...