Word: conductors
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...best symphony in the world, and no one expects it to be. But this does not excuse their frequent drowning out of Starker. The acoustics of Sanders Theater leave much to be desired, but HRO is no newcomer to Mem Hall. Conductor James Yannatos was lax in regulating the orchestra's volume...
...Count de Morphy sent him to see the French conductor Charles Lamoureux. Gruff, distracted, crippled, Lamoureux rose at the first sounds from Casals' cello, limped toward the young artist, and embraced him, saying: "You are one of the elect." Casals was then 22, and from then on, he had it made. He played for Queen Victoria, the King and Queen of Portugal, and became an intimate of Belgium's Queen Elisabeth (she played violin to his cello...
...first full staging in a single evening that even approximated the composer's original intentions. (Berlioz broke it up into two shorter operas but could manage to get only one staged.) Covent Garden's second version, in 1969, produced among other things, the definitive Philips recording by Conductor Colin Davis. Boston's indefatigable Sarah Caldwell staged it as two operas last year. But the Metropolitan Opera studiously avoided Les Troyens, largely because former General Manager Sir Rudolf Bing considered it a bore. Last week the big day-or rather the long night-finally arrived. The essentially uncut...
Died. Pablo Casals, 96, master cellist and conductor for eight decades (see MUSIC...
Those not unemployed usually find themselves in low-grade jobs with little prospect for advancement. Blacks are ubiquitous in such lower status and low-paying jobs as bus conductor, railway porter and hospital orderly...