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...accused, a tall, impeccably tailored man with ramrod-straight posture and austere mien, is a member of the Danish branch of an old and distinguished German family. Among his ancestors: Conductor Hans von Bülow, husband of Franz Liszt's daughter. Sent to England during World War II, Von Bülow studied law at Cambridge. His reputation as a bright barrister attracted Oil Billionaire J. Paul Getty, who made him a chief aide. Getty called him "an extra right arm" and said he had "a rapier-quick mind and a penchant for hard work...
...large voice that easily spans three octaves, Stratas was selected to sing the title role in Alban Berg's thorny twelve-tone shocker Lulu, when the complete opera-with its suppressed third act orchestrated by Friedrich Cerha-was given its world premiere in Paris in 1979. The late conductor Karl Böhm, mindful of Stratas' electric stage presence and lithe figure, chose her for his filmed version of Richard Strauss's decadently erotic opera Salome. And her capacity, both vocally and dramatically, to range from angelic purity to raw urgency made her a superb choice...
Wagner: The Ring (Philips, 16 LPs). Conductor Pierre Boulez dominates this incisive live performance at Bayreuth...
...pons is scored for three groups, arranged in a large rectangle. An instrumental ensemble of 24 musicians sits on a raised platform in the center, facing the conductor. Stationed symmetrically around the room are six soloists, also on platforms, playing two pianos, electric organ, harp, cimbalom, vibraphone and xylophone, with each instrument wired for sound. A half-dozen technicians operate a bank of machines on ground level behind the conductor. The most important is the advanced 4X computer developed at IRCAM that can alter and transform live musical sounds with a speed that allows it to function as effectively...
...Berlin Philharmonic. His opera The Bassarids was given a triumphant first production in 1966 at that bastion of conservatism, the Salzburg Festival; another opera, We Come to the River, was premiered by London's Royal Opera ten years later. Commissions are plentiful, and Henze is active as a conductor of his own music. Last week in Chicago, the composer led the mighty Chicago Symphony Orchestra in a program devoted entirely to his works-something that in this country is practically unheard of for any living composer not named Aaron Copland...