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...Paravicini tears through a rehearsal of The Flight of the Bumblebee, his fingers skittering across the piano keys. The musicians in the Emerald Ensemble orchestra feed off his energy and manage to keep up the pace, but it all sounds a bit off. After several stops and starts, the conductor discovers the problem: the orchestra and the star have been practicing different versions of the same piece...
...TIME 100. It's striking to see that women represent 51% of the population but only 29% of the TIME 100. It is a shame that you chose to recognize Kate Moss, an anorexic drug user, with whom no mother would want her daughter to identify. Conductor Marin Alsop, music director-- designate of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, would have made a much better and healthier role model...
...Adams was far from immune to bad reviews, with one Crimson critic writing in 1967, “The Bach Society Orchestra concert was the major disappointment of last week’s musical offerings. Many heads could roll when a collective effort like this goes awry, but the conductor, John Adams is the one who must stand in the dock.”“I remember being just shocked and upset,” Adams says of that concert and its reception. “It was the first time I ever got a real stinker...
...music is written for our performance.” But the drama of a Pops performance involves much more than film. This week’s concert, “Pops Travels Back to the Future,” will incorporate time-travel antics. “Our conductor tends to get shot in every performance,” says Weinbloom. “In the case of this concert, someone will be killed early on in the program, and the orchestra will have to go back in time to correct it.” The orchestra normally performs...
...space,” estimates Collegium manager Gena M. Haugen ’09. “It’s extremely crowded, but we’ve done it before.” Despite the grueling work involved in preparing this piece, Holden Choirs’ associate conductor, Dr. Kevin C. Leong (a graduate of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences) believes that this experience will be rewarding to all involved. “When I first performed in a concert of the Mahler 2, I really felt like my life had been changed,” Leong...