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DIED. Willem Van Otterloo, 70, longtime no-nonsense conductor of The Hague Philharmonic Orchestra; in a car accident in Melbourne, Australia. Noted for his unsentimental interpretations of latter-day romantics like Bruckner, Van Otterloo led the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra from 1965 to 1971, and the Sydney Symphony Orchestra from...
Centennial +3: Celebration of the 103rd Summer Session. Features music, dance, drama and refreshments. All afternoon, Harvard Yard. Free. Concert: Harvard Glee Club. Winds up Centennial +3 celebration. Final appearance of F. John Adams as conductor. 7 p.m., Sanders Theater. Free...
...Esplanade, downtown on the river basin. Two years ago 400,000 people jammed into the park to frantically celebrate the Bicentennial; while there probably won't be quite that many people around this time, if you're going to go, get there early. Arthur Fiedler, the cute, crusty conductor of the Boston Pops Orchestra, those refugees from classical music, will be on hand with his boys for the umpteenth year in a row to make merry music. The selections will feature all the patriotic standards. Bring plenty of wine or what have you, sit back and enjoy the show...
Charpentier: Te Deum, Magnificat (King's College Choir, Cambridge, Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Philip Ledger, conductor; Angel). Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1634-1704) wrote brilliant religious music for Louis XIV that is seldom heard today. This recording celebrates Charpentier's majestic trumpet flourishes and garlands of intertwined, polyphonic passages. The resplendent voices of the King's Choir-recorded in the King's College 500-year-old chapel, with its perfect acoustics-would have pleased the Sun King...
Concert: Harvard Glee Club. Winds up Centennial +3 celebration. Final appearance of F. John Adams as conductor. 7 p.m., Sanders Theater. Free...