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At first it appeared to be wayward scraps of paper lying on the dock, but as the Coast Guard cutter Conifer left its moorings last week with the squirming body of a 31-ft., 19,200-lb. gray whale stretched across the width of the deck, a glint of light...
That it was left behind is appropriate, since this particular voyage was the very antithesis of Melville's great saga. For the first time in humankind's 5,000 years of seafaring, the prized whale lying on the deck wasn't a trophy of the hunt. Instead, the return of...
Aboard the Conifer as it steamed out to sea, zoologist Kevin Robinson and colleagues hosed J.J. with water. Animal-care supervisor Keith Yip, who for months had planned the move of the largest mammal ever transported, never left his position at the forward edge of the sling, where he stroked...
Daniele Gatti is currently finishing his first tour of the United States, which will culminate in a performance at the John F. Kennedy Center on Nov. 2. Aside from Schubert and Mahler, the Royal Philharmonic repertoire includes Schumann's Piano Concerto, Bartok's Concerto for Orchestra and Tchaikovsky's Symphony...
Never mind that Kaplan's invitation had come directly from Hans Landesmann, who oversees the festival's symphonic programming. Never mind that BMG's Conifer Classics will issue a September release in the U.S. of The Kaplan Mahler Edition, a double CD that includes Kaplan's best-selling recording of...