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Last Saturday, Robert Hart Baker conducted a solid program of Bach's fifth Brandenburg Concerto, Corelli's Concerto Grosso number 8 (opus 6), Mozart's Bassoon Concerto in B flat (k.V. 191), and Haydn's Symphony number 103 in E flat. Many of the ragged edges and hesitant entrances of the previous Bach Society concert had disappeared, and the violins followed concertmaster Lynn Chang's example, sawing into their strings with a vigorous attack which was missing in the first concerts of the season. Chang, who is one of the Music 180 graduates, was joined in the Concertino (solo group...
SANDERS THEATRE: Saturday, December 15, 8:30 p.m. Tickets: $.95. RHB conducting Bach, Corelli, and Mozart, with Carter Brandon and his bassoon...
...called me and said, 'In the opera, there is an old lord who is elegant, arrogant and distinguished. I think you are just right for the part.' " Mused Bing: "The only other time, I appeared onstage were to announce in front of the curtain that Mr. [Franco] Corelli would not sing tonight. And I did that often enough...
...replace ailing stars. In the past a young hopeful's dream of stepping in at the Met often remained a fantasy, since half a dozen transatlantic phone calls would be made to get another singer with a big reputation. This season, however, when the celebrated tenor Franco Corelli canceled, Singer William Lewis was given a chance to sing Romeo -and filled the gap admirably...
Bing responded to singers in emotional and hard-to-predict ways. In 5,000 Nights, he forgives Tenor Franco Corelli his rages and frequent last-minute cancellations because he is "the incarnation of opera." But the late Jussi Bjoerling, who sang with a lyric grace beyond Corelli's comprehension but who annoyed Bing by his grudging attitude toward rehearsals, is not forgiven his sins-"a very irresponsible artist...