Word: dimitry
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Berg: Wozzeck (Eileen Farrell, soprano; Mack Harrell and Ralph Herbert, baritones; David Lloyd, tenor; Choruses of the Schola Cantorum and High School of Music and Art; the New York Philharmonic-Symphony, Dimitri Mitropoulos conducting; Columbia, 4 sides LP). An excellent recording of Conductor Mitropoulos' memorable concert performance in Carnegie Hall last spring (TIME, April...
...moonfaced youngster marched onstage in Carnegie Hall with the self-assurance of a veteran. He gave the audience a confident smile, then signaled Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos to launch the New York Philharmonic-Symphony into the Paganini Concerto No. 1. From his first bow strokes, 15-year-old Michael Rabin proved he had something to be confident about. His technique was effortless, his tone strong and clean, his style and phrasing in the brilliant manner of Heifetz and Isaac Stern...
...Anthony of Hollis was the individual winner. He was followed by Pete Coker of Mower. Al Howe of Hollis, Weld South's Bill Amory, Dimitri Nabakov of Stoughton, and Dutch Van Geasel of Lionel...
Since then, the juilliard has won more & more friends. The next year they revived the neglected quartets of Arnold Schoenberg. Dimitri Mitropoulos, conductor of the New York Philharmonic-Symphony, impulsively pronounced them "the greatest quartet in the world." The. Juilliard itself is a bit cooler about its own quality. But last week, after a series of ten Mozart quartets in Manhattan, the quartet was warming toward itself. They were mildly criticized for bringing a thought too much of their own 20th Century exuberance to Mozart's 18th Century brand. But as Violinist Robert Mann put it: "We think...
...conductor in sight, a trumpeter stood up and blew a shattering blast at the audience. A figure in top hat and cape leaped to the podium and began to orate: " 'Tis not for children, not for gods, this play; for understanding people 'tis designed . . ." Finally, Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos appeared and gave the downbeat, and the perplexed audience settled down to the first U.S. performance of Ferruccio Busoni's "theatrical capriccio," Harlequin...