Word: exactingly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...rhythmically, quite complex. Yet the orchestra's ensemble playing was perfectly clean and balanced, adding to the work's percussive quality. The solo tympani section towards the end of the piece was yet another example of precision: At times, the two tympanists, playing in unison, appeared to operate in exact synchronization, as though both were working under one's control: this was a pleasure to watch. The Symphony also included strangely disturbing phrases, which gradually built into loud and powerful sections: once again, Mr. Mehta was in full control, wielding a very precise energy over the orchestra. The final section...
...orchestral suites that were drawn from Ravel's complete ballet. While conducting, Mehta became the personification of the music--his arms were fluid and graceful during the light, airy passages in the opening of the Ravel, and then became tense and stiff when the music demanded rhythmically exact cues to the orchestral players. And Mr. Mehta, like the legendary Arturo Toscannini, conducts from memory--without a score. This allows him even more freedom of movement, and he takes advantage of it, yet with a sense of controlled energy. In General Dance, the last section of the work, Mehta captured...
...letters had been mailed from Amsterdam on the weekend. Each of them had been specifically and neatly addressed and bore the exact postage for its slender weight. Unlike the old-fashioned parcel bombs, the new devices came in ordinary manila or airmail envelopes...
...keeping with this philosophy. Hall projects a $139,000 deficit for 1972-73. The exact savings over last year is difficult to estimate became of a large accounts receivable foul-up, which the Press will eliminate by tacking the loss onto the 1971-72 deficit. But despite the confusing nature of the figures, it appears that Hall will have reduced the deficit by $250,000 in two years...
...keeping with this philosophy, Hall projects a $139,000 deficit for 1972-73. The exact savings over last year is difficult to estimate because of a large accounts receivable foul-up which the Press will eliminate, by tacking the loss onto the 1971-72 deficit But despite the confusing rature of the figures, it appears that Hall will have reduced the deficit by $250,000 in two years...