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...particular hope when she heard last summer that "one of my gods," veteran First Flutist Georges Laurent of the Boston Symphony, was retiring. But she had experience and solid training (at Rochester's Eastman School), and she applied for the position anyway. In July she traveled to Tanglewood for an audition with Conductor Charles Munch. She played him some Bach, waited while other applicants took their turns, then went back twice more to show what she could do with Debussy and Ravel. Munch took two months to decide. It was not until fortnight ago that a phone call came...
...organization (named after the Baroque Collegia, meaning simply "a musical group") is composed of several fine artists. Outstanding Monday night were 'cellist Samuel Mayes and flutist James Pappoutsakis, both of whom exhibited technical prowess as well as sensitive, restrained interpretations...
...eight hours of playing time, most music lovers will want to pick and choose among the ten volumes. Among the most outstanding are Volumes I and II, which include beautifully clear and simple performances of the six Brandenburg concertos, with such noted soloists as Violinists Joseph Szigeti, Alexander Schneider, Flutist John Wum-mer, Oboist Marcel Tabuteau. The chief interest in Volume III is The Musical Offering (which Bach began as an improvisation on a theme supplied by Frederick the Great). Volume VI contains two memorable performances: Casals playing the Sonata No. 3 for cello and piano, and Pianist Rudolf Serkin...
Principal Flutist...
Howard M. Brown '51, former president of the Music Club, will be principal flutist. He succeeds John May '51, who was called two weeks ago by Pierre Montoux as first flutist in the than Francisco Symphony Orchestra...