Word: georg
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...When Georg Henschel gave the first downbeat on Oct. 22, 1881, he brought to life the dream of Major Henry Lee Higginson-Civil War veteran, philanthropist, amateur musician and founder of the Boston Symphony. Under a succession of Germanic conductors the young orchestra survived and flourished, moving into its incomparable home, Symphony Hall, in 1900. The modern, French-Russian character of the B.S.O. dates back to 1918, with Conductors Henri Rabaud, Pierre Monteux and, most important, Serge Koussevitzky. During his 25-year reign-from 1924 to 1949-Koussevitzky. During his 25-year reign-from 1924 to 1949 - Koussevitzky presented...
...leading Munich newspaper called a public forum in the park to discuss the issue. The main speaker, an attractive young woman, took the podium with breasts bare. Georg Schmidt, representative of the Munich police department, told a crowd of 2,000 that it would be "risky" to prosecute the nudists. "A policeman carrying off an unclad woman naturally would have to touch her naked body," Schmidt explained. "Inevitably this would expose him to the charge of indecent acts." The only solution to Munich's touchy situation seems to lie in the rains and chilling temperatures of fall...
Munich Psychologist Georg Sieber, a well-known security consultant in Europe, is not much impressed by gadgetry or bodyguards. Among his tips for worried businessmen: "planned irregularity" should be the byword; avoid golf and activities that attract big gatherings, like horse races; carry a small transmitter for SOS messages in emergencies. In the U.S. the most basic advice that security firms give to potential targets in industry is to keep a low profile: do not talk to the press or become a public figure, get out of the phone book, no names on company parking spots and no logos...
...both tonight's and tomorrow's concerts, is perhaps the most exciting the Beaux Arts Trio has ever presented at Harvard. It begins with the Haydn Trio No. 27 and the Brahms Piano Quartet No. 1, with guest violist Samuel Rhodes. The group will then be joined by bassist Georg Hortnagel for a performance of the famous Schubert "Trout" quintet, an all-time favorite among chamber music lovers. Hortnagel is flying in from Munich just for this special occasion...
Ineffable pianissimos anticipate the loud reveilles and marches. Even Georg Solti with the Chicago Symphony (on London) cannot make the airs as sweet as Abbado does. If Solti got high with the Chicago before the 1970 release of his recording, Abbado, hardened by years of vicissitudes from fighting Mahler's Sixth, conducts the same troops ten years later with discipline and clear command...