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...finale, when the massed musicians joined in a mighty fortissimo, and the organist literally pulled out all the stops, glorious sound washed through the Esplanade concert hall like a thrilling sonic typhoon. It was a fine, acceptably idiomatic rendition of one of the most exalted masterpieces of German Romanticism?performed on an equatorial island in Southeast Asia...
...When the German conductor Kurt Masur toured Asia with the London Philharmonic in 2002, he proclaimed: "The future of classical music is more in Asia than anywhere else." The new generation of artists, led by the likes of Yundi Li and Sumi Jo, may well prove him right. But as they know better than most, the way to Carnegie Hall?or the Esplanade?is the same as it ever was: practice, practice, practice. At a recent rehearsal of Brahms in Hong Kong, De Waart scolded the orchestra's violinists for not moving their bows in perfect unison...
...make matters worse, the company's international partner, DaimlerChrysler, has refused to provide it with new financial support. In April, DaimlerChrysler Chairman Jurgen Schrempp asked banks linked to Mitsubishi to forgive some of its $9 billion in debt as a precondition for the German-U.S. auto giant's participation in any bailout. But he was turned down. Soon after, Rolf Eckrodt, the DaimlerChrysler-appointed president of Mitsubishi Motors, resigned. DaimlerChrysler, which has already invested $3.5 billion in Mitsubishi's auto and truck businesses, says it has no intention of selling its 37% stake in Mitsubishi Motors?but, warns Standard...
...centuries: "Italians can talk about nothing for hours. Our theatrical tradition is rather modest because the real theater is in the streets, in the shops, in Parliament." In other countries, faced with declining ratings, the plotline has begun to jump the shark tank of acceptable television behavior. The German edition earlier this year featured ongoing hot tub orgies, and in mid-June the British show was visited by police after a fight broke out in the house. But in Italy, it's all about the gab. Fausto Enni, one of the Italian show's directors on hand in Naples, said...
...cost of doing business. Siemens just negotiated a return to a 40-hour week for the 4,000 workers at its two phone plants in Germany. Philips is discussing increasing working hours at its Hamburg semiconductor plant as part of a cost-cutting plan. Automakers DaimlerChrysler and Opel, the German arm of General Motors, and railroad firm Deutsche Bahn are currently negotiating longer hours with their unions. The German rollback has become possible because of new union contracts that allow for extended working hours in exchange for investment guarantees. But companies are also talking tough. Siemens isn't paying more...