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...weary French commuters head into their second week of minimal public transportation, many of them ask why the previously omnipresent Sarkozy has gone missing in this critical moment of his presidency. "He's quite simply waiting for the right time to step in," said Elysée spokesman David Martinon in response to questions about Sarkozy's delay in wading into a conflict that depends on his action...
...been one reason he chose to vacation in Wolfesboro, New Hampshire, just an hour's drive from the Bush family compound. "There was no political purpose to this meeting, which became possible because President Sarkozy is vacationing not far from the Bush home," says Elysée spokesman David Martinon. "The idea was for the two men to meet informally, in a friendly manner, and discuss international topics, and manage their disagreements and contradictions in a calm and cordial...
Died. Jean Martinon, 66, French composer-conductor who led orchestras around the world, including the Lamoureux Orchestra of Paris, the Israeli Philharmonic and, from 1963 to 1968, the Chicago Symphony, which finally replaced him with Georg Solti after disputes between Martinon's critics and supporters had plunged the orchestra into a state of near anarchy; after a long illness; in Paris. Martinon, who had trained as a violinist at the National Music Conservatory in the late 1920s, began conducting on short notice. In 1945, while on tour as a violinist, he was asked to take over-largely because...
...known as a conductor's Waterloo. No wonder. Artur Rodzinski lasted exactly one year before the dissatisfied trustees ousted him. Rafael Kubelik was hounded out of the job by Claudia Cassidy, the relentlessly hostile-toward Kubelik, at any rate- but now retired critic of the Chicago Tribune. Jean Martinon quit last year after a series of disputes that culminated in a clash with his musicians over discipline. The only recent conductor to succeed in the job was the late Fritz Reiner, a Hungarian with Germanic musical tastes, who brilliantly led the ensemble from 1953 to 1962 before illness forced...
BELL TELEPHONE HOUR (NBC, 10-11 p.m.). "The Sounds and Sights of Chicago": a musical tour of the Windy City with Conductor Jean Martinon and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Junior Wells and his Chicago Blues Band, Ralph Shapey and the Contemporary Chamber Players, Folk Singer Jo Mapes and the Chicago Lyric Opera Ballet...