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...final, saddening comment was provided by the Iranian, Mischa Saleki who informally decamped via the supply helicopter: "It is better for one nation to go up a mountain." Indomitable Everest, looking on in silent disdain must surely have agreed...
...said Schneider after a few bars, and he was not referring to Carnegie's central heating. That afternoon, they were all downtown at The New School rehearsing chamber music. "Your pizzicato sounds terribly dry," complained Violinist Felix Galimir to a group in one classroom. In another room Cellist Mischa Schneider (Alexander's brother) exhorted, "Sing, sing, sing...
...players between the ages of 14 and 22 for ten days of expert coaching, supervised practice and-for players so young-the rare opportunity to give three orchestral concerts at Carnegie Hall. The kids gave up their Christmas leisure to eat and sleep music. So did Sasha, along with Mischa, Felix, Contralto Maureen Forrester and Violinists Itzhak Perlman and Jaime Laredo. The result was a contrived yet carefree musical happening that bore some resemblance to a classical Woodstock. As a young second violinist put it: "The vibes were good...
IVAN AND THE WITCH, by Mischa Damjan, illustrated by Toma Bogdanovic (McGraw-Hill; $4.50); IVANKO AND THE DRAGON, by Marie Halun Bloch, illustrated by Yaroslava (Atheneum; $4.95). Two books, both worth reading, based on the same-folk tale-though the first claims to be Russian, the second Ukrainian. The Bogdanovic casein and pastel illustrations are blurrily magical. Yaroslava's precise pictures are closer to folk...
...quartet has not played in public since February 1967, when Mischa developed a pinched nerve in his spine. Concerts were canceled indefinitely, pending his recovery; despite a recent operation, his left side remains partially paralyzed. Roisman has had a heart condition since 1960, and Kroyt is now recovering from an operation, but there was never any thought of resuming without Mischa. The music ended, the members of the quartet are satisfied with what the years have given them...