Word: mozarts
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Boston Symphony Orchestra--Seiji Ozawa, conductor; Itzhak Periman, violin soloist; music of Mozart, Starer, Saint-Saens and Tchalkovsky; Symphony Hall...
...Mozart: The Symphonies, Vol. 5, Salzburg, 1775-1783 (The Academy of Ancient Music directed by Jaap Schroder, violin, and Christopher Hogwood, harpsichord; L'Oiseau-Lyre, four records). How did Mozart's music sound in Mozart's day? The Academy of Ancient Music, one of Britain's best original-instruments ensembles, is answering the question with its traversal of 68 Mozart symphonies-27 more than the commonly accepted 41. They are played on 18th century instruments or modern replicas, which are tuned slightly lower than their modern counterparts. Such familiar works as the "Hajffher" and "Linz"symphonies...
...bulkheads, dangling feet in the drink, flirting on the benches, lounging in the outdoor cafés, ogling, jogging, strolling, munching, sipping, savoring the sounds and sweet airs. In their midst, jugglers hurl batons, mimes mime, clowns pratfall and dancers soar. At one time or another, the sounds of jazz, Mozart, marching bands, rock, Rodgers, Bach, bagpipes and bouzouki fill the air. The air is filled, too, with the fragrances of fresh-baked bread, cheeses, chocolate, roasting coffee beans, crepes, French fries, fruit, sausage, seafood, soul food, souvlaki, spices and herbs...
DIED. Karl Böhm, 86, august Austrian conductor celebrated for his lucid, authoritative interpretations, especially of Mozart, Wagner and his friend Richard Strauss; of a stroke; in Salzburg, Austria. Despite the international scope of his appearances and recordings, Bohm remained most closely associated with three great native institutions: the Vienna State Opera (at which he served two stints as director), the Salzburg Music Festival and the Vienna Philharmonic. A stickler for detail who shunned showmanship for clarity and fidelity to the score, he once said: "I bring to conducting my own enthusiasm for the music-and then there...
...composer of operas, and he is contemplating a new one. "I have been gravitating toward pieces that require refining of my operatic skills," he notes. "I've been choosing, perhaps subconsciously, to write things that contain some sense of a protagonist, things that are overtly dramatic." Concertos, as Mozart proved, are one way to do this, and song cycles another...