Word: orchestra
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...classical-music industry is suffering from a dearth of star performers--so along comes McFerrin, famed for his otherworldly vocalese and infectious charm. He and jazz pianist Corea turn in original, joyous performances of the familiar A major and D minor piano concertos with the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra...
...people now have access to the Web, "we want to bring the next 10 million online." For the next six hours, I get a glimpse of how. Hundreds of people are involved in creating MSN's shows, from the typographers who choose the fonts to the musicians--"the MSN orchestra!" someone jokes--who write the theme songs. Teams of market researchers measure what's working and what's not. Shows that don't make the cut will be replaced by others already in the works. It's as inevitable as software engineering. Sooner or later, something will stick...
...explored the likes of Mozart, Debussy and Schumann. This year marks the beginning of a 7-year cycle devoted to Schubert. Many of Boston's most revered classical music figures have been anxious to become involved with Emmanuel: composer John Harbison, Seiji Ozawa, the director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, and Christopher Hog-wood, the director of the Handel & Haydn Society, regularly serve as guest conductors...
...annoyed, or just bored. Within this genre, a successful show is immediately apparent, and within this model, "The Pirates of Penzance"--as produced by the Harvard-Radcliffe Gilbert & Sullivan players--is a triumphant success. The audience is entertained before it has a chance to be anything else: the orchestra is in tune, the actors are loud, clear and funny, the colors are as motley as a fruit market...
...secondary players can sing; there are very few flat notes on little side solos, and the moments of all-cast a cappella are worthy of--dare we say it--Memorial Church. All this is atop an orchestra which, despite an occasionally over-zealous snare, disappears from consciousness after the overture as the best pit orchestras know...