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Boston Symphony Orchestra: conducted by Seiji Ozawa, Symphony Hall...
...contended that she received a dozen inquiries about roles during the 15 months after April 1982, and pointed out that she will earn $300,000 for appearing in the movie Peter the Great. Orchestra officials, said the attorney, are guilty only "of a lack of political sophistication." (Conductor Seiji Ozawa admitted on the stand that when Redgrave was hired he had never heard of her.) Furthermore, Sullivan argued, B.S.O. officials were perfectly justified in acting to preserve the orchestra's artistic strength by excluding a performer when"turmoil surrounds her wherever she goes...
...National Symphony Orchestra in the eight completed movements of Krzysztof Penderecki's Polish Requiem, a work in progress for vocal quartet and chorus that promises to be a major statement, both musically and politically, when it is finished some time next year. And last week in Paris, Seiji Ozawa presided over the world premiere of Olivier Messiaen's first opera, Saint François d'Assise, which is clearly intended to crown the 75-year-old Messiaen's career...
Outstandingly conducted by Ozawa, a longtime Messiaen champion, the production is generally worthy of its subject. The title role, superbly sung by Van Dam, must surely be the longest individual part in the operatic literature. The saint appears in seven of the eight tableaux and does much, if not most, of the singing in each. At the composer's request, Giuseppe Crisolini-Malatesta based the sets and costumes on paintings by Fra Angelico, Giotto and Matthias Grünewald. As staged by Sandro Sequi, scenes are played in small, diorama-like boxes to emphasize the work's distant...
...know if Japan has yet produced any master artists. When you play Western music, what is most important is interpretation. We have mastered the technique. Now we have to go on." So far, few Japanese musicians have achieved international prominence; the best known is Conductor Seiji Ozawa, music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. At home he leads the New Japan Philharmonic, but his career has been largely Western...