Word: philadelphia
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...just the lucky one to be standing in the center, telling them how to play." His businesslike podium manner and his reliable but unspectacular interpretations of the standard repertory caused many to underestimate him. But in 44 years, the longest music directorship in American history, Eugene Ormandy led the Philadelphia Orchestra to a height of tonal splendor that was the joy of his adopted city and the despair of orchestras everywhere else...
...minutes," Ormandy once said. "There is a very famous one who wants one leg in Berlin, one in London, one hand in Florence, the other in Paris. It can be done, of course, but you must, in the end, belong to one orchestra." Without question, Ormandy belonged to Philadelphia. Even after he made way for Riccardo Muti in 1980, he remained active as a guest conductor...
Berkoff first began to shine in his senior year at Penn Charter High School, in Philadelphia. "I was a late bloomer -- my senior year was my best by far I placed in the nationals in the 100 backstroke...
Kansas City 118, Philadelphia...
Detroit 8, Philadelphia...