Word: philharmonia
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Philharmonia--Dvorak, Webern, Brahms--Jordan Hall...
MESSIAEN: Turangalila-Symphonie; LUTOSLAWSKI: Les Espaces du Sommeil, Symphony No. 3. Esa-Pekka Salonen conducting the Philharmonia Orchestra (Messiaen) and the Los Angeles Philharmonic (Lutoslawski...
...Muti things began to change. Out went the creamy, homogenized textures Ormandy had favored; in their place came a greater technical precision and attention to style in a vastly widened repertory. Out also went the monogamous relationship Ormandy and the city had enjoyed. Muti, conductor laureate of London's Philharmonia Orchestra, declared that Philadelphia would have to share his services with other leading musical organizations; indeed, later this year he will also become director of Milan's La Scala opera house. Muti even voiced the heretical notion that the orchestra should abandon its historic home, the Academy of Music...
Former Pittsburgh Pirate Willie Stargell, 41, last week went through the angst of being a rookie again. He had been recruited by the Eastman Philharmonia to read selected passages from the speeches of Martin Luther King to a new score written with Stargell in mind by Composer Joseph Schwantner, 39. "When you play Carnegie Hall, the knees tend to knock," said Stargell. But last week he gave a great performance in a career marked by great performances. For the old ballplayer, his debut was one from the heart. "Once, I remember we went to a drive-in movie...
...Nine Symphonies (EMI, 8 LPs). The 1981 winner of the Beethoven sweepstakes, with London's Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Kurt Sanderling...