Word: podium
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...best three-act opera. A philosophical soul, Castro was surprised but not overwhelmed at winning the contest. Said he: "I am always prepared for things not to go well. For me, submitting the opera was like playing the lottery." He got enthusiastic applause when he stepped to the podium to conduct. But almost with the first notes the clouds began to gather...
Viviane followed fiery little Carlos Chávez onstage. He stepped up on the podium in front of the National Symphony Orchestra. Viviane launched into the broad theme of the opening andante with a firm, strong tone...
Picking his way through the orchestra to the podium, Bernstein clapped his hands to silence the applause. He removed his sport coat, revealing a white turtle-necked sweater, and there were a few whistles from the balcony. Smiling in a melancholy way, Bernstein announced, "The first number we shall rehearse, (Der Wein, by Albert Berg) is a group of sonnets about wine. In it, wine sings--in German, of course--as the first person: I comfort you, I fill your stomach, and so on." He then introduced the Wine, a black-haired soprano named Patricia Neway, who had poured herself...
Eschewing a baton and beating time heavily with his foot, Bernstein lead the orchestra and Miss Neway through the wandering atonalities of Der Wein. At one point he clapped his hands to stop the Orchestra and called Miss Neway to the podium for a discussion. After mulling over the score for a minute or two, Bernstein turned and told the audience, "If this passage has been unintelligible to you, I can tell you that it was the preceding passage--backwards. We shall play it for you again, just to give you another chance...
Woodworth's appearance with the orchestra will be followed by the return to the podium of Charles Munch, musical director and regular conductor of the B.S.O., who has been ill for several months...