Word: portney
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Dates: during 1971-1971
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...orchestra performs alone in the Haydn "Drum-roll" Symphony and the Variaciones Concertantes of the Argentine composer, Alberto Ginastera. The latter involves solos from all sections of the orchestra including an extremely flashy violin variation played by Robert Portney '74. The rest of the orchestra's personnel includes members of the tennis, lacrosse, swimming and baseball teams, an ex-conductor of the Bach Society, the daughter of a world-famous harpsichordist, a former House Master, an oboist who does remarkable animal imitations, and, pound for pound, the greatest tympanist in the world. This unusual aggregation will be conducted by Martin...