Word: sibelius
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...SIBELIUS: SYMPHONIES NOS. 5 AND 7 (Boston Symphony 'Orchestra; Colin Davis, conductor; Philips; $7.98). The love affair between Davis and Boston dates from his first visits there in the late 1960s. The orchestra's principal guest conductor since 1972, Davis is the one who most regularly gets the B.S.O. to play like the great romantic and post-romantic ensemble it used to be-and still is, in the right hands. This LP is Davis' first with the B.S.O. and the start of a projected set of the seven Sibelius symphonies. It is a stunning accomplishment. The careful...
Bach; Otto Klemperer, Bruno Walter and Jean Sibelius gave her their blessings. Then it all unraveled. Metropolitan Opera Baritone John Charles Thomas balked at being led by a woman. Opportunities to play her instrument, the orchestra, were rare. Settling in Denver, she conducted a group of semi-professionals and gave piano lessons. Last year Antonia, a film about her made by a former piano pupil-Folk Singer Judy Collins-started Brico on a second career. At 72, she was suddenly in demand. Last summer she conducted at Lincoln Center's Mostly Mozart Festival, and is now booked through...
...MUSIC poses a major challenge to performers. It takes a special sense of drams and dash to transform a collection of second rate ideas into a satisfying, enjoyable performance. Last Friday, violinist Lynn Chang and the HRO showed just how it is done in a riveting performance of the Sibelius Violin Concerto...
...even a poor performance of Brahms's Fourth, which this was not, there is still Brahms's music to admire. The value of the Sibelius, however, depends largely on the performance; the music cannot supply the necessary coherence and drive. Through their artistic labor, Chang and the HRO created an overwhelming sense of value" where little might have existed...
Lynn Chang '75 of Kirkland House and Newton, Mass. won the Harvard-Radcliffe orchestra concerto contest last night. He will play Hean Sibelius's violin concerto in minor with the orchestra on March...