Word: sibelius
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More than 100 likenesses-captured mostly by unheralded studio photographers-range from the mid-19th century to the present, from Sun Yat-sen to Sibelius, from Gandhi to Garbo. They command attention for their uniqueness (Matisse on a horse), their rarity (a signed James Joyce) or their campy looniness (a bare-bottomed Mata Hari). All come from the collection...
...been popular in his lifetime often goes into eclipse after his death and never regains popularity. The history of music is full of examples: Joachim Raff, considered a great symphonist 100 years ago; Giacomo Meyerbeer, king of grand opera in the mid-19th century. The once esteemed Jean Sibelius, whose music fell into disfavor more than a decade before his death in 1957, is only now beginning to be reassessed...
...sooner down the aisle than Christian spoke. He had never done such a thing in his life, but knew there was no time to lose. They got swiftly through some piffle about Sibelius, and by the time the duenna returned Christian had written a phone number and suggested Saturday. All this, which should have seemed extraordinary to him, appeared inevitable and entirely right...
Ormandy's strength has always been in the late 19th and early 20th century repertory, in the music of such composers as Tchaikovsky, Strauss, Sibelius, Ravel and Debussy. Here he conducts with color and sweep, with glowing sonorities and vivid details. If he has seemed short on profound emotion or penetrating insight, notably into classical composers like Mozart and Beethoven, his musicianship-his pitch, timing and ear for balances and shadings-has always been impeccable. Having inherited a great ensemble from Stokowski, he made it greater. He has hired virtually all of the orchestra's 106 members...
...Repertory Orchestra performs Mendelssohn. Sibelius and Stravinsky. At 290 Huntington Ave., Boston at 8 p.m. Call 262-1120 for info...