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...DETROIT SYMPHONY operates under the successful "Detroit Plan," which this season accounted for contributions of $275,000 from 185 corporations, and a broad base of individual support to back its proud claim of being "everybody's orchestra." Sweden's Sixten Ehr-ling, 48, who replaced the venerable Paul Paray as conductor in 1962, has tempered the heavily romantic repertory favored by "Papa Paray" with stiff doses of modern music, has sharpened the ensemble playing into machine-tooled precision, and has added a velvety sheen to the orchestra's sound with the addition of 23 new musicians this...
Sibelius: Violin Concerto (Camilla Wicks; Radio-Stockholm Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Sixten Ehrling; Capitol). A knowing performance of this old Finnish chestnut by a young American peach. California-born Violinist Wicks, 27, made her first successes touring in Europe, is gradually building an American following. Under her talented fingers, the piece sounds luminous and true, its expression warm but not overheated...
World Music Festivals (Sun. 2:30 p.m., CBS). Sixten Ehrling conducting the Stockholm Royal Opera Orchestra in the third act of Wagner's Die Walk...
World Music Festivals (Sun. 2:30 p.m., CBS). Sixten Ehrling conducts the Stockholm Royal Opera Orchestra in the second act of Wagner's Die Walk...
Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D Minor (Camilla Wicks; Symphony Orchestra of Radio Stockholm conducted by Sixten Ehrling; Capitol). An ingratiating piece by the Finnish composer, played with warmth and vigor by a talented young (23) American...