Word: soloiste
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...bobbing Britten conducted the nervous, unsettled Dutch Broadcast Chamber Orchestra through an erratic performance of the symphony. Next, Benjy helped stagehands trundle a piano to the front while fidgety fiddlers scraped their chairs out of the way. As soloist-conductor in the Piano Concerto in G (K.453), Britten continued to have a difficult time. Next came the Adagio and Rondo for glashar-monica, flute, oboe, viola and cello. For the glasharmonica (an 18th Century version of musical glasses), Britten substituted-and played-the celesta, beating time with his head when his hands were on the keys. Two short numbers...
...Symphony (Sun. 8:30 p.m., NBC). Soloist: Nathan Milstein...
...Symphony (Sun. 8:30 p.m., NBC). Soloist: Mimi Benzell...
...Symphony (Sun. 8:30 p.m., NBC). Soloist: Alec Templeton...
...always been the center of Ulanova's existence. Her parents, members of the ballet at St. Petersburg's famed Mariinsky Theater, began training her as a child. She made her first public appearance when she was eight. At 18, she completed her formal training, began as a soloist, and over the years danced her supple way to stardom in Leningrad and at Moscow's Bolshoi Theater, where she has been a top-ranking ballerina for six years. She has become famous for her roles in Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty, Giselle, Romeo and Juliet. For her poetic warmth...