Word: soloistic
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...left hand) simultaneously. His intonation rarely wavers; at one point in the Allegretto he romps into a high E perfectly. A crucial disappointment, however, was the lack of a big sound when he needed it. The two climaxes of the second movement depend upon massive crescendos, which the soloist was unable to provide. Lack of a real forte, plus a general timidity with rubato, occasionally impeded a very impressive performance...
...Army map: "I am convinced that Aidit cannot escape history." So far, however, Solo's resident Napoleon has managed to escape the Indonesian army, and the odds are that he is busily rallying support for some sustained guerrilla warfare. "Mount Merapi is quiet just now too," warned one Soloist, "but watch out. Gestapu blood is still...
...cello music; his grandfather and father, who studied under Casals, were noted teachers of the instrument. When the family moved to Moscow, Rostropovich joined his father's class at the Children's Music School, began teaching on his own at 15. At 19 he was appointed soloist with the Moscow Philharmonic, played in a trio with the famed Russian virtuosos, Pianist Emil Gilels and Violinist Leonid Kogan...
...blonde wife Sarolta, 26, were talking over old times with Cellist Pablo Casals, 89, and his dark-haired wife Marta, 24. Under an oak tree Violinists Shmuel Ashkenasi (from Israel) and Charles Avsharian (from the U.S.) were playing a bridge game with Tenor Jon Humphrey (Robert Shaw Chorale soloist) and Horn Player Steve Seiffert (first horn, Buffalo Philharmonic...
...sponsorship gives Marlboro the privilege of being the first complete festival exported from the U.S. It is an orchestra no commercial organization could afford to keep together for long, in which the first violins, for instance, include Alexander Schneider of the Budapest Quartet, and one of four violists is Soloist Jorge Mester. They are all playing for no wages at all. "They are ready," said Casals proudly. "It is time that America brought culture to the Europeans...