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...Russell Stanger's first season with the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra indicates that the second notion will be the prevailing one in these parts for some time to come. His closing concert last Friday exemplified that kind of thing he has been doing all year long. The program was not a typical college program, the performance was not a typical college performance, and Stanger is certainly not a typical college conductor...
Some people may disapprove of Stanger's tactile. Acting on the principle that good music deserves a good performance, he has not confined himself to Harvard-Radcliffe material. Non-Cambridge talent constitutes an important part of the organization, and nearly all the trombone players are conservatory students. He has even procured the services of a professional violinist (Ruth Posselt) to play Hindemith's Violin Concerto for the second concert...
...twenty-six year old conductor still has a lot to learn. His interpretations of Haydn and Mozart were much too heavy-handed; and his readings of the Romantic composers were frequently muddy because of his inability to sustain the melodic line. However, Stanger exhibited a firm grasp of the modern idiom, and his performances of three recent compositions were the highlights of the season...
...Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra will close its season with a concert at 8:30 p.m. tonight in Sanders Theatre. Conductor Russell Stanger will open the evening with Mozart's Linz Symphony, which will be followed by Siegried's Rhine Journey, Piston's Third Symphony and the Triple Concerto of Bach. Excerpts from Wagner will close the program...
...Stanger has done a fine job of orchestra building. His interpretations are as carefully planned out-often to the exact gesture. He did not seem, however, to have many deep personal convictions about the music he played last night. His motions look like a synthesis of Bernstein, Koussevitzky, and Munch. These mannerisms are often annoying in the original, but in the imitation they seem ludicrous. Furthermore, his beat lacks clarity, and as a result, there were many sloppy entrances. But these criticisms do not detract from his spectacular job of orchestra training...