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...wonder. In the 100 years of its existence, the Berlin has had only four principal music directors, each a master. Hans von Bülow, an eminent pianist and one of the first great conductors, exposed the fledgling orchestra to the great composers of the day, among them Strauss, Tchaikovsky and Grieg. His successor Arthur Nikisch, who led the Philharmonic from 1895 to 1922, inspired a rapturous comment from the demanding Tchaikovsky. "He doesn't conduct," said the composer. "He seems to surrender himself to some mysterious magic force." Wilhelm Furtwängler instilled in the orchestra a sense...
...York performances (the orchestra will also perform in Pasadena, Calif.) found both Karajan and the Berlin in peak form. The opening-night An Alpine Symphony put the orchestra's fabled virtuosity at the service of Strauss's last, underrated tone poem for an exhilarating trip up the mountain top. In the four Brahms symphonies, Karajan emphasized the richness of Brahms' sonorities in expansive readings that found room for visceral thrills when the opportunities arose; the high-spirited brass peroration that concludes the Second Symphony is probably still echoing somewhere in Carnegie Hall's rafters, joining...
Former Democratic National Chairman Robert Strauss said on ABC that Democrats would gain at least 22 to 24 House seats, and would "come awfully close" to overturning the Republican margin in the Senate...
About 250 students showed up for the festivities and were treated to a haunted house in the Strauss Hall common room, a bluegrass concert in the Yard, a storyteller, and a performance by Brian the Clown (in reality Greenough resident Brian L. Kenet...
Wintrhop manhandled its first two opponents, and team members predict they will march to a Strauss Cup title this year...