Word: strausses
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...apartment building is ailing as well. Once an elegant address on Manhattan's Upper West Side, it is now suffering from the not-so-benign neglect of the landlord. Margaret Mary's chief joy and solace is playing the piano, mostly Strauss and Chopin waltzes in tandem with a violin-playing "maiden lady" of about 50 named Cara Varnum (Dorothy Lou-don). Both actresses "fake" their instruments stylishly...
...that if a vote were held today, it would win a clear majority of 50.3%. That is a remarkable comeback for a party that suffered the worst defeat in its history only a year ago, when Schmidt's coalition trounced the conservative Minister-President of Bavaria, Franz Josef Strauss, 53.5% to 44.5%, in the national elections, winning 271 seats in the Bundestag, against a total of 226 for the C.D.U. and its companion Christian Social Union...
Kirkland Stein Club Strauss R&P Society Non-honors candidate Candidate Solid Group IV Roommate won Bermuda Shot...
...warm Russian bear hug as he dashed off two movements of a Haydn concerto. Violinists Itzhak Perlman and Isaac Stern were on hand too, the picture of collegial conviviality in a Vivaldi double concerto. Soprano Leontyne Price, the diva di tutte le dive, sang arias by Verdi, Richard Strauss and Puccini with resplendent warmth and freshness. And there was Pianist Rudolf Serkin, happily singing along as he performed in Beethoven's Choral Fantasy. At the end, Isaac Stern struck up Happy Birthday, and 2,600 fashionably dressed folk in Symphony Hall joined...
...surprising that its virtues are brilliance and color, enhanced by characteristic American precision. Ozawa, music director since 1973, describes the sound as "very exact, very clean. It uses subtlety rather than power. It is very colorful." The B.S.O. plays great romantic symphonies and the orchestral showpieces of Strauss, Hoist and Respighi very well, especially in the flattering confines of Symphony Hall. Musicians agree that the acoustical warmth of the auditorium contributes to the orchestra's quality. "It gives a rich amber sound to the strings," notes Boston Pops Conductor John Williams. Agrees Ozawa: "The hall does something...