Word: symphonicment
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The poetry that MacLeish kept producing during these years acquired a solemnly official ring. Land of the Free, written to accompany a series of Dust Bowl photographs, purported to record the unspoken questionings of the People; America Was Promises urged the same People to demand their rights ("Listen! Brothers! . . ./ Companions...
John Nelson, 40, of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra. Formerly a choral conductor, Nelson has an easy, fluent way with some of the grandest pieces in the repertory, like the Berlioz Requiem. He first came to attention when he organized an uncut performance of Berlioz's sprawling opera Les Troyens...
At 8 p.m. that night Woolsey Hall will ring once again with the sounds of victory and defeat, as the Whiffenpoofs present their Autumn Jamboree, aided by the Harvard Krokodiloes and the Yale Whim 'N Rhythms. Also at 8, the New Haven Symphonic Baroque Ensemble will perform at Sprague Hall...
The Boston Symphony is regularly included in the list of "Big Five" U.S. orchestras. It provides employment for 102 musicians year round-including, since 1938, summers at Tanglewood, its magical retreat in the Berkshires-extensive touring, recording contracts, television appearances both as the B.S.O. and its lighter alter ego, the...
Still, the B.S.O.'s claims to fame are strong. Like the greatest symphonic organizations, it has a noble tradition and a distinctive sound. Its home-town appeal extends from the white-haired ladies who sip cranberry juice at intermission of the Friday afternoon concerts to the young physicists and...