Word: szell
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...characters--the Nazi, Dr. Szell, a dentist who makes a practice of extracting information from people by using the tools of his trade, most notably a high-powered drill, in highly dubious fashion, is Laurence Olivier--are interwoven in an intricate but readily comprehensible story which moves through France and Uruguay and finally reaches its culmination in New York. The graduate student, played by Dustin Hoffman, is an aspiring marathon runner who jogs in Central Park before and after classes, dreaming of Olympic stardom; his developing skills at endurance running turn out to come in quite handy--hence the title...
Even before it opened in 1962, the late conductor George Szell pronounced Philharmonic Hall, the first building in Manhattan's Lincoln Center, a disaster. "Tear it down and start over!" he cried. But that was unthinkable. The house had everything money ($19.7 million) could buy. It was an austere, stately structure of travertine and glass. There were comfortable plush chairs and, most significant musically, 106 panels suspended from the ceiling to diffuse sound waves for maximum - it was hoped - acoustical excellence. They did not do the job. The sound was dry, weak in bass, lacking in focus...
Last week Lincoln Center decided that Szell had been right. Renamed Avery Fisher Hall in September 1973 in recognition of a gift of some $10 million from a pioneer manufacturer of hi-fi equipment, the structure will be closed for five months starting in May 1976. Its entire inner auditorium will be demolished and rebuilt. The cost is put, optimistically perhaps, at $3 million. In charge of the renovations will be Acoustician Cyril M. Harris of Columbia University. He was responsible for the excellent sound in the Metropolitan Opera, and tuned the various halls at Washington's Kennedy Center...
Dvorak: Nine Symphonies (Berlin Philharmonic, Rafael Kubelik conducting; Deutsche Grammophon; 9 LPs; $49.50). Those who like their Dvorak in plural doses, but with budgets to balance, may safely investigate the late George Szell's album of the last three and best symphonies (Columbia; 3 LPs; $ 11.98). Most other fans of the Czech nationalist will want to save their pennies for this set. Kubelik's surging way with the music catches its color and drama and seems to belie the uneven moments in some of the early symphonies. The Berlin Philharmonic, reduced so often to a static silkiness...
Built in the image of George Szell, the Cleveland has been fervently searching for a new look since his death in 1971. After one season on the job, Lorin Maazel, 43, is going all out to provide it, even posing for a Maazel sweatshirt that the orchestra's fund-raising committee is selling...