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Wintry Fare. At age 30, Conductor James Levine is on his way. A virtual unknown three years ago, Levine now ranks with Michael Tilson Thomas, 28, as one of the two hottest young conductors on the American scene. Tackling such wintry fare as Beethoven's Missa Solemnis, or sitting down at the piano to conduct and play Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 12 with a crystalline joy, Levine has given this summer's Ravinia programs new musical depth as well as box office appeal...
Buffalo drew national attention to itself by the simple expedient of grabbing the hottest young conductor anywhere, Michael Tilson Thomas, 27, who drew his own national attention as associate conductor of the Boston Symphony. Though the Buffalo is not yet hale and hardy, Thomas appears to be winning the orchestra's fight for the youth audience...
...said, without fear of premature optimism, that a few people are taking positive steps to bridge the chasms separating the various functions taking part in musical events. Most conspiciously promising in this respect among young conductors is Michael Tilson Thomas, who is clearly using his remarkable prominence beneficially. Even in his pre-Boston Symphony days. Thomas performed a remarkable amount of unusual music-his four years in Los Angeles, for example, included premieres of Stravinsky, Boulez, Stockhausen, Dahl, and Foss...
...texture and rhythmic accuracy, and appropriately tensile in overall structural concept. Unhappily. Afternoon of a Fann was treated in much the same way. Despite the barrage of controversy concerning impressionism, by which the piece is usually described (Boule/ for instance, feels justified in saying that title is taken. Tilson Thomas' performancy was devoid of any impressionistic aspects...
...difficulties of Friday's concert, however, are far less significant than the progressive trend of Thomas' musical inclination. By the range of his tastes, his education, his inherent abilities, and the esteem now accorded him, Tilson Thomas is uniquely 'qualified to transform the symphony orchestra into a flexible nucleus for the continuing expansion of the musical spectrum. It is a creative project which he takes seriously. And, he assured me, he is having no difficulty in financing his novel programs. Why then, I naturally wanted to know, did so many others adamantly maintain that unconventional programming was unfeasible...