Word: virtuoso
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Humiliation was the word. But it was Gibson who did the humiliating, with a virtuoso performance unmatched in the 65-year history of the Series. For McLain, the contest was over quickly; uncharacteristically erratic, he walked three batters, gave up three hits and three runs, and retired to the showers after five innings. "I wish I were Jewish," he said glumly, reflecting on the fact that the game was being played on Yom Kippur. "Then I wouldn't have had to pitch today." Religion might have helped Denny. Nothing could have helped Detroit...
VLADIMIR HOROWITZ AT CARNEGIE HALL (CBS, 9-10 p.m.). The first television concert by the renowned piano virtuoso includes works by Chopin, Schumann, Scarlatti and Scriabin...
...first time, Horowitz will be able to sit down in his Manhattan town house and watch a music program that meets his exacting standards. A CBS special next Sunday (9 p.m., E.D.T.) will present a unique, simple and dramatic TV experience: 50 uninterrupted minutes of a virtuoso instrumental recital. There will be no portentous documentary script, no dizzying camera angles, no glamorized settings-just an unadorned closeup of a great performer at work. The performer: Vladimir Horowitz. Oddly enough, this is one time when Horowitz will have to forgo Bonanza; that's his NBC competitor Sunday night...
...most recent major work of Russia's foremost composer, Dmitry Shostakovich, is the Violin Concerto No. 2 (1967). Soviet Virtuoso David Oistrakh has already performed it in a few cities in the U.S. and Europe, but most Westerners have not heard...
...FROM PETROUCHKA (RCA Victor). Misha Dichter, 22, is another young pianist of great promise and considerable accomplishment. The Brahms is simple music that demands color and tone from the interpreter, which Dichter supplies confidently; Petrouchka has brought him ovations in recital. The three movements are a showcase for a virtuoso technique, and Dichter cuts loose with a fury of sound. Fortunately, he also reveals a calmer temperament in the balancing poetic passages...