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Stanley Drucker was still a teenager when he joined the New York Philharmonic as a clarinetist in 1948. More than 10,000 concerts later, Drucker is now the longest-serving member in the renowned symphony's 167-year history. Named principal clarinet by conductor Leonard Bernstein in 1960, Drucker holds the Guinness world record for the longest career of any clarinetist. On July 31, Drucker, now 80, will make his final appearance with the philharmonic in Vail, Colo. He spoke with TIME about his career, the future of classical music and the performances he'll always remember...
...CappellaHarvard Yard Stage2 p.m.Dance FestivalLowell Lecture Hall2:30 p.m.Music of LamentAdolphus Busch Hall2:30 p.m.Harvard-Radcliffe MIHNUETPhillips Brooks House2:30 p.m.Harvard Jazz CollectiveHarvard Yard Stage2:30 p.m.Harpsichord RecitalMemorial Church2:30 p.m.Clint MillerCambridge Queen’s Head2:30 p.m.Finzi and MozardSanders Theatre2:30 p.m.Solo ConcertDudley House2:30 p.m.Flute, Clarinet, and Piano TrioHolden Chapel2:30 p.m.The Brinton Sister PianistsPaine Hall2:30 p.m.Animated ShortsCarpenter Center2:30 p.m.The ‘Cliffe NotesScience Center C2:30 p.m.Japanese Tea CeremonyTearoom2:30 p.m.Dance FestivalLowell Lecture Hall3 p.m.Harvard StyleDudley House3 p.m.Missa pro DefunctisAdolphus Busch Hall3 p.m.VoiceLab A CappellaScience Center C3 p.m.Bach Suites for Unaccompanied CelloPhillips Brooks...
...string section effortlessly running up and down scales in augmented octaves to the backdrop of frenetic trombone glissandos. The jazzy interlude in the middle of the suite allowed individual soloists to showcase their musical personalities; the principal oboist’s arpeggios were sneaky and playful, while the clarinet soloist’s plaintive phrasing complemented the ebb and flow of Bartok’s meticulously constructed tempo lines. The suite ended in a roar of climactic dissonance that even Sung, whose conservative conducting had constricted the other pieces, could not help but encourage. The BSO’s take...
...campus, but in their third concert of the year—performed last Friday night—there were moments when the whole seemed weaker than the sum of its parts. After a wavering start, the evening picked up with Aaron Copland’s jazzy “Clarinet Concerto,” played by Andrew P. Lowy ’09, and concluded with a sparkling performance of Hector Berlioz’s classic masterpiece “Symphony Fantastique.”The performance of the opening piece, George Enescu’s “Romanian...
...noticeable in the first two movements of the E-flat major symphony. Despite the few early stumbles in the performance, the BSO did not fail to deliver on charm and grace, particularly in the third movement. Levine drew out long lines ascending a hearty scale in the minuet. The clarinet solo featured in trio section easily captured the sweet, dance-like feel of the symphony’s shortest movement.Yet the nimble passagework of the symphony’s finale was not characterized by the same clarity of the orchestra’s crisp trills and clean spiccato passages...