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Anne H. Manson ’83 credits a scheduling conflict for her most historic accomplishment. In 1994, when famed conductor Claudio Abbado was unable to lead the orchestra in its last performance of Mussorgsky’s Boris Godunov, Manson stepped in, making history as the first woman to conduct the renowned orchestra...
...This is a good chance to put aside our differences for a few hours," Bush said at another point. Then he drew from his podium a conductor's baton and turned his back to the audience of reporters and their guests. The curtains parted, revealing the U.S. Marine Band, which Bush then pretended to conduct in a recitation of "Stars and Stripes Forever." Though unstated, the joke was apparently that we in the press corps had been given a brief respite from following rise and fall of the White House conductor's baton. For tonight, at least, Bush would manipulate...
...Obama must create a new movement and he must create a whole new choir and in his new choir he's the conductor and they are inspired by hope," Brazile continued. "They are not looking to hear that angry jocular masculine tone that we're accustomed to in American politics. He should not hit an angry note. It's not what the choir will listen...
Last Friday night, the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra (HRO) took on two of the most romantic composers in a performance opened by warm congratulations from conductor James Yannatos to the ensemble’s graduating seniors. Yet, Ludwig van Beethoven and Gustav Mahler did not draw as much of a crowd as Gavin DeGraw, who was still playing on the steps of Memorial Church. Sanders Theater was only half full when Beethoven’s Leonore Overture No. 3, Opus 72a started playing. Opus 72 is known for the many changes it has undergone over time. The piece was originally composed...
...through suspended notes and delayed resolutions. European melodies emerged to complement the African chant, finding common ground between the two distinct systems of tonality.The video accompaniment further emphasized the common ground between the two traditions, showing parallel shots of a priest gesturing with a prayer staff and a symphony conductor waving a baton. The priest, backlit by torchlight flickering through plumes of smoke, held the maqwammiya like a microphone as he chanted.But Astatke resists the temptation to blindly search for an Ethiopian counterpart to every European tradition. Although some first-generation immigrants may accuse him of polluting Ethiopian culture, Astatke...