Word: conductor
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...first-night audience [would] be secondary to that on the stage." General Manager Edward Johnson had scheduled an opener that was hard to beat: the late Richard Strauss's sure-fire Der Rosenkavalier, with a cast of "unusual interest," directed by the Met's most brilliant conductor, Fritz Reiner. But last week, when the great night rolled around again, the off stage competition was as usual just too tough...
...many handfuls of musical confetti flung upon him: two symphonies, two ballets, a Broadway musical, and the official blessing of Dr. Serge Koussevitzky. Now he is rising in the field of conducting, and Tuesday's concert added to his already brilliant record in a not unenviable post as guest conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra...
...doubt about it, Bernstein is an actor. A young lady once remarked she thought he'd make a divine dancing partner. But for all his shenanigans on the podium, Bernstein is an excellent conductor, and it's not unreasonable to suppose that had he had 20 years' more age and experience, he might have succeeded Dr. Koussevitzky as permanent conductor...
...tour over and the debt paid, 22-year-old Rafael was appointed resident conductor of the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra. In 1942, two years after his father's death, he was promoted to permanent conductor. Since then, young Kubelik has built the Czech orchestra from 85 to 120 pieces, raised its critical rating from fair to excellent...
When he completes his three weeks of concerts in Chicago (where besides music by fellow Czechs Smetana and Janacek he will conduct Countryman Antonin Dvorak's New World Symphony), Rafael will set out again. After an engagement as guest conductor with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, he will head back to Europe for orchestra dates in Britain, The Netherlands, Switzerland and Italy. Next summer he plans a tour of South America. By that time, if he decided to settle down, he could be sure of some offers. One job Kubelik admirers in Britain would like to see him take: that...