Word: stanger
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Russell Stanger's first season with the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra indicates that the second notion will be the prevailing one in these parts for some time to come. His closing concert last Friday exemplified that kind of thing he has been doing all year long. The program was not a typical college program, the performance was not a typical college performance, and Stanger is certainly not a typical college conductor...
Some people may disapprove of Stanger's tactile. Acting on the principle that good music deserves a good performance, he has not confined himself to Harvard-Radcliffe material. Non-Cambridge talent constitutes an important part of the organization, and nearly all the trombone players are conservatory students. He has even procured the services of a professional violinist (Ruth Posselt) to play Hindemith's Violin Concerto for the second concert...
...Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra will close its season with a concert at 8:30 p.m. tonight in Sanders Theatre. Conductor Russell Stanger will open the evening with Mozart's Linz Symphony, which will be followed by Siegried's Rhine Journey, Piston's Third Symphony and the Triple Concerto of Bach. Excerpts from Wagner will close the program...
Last night's concert of the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra confirmed the most optimistic predictions of its press releases. The group has improved amazingly during its first year under conductor Russell Stanger, and has become both technically accurate and musically responsive. Stanger has accomplished a great deal; he and the members of his orchestra deserve congratulation...
...Stanger has done a fine job of orchestra building. His interpretations are as carefully planned out-often to the exact gesture. He did not seem, however, to have many deep personal convictions about the music he played last night. His motions look like a synthesis of Bernstein, Koussevitzky, and Munch. These mannerisms are often annoying in the original, but in the imitation they seem ludicrous. Furthermore, his beat lacks clarity, and as a result, there were many sloppy entrances. But these criticisms do not detract from his spectacular job of orchestra training...