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...section principals be appointed; in rehearsal, players must learn to deliver, say, a richer string sound or a brassier brass. That's why what is going on in San Francisco is creating such a buzz in the classical-music world. It has been just six months since Michael Tilson Thomas inherited the baton from the sober Swede Herbert Blomstedt, but already the San Francisco Symphony has undergone a transformation. Woodwinds dance merrily, the brass resonates nobly, and the strings speak as one; overall, performances crackle with newfound vigor...
...Tilson Thomas' wizardry is on display in the orchestra's recent U.S. tour, which ended last week, and in a smashing new recording of Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet recently released on the BMG label. Back at home in San Francisco, the maestro is regarded with the kind of fervor usually reserved for rock stars. The city is festooned with banners bearing his likeness, subscriptions are up 10%, and seats for Tilson Thomas' concerts are impossible to get. An openly gay man, he has also been hailed as an articulate and high-profile spokesman for San Francisco's large...
Although his competition for the job reportedly included such renowned conductors as Christoph Eschenbach, Vladimir Ashkenazy and Marek Janowski, Tilson Thomas was the favorite from the outset. He first guest-conducted the orchestra back in 1974, and over the years had led it more than 100 times. His easy and knowing way with music as disparate as Beethoven and Mahler symphonies, Ravel and Stravinsky ballets, and American music from Charles Ives to Steve Reich also pleased the search committee, as did the fact that Tilson Thomas is an American...
...stand-in performed brilliantly, the critics raved, and a new star moved to the front ranks of American conductors. His recordings were praised, and the Buffalo Philharmonic named him its musical director in 1971. But a 1978 marijuana bust at Kennedy airport tarnished his reputation, and by the time Tilson Thomas left the U.S. to become principal conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra in 1987, he had become yesterday's sensation...
...create "a national network based on a local feel." America's Talking will use interactive | technology to get viewers involved. "This is a place where Americans can come, pull up a chair, pour a cup of coffee and join the national dialogue," says head of programming Elizabeth Tilson...