The thoughtful American composer Richard Wernick died yesterday at the age of 91.
Many of his works are for chamber and vocal ensembles He won the Pulitzer in 1977 for Visions of Terror and Wonder .
In 1983 Riccardo Muti chose him as Consultant for New Music to the Philadelphia Orchestra, a post he held until the end of the decade. He was professor of composition at the University of Pennsylvania, from 1968 to 1996.
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The revered violinist Haim Taub, concertmaster of the Israel Philharmonic for two decandes until 1988, died today at the age of 99. A student of Oedoen Partos at the Tel Aviv Academy and then of […]
It takes more than Mozart balls for a foreigner to conduct the Czech Philharmonic in Slavonic Dances. Hats off to Simon Rattle who brings off every micro-shift in these indigenous dances with aplomb. Enjoy. […]
