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Symphony With a Vision Features Chinese Composer Tan Dun |
| Section: THE ARTS / MUSIC |
| Author: Tom Pniewski |
| Publication:
The World & I Online |
| Issue Date: 6/1/1988 |
| Size: 1,827 Words, 11,361 Characters |
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In a city like New York, which seems to have too much of almost everything, fitting another orchestra in among the dozens of already existing professional ensembles sounds like artistic--and economic--madness.
But the New York City Symphony, long inactive but resurrected in recent years to concert status under Music Director David Eaton, has won a place of honor for itself with both critical acclaim and popular support. Its 1987-88 season, including a five-concert series at Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall, was recently augmented by an Avery Fisher Hall program devoted entirely to the works of a little-known but prodigiously gifted Chinese composer, Tan Dun.
Eaton emphasizes that the New York City Symphony has mission and vision, two attributes often missing in some of the better-known orchestras in town. But Eaton and the Symphony inherit a grand legacy of idealism. Leopold Stokowski and Leonard Bernstein have been music directors of the Symphony in years past, and have left their imprint on its philosophy.
The New York City Symphony was established in 1926 by Leopold Prince, a judge in the municipa...
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...y brings together young players, fostering their talents; features young American composers, giving America a look at itself; and champions composers from other countries, encouraging intercultural understanding.
With its fine account of Tan Dun's difficult, striking works, the New York City Symphony and David Eaton have taken a major step along the path outlined by Stokowski years ago.
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