That should be a fabulous presentation. Will it be preserved in any way for those of us who can't get to N.Y.?
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> From: Kimberly Peach <[log in to unmask]>
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>Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2013 9:32:05 PM
>Subject: [ARSCLIST] Dennis Rooney discusses "Eugene Goossens: Conductor of the Future", 4/18 - ARSC NY Chapter Meeting
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>*ARSC New York Chapter*
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>*APRIL 2013 Meeting*
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>*7:00 PM, Thursday, 4/18/13*
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>*at the CUNY Sonic Arts Center*
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>*West 140th Street & Convent Avenue, New York*
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>*or enter at 138th Street off Convent Avenue*
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>*Shepard Hall (the Gothic building) – Recital Hall (Room 95, Basement level)
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>*An elevator is located in the center of the building*
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>EUGENE GOOSSENS: Conductor of the Future
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>*Presented by Dennis D. Rooney*
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>The scion of a distinguished British musical family of Belgian origin,
>Goossens counted among his siblings Leon, often called the world’s greatest
>oboist, and a sister, Sidonie, a celebrated harpist. In 1921, with the
>composer present, he conducted in Queen’s Hall the first concert
>performance in Britain of Stravinsky’s *Le Sacre du printemps*. He began to
>make recordings the following year and continued to do so for the next four
>decades. He was conductor of two American orchestras, Rochester (1923-31)
>and Cincinnati (1933-46). With the latter, he made a memorable series of
>RCA Victor recordings beginning in 1941. From Cincinnati he went to Sydney,
>Australia, as conductor of the Sydney Symphony. He was credited with
>revitalizing that nation’s musical life, but in 1956, a sex scandal drove
>him from Australia in disgrace. Back in England, his final six years of
>life were difficult, although he enlarged his discography considerably by
>recording for the newly established Everest label. Aside from that
>discography, his most enduring legacy is the Sydney Opera
>House<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney_Opera_House>,
>although it would not be dedicated until a decade after his death.
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>During his lifetime, Goossens was regarded among the leading younger
>British conductors, with wide interpretative sympathies, reflected in
>recordings from acoustic to 35mm mag film. Composers as diverse as
>Sibelius, Rachmaninoff, Bax, Stravinsky, Respighi, Tchaikovsky and Bizet
>will be included in this presentation, which will also include some of the
>eighteen fanfares Goossens commissioned in 1942 from several composers, the
>most famous of which is Copland’s *Fanfare for the Common Man*.
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>Dennis D. Rooney joined ARSC in 1996 and currently serves on its Technical
>Committee and Book Awards Panel. His reviews of books and recordings
>regularly appear in the ARSC JOURNAL and he has been a regular presenter at
>ARSC national conferences. A professional career embracing journalism,
>classical record production, broadcasting and narration has been
>accompanied by nearly six decades as a record collector. Discs from his
>collection are frequently used in CD historical reissues.
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>A producer and Archival and Catalogue Exploitation Consultant to the
>classical recording industry, he developed and contributed to important
>classical reissue lines for Sony Classical (including the award-winning
>Masterworks Heritage historical re-issues), Universal Classics and Vox. He
>conceived and produced a 12-CD set of historical and broadcast recordings
>issued in 2003 by the Minnesota Orchestra to celebrate its centennial.
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>In addition to broadcast affiliations with Minnesota Public Radio and New
>York’s WQXR-FM, his work as a narrator includes more than one hundred
>titles for the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically
>Handicapped. His writings on music have regularly appeared in THE STRAD for
>mor than a quarter century. He has also contributed to BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE,
>MUSICAL TIMES, AMERICAN RECORD GUIDE, CLASSIC RECORD COLLECTOR, MUSICAL
>AMERICA and musicalamerica.com.
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>* ** *
>OUR NEXT PROGRAM WILL BE ON MAY 23, 2013
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>*Joseph Patrych* will celebrate the super-centenary of five pianists born
>in 1903: Claudio Arrau, Abram Chasins, Vladimir Horowitz, Erwin Nyiregyházi
>and Rudolf Serkin.
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>DIRECTIONS TO THE SONIC ARTS CENTER
>*Subway*: Take the 1 train to 137th Street City College and walk north to
>140th St. & Broadway, then go east to 140th St. & Convent Avenue. Take the
>A, B, C, or D trains to 145th St, go south on St. Nicholas to 141st St,
>(one long block), then west one block to Convent Avenue.and south one more
>block to 140th & Convent Avenue.
>*Bus*: M4 and M5 on Broadway; M 100, 101 on Amsterdam Ave (one block West
>of Convent Avenue.)
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>The Sonic Arts Center at CCNY offers 4-year Bachelor of Fine Arts degrees
>in Music with a concentration in Music and Audio Technology. Their program
>provides an in-depth curriculum emphasizing real-world skills with a
>project-based approach. Students enjoy a well-rounded program, with
>emphasis on audio technology, music theory, orchestration, and history to
>help them compete in a field that today demands an ever-growing and highly
>diverse skill set.
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>All ARSC NY Chapter meetings are free and open to the public.
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>*Voluntary contributions to help defray our expenses are welcome!*
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>To join ARSC, visit http://www.arsc-audio.org
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