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OVERTURES.(Brief Article)
The Berlin Philharmonie, Hans Scharoun's gold-yellow masterpiece of late-modern design, was once a temple in a wilderness. Even in 1995, when I last visited Berlin, the wreckage of history was all around: the gray crevasses where the Wall had stood; the Wilhelmine villas crumbling in the woods; the eerie meadow covering the site of Hitler's bunker. Now the Philharmonie presides at the far end of the new avenues of Potsdamer Platz, its tilted, tentlike forms grabbing the eye at every turn. The "new Berlin" takes its cue from the Philharmonie, and the heightened glamour of the hall creates an exceptional challenge for the musicians who work within it. The Berlin ...
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- Magazine article from: Sensible Sound Puccio, John January 1, 2001 700+ words
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- Magazine article from: Sensible Sound Nehring, Karl W. November 1, 2000 700+ words
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- Newspaper article from: Oakland Tribune Richard Scheinin August 28, 2009 700+ words
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- Magazine article from: The Economist (US) June 12, 1999 700+ words
...conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic--will soon be...about the way the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra decides...Daniel Barenboim and Sir Simon Rattle are among...capital, but even the Berlin Philharmonic is not the draw...
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- Newspaper article from: The Boston Herald Symkus, Ed November 16, 2009 700+ words
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- Sir Simon clinches orchestra top job.
- Newspaper article from: Birmingham Evening Mail (England) June 24, 1999 700+ words
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- Newspaper article from: Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England) Miles, Lucy February 13, 2000 700+ words
...celebrated conductor. But Sir Simon, a well-known civil...would be in jeopardy. Sir Simon, 44, left the CBSO as...world. He is to join the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra in the autumn of 2002. Sir Simon was due to be reunited...
