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Thursday, May 06, 2004
  • Leonard Bernstein conducting - photo by Paul de Heuck
    Leonard Bernstein (Paul de Heuck)

    Super Conductor

    For years, conductor David Zinman was a familiar presence in the United States as head of the Baltimore Symphony. Lately, though, he's been active overseas, as music director of Switzerland's Tonhalle Orchestra of Zurich. Since 1996, that orchestra has sold more than a million CDs and introduced a new program called Dance Mix—an attempt to lure 20-somethings into the concert hall with a post-concert disco party featuring an open bar and DJ's. Is it really working? Tune in and find out as Zinman joins host John Schaefer for a conversation. Also on the show, Sedgwick Clark, editor of Musical America, drops by to review some recent recordings of Leonard Bernstein's orchestral works, as featured on the Naxos label.

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