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MUSKAŁ AMERICA

FHATUKI-S    DECEM MER 1981

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Edward Greenfield 18 A Musical Hopla

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Troy/Peter K. Mose

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Lorin Maazel, musie director and principal conductorof the Orchestrę National de France, makes his first tour of North America at the head of this orchestra. This marks hislast seasonasa full-time conductor before takingover the Vienna State Opera.

The Metropolitan Opera unveilsan all-Stravinsky evening: new- productionsof LeSacredu Pńntemps, Le Rossignol, and Oedipus Rex\ James Levine conducts The Concord Quartet, celebrating its tenth anniversary season,gives the premiere ofjacob Druckman'sQuartet No. 3, commissioned for the occasion, at Alice Tully Hall.

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