The maestro James De Preist is drilling a student conductor at the Juilliard School of Music.
That name alone sounds like a mini aria, albeit without one of the maestro's signature high C's.
None of them, however, approached the maestro of the commercial, Luciano Pavarotti, but Lang was intent on trying.
The maestro said he took inspiration from great musicians who, in their later years, showed even deeper mastery and musicianship.
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The director is Sean McGinly, who directs as if he himself were Troy, barely roused by the magic of the maestro.
The answer is that the maestro seems to be changing his tune.
And people have an archetypal image of what the maestro is about.
Mr. DE PREIST: The idea of the maestro and this big ego trip is a waste of time, as far as I'm concerned.
The maestro hit one sumptuous four off his toes but got an inside edge into his pad and the ball looped gently to wicketkeeper Rahim.
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He is only 26, one of tennis's most physical players ever, the maestro of that crazy, loopy Western forehand, an 11-time Grand Slam winner who'd already dropped a massive footprint on the sport.
The crew over at GPSMagazine has certainly been busy of late, as just days after putting the Maestro 3100 through its paces, reviewers are now giving the same treatment to LG's LN740.
Should Mr. Levine be unable to conduct on any given night, an assistant conductor would be ready to step in a standard protocol for all Met performances, regardless of the maestro, said general manager Peter Gelb.
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The paper's authors, Richard Zegers, Andreas Weigl and Andrew Steptoe, reached their conclusion by comparing historical accounts of the maestro's illness - fever, rash, limb pain and swelling - with illnesses prevalent at the time of his death.
Heady stuff, meeting and greeting the great and near-great, but, in 1984, his ambitions on hold long enough, Mr. Francesconi went to Italy to study conducting with Franco Ferrara, a tutorial cut short by the maestro's death.
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While the Maestro's protestations won't eradicate the bear market from his legacy, they might--just might--trigger a badly needed debate on the proper role of the Federal Reserve and what guideposts it should use in conducting monetary policy.
Separately, Bloomberg reports that the Maestro himself, Alan Greenspan, is so concerned about a sudden sharp increase in interest rates that every day he checks the rate of the 10-year note and 30-year bond calling them the critical Achilles heel of the economy.
And tennis legend John McEnroe believes the Swiss maestro has the ability to become the most successful Grand Slam player of all time.
After clinching a record-equalling seventh Wimbledon singles title last year, the Swiss maestro occupied the top berth for a 287th week, breaking the previous record held by U.S. icon Pete Sampras.
Djokovic beat the Swiss maestro in the final of the ATP World Tour Finals in London in November as he went back to the top of the global tree, also beating Murray in their round robin group match.
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The Argentine did not drop his service throughout the three-set match to deny the Swiss maestro a sixth title at the hard court tournament.
Roddick led by a set and had four set points in the second set tiebreaker before the Swiss maestro clawed his way back into the match in the space of a few moments.
The Swiss maestro needed only an hour and 39 minutes to overcome the 47th-ranked Romanian 6-2 6-3 6-2 under the Rod Laver Arena lights.
It was Federer's first opening round loss at the Foro Italico since losing to Andrea Gaudenzi in 2002 -- and the first time since the 2000 Monte Carlo Masters that the Swiss maestro had lost his first clay-court match of the season.
The Spanish maestro came through that test 7-6 6-2 to advance to the third round of the tournament for the ninth time, bidding for his third title as the Californian event.
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