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 1994
January 19
Vol 18 No 3
Zappa
Personal reminiscenses by David Dudley, David Zinman, Nigey Lennon, Daniel
Schorr, James F.Baylan, Dimitri Ehrlich, 5 pp
The BSO seemed to do a yeoman job with The Perfect
Stranger, however, running through its wacky polyrhythms and whirling
unison xylophone bits in fine style. But when the final gong sounded and
everyone clapped Zinman looked unsatisfied.
"Do you want to hear that again?" he asked the audience.
The Meyerhoff crowd that night was an odd mix of well-dressed symphony seasoners
and long-haired latter-day freaks wearing crusty old Mothers T-shirts; they all
seemed mystified at the question. But Zinman returned to the podium and started
the whole crazy thing over again, from the top. (read
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