Died today, of cancer, August Everding, 70, congenial and mmasterful
Bavarian State Intendant--in effect Munich's tsar of the performing arts.
Known internationally as a director of musical drama, his passing was
poignantly marked tonight during a concert by the Bavarian Radio Orchestra
led by Lorin Maazel.  After the second Movement of Bruckner's Second,
second version, they led the house in a minute's commemorative pause.  The
Intendant of the Bavarian Broadcasting System delivered a eulogy before the
concert.  Everding deserves a good part of the credit for the immense and
costly effort it took to make of present-day Munich a major global center
of serious music--as betokened by the employment here of three of the
world's top conductors, Maazel, Levine and Mehta.

This evening's concert, itself, turned out to be a mixed bag.
Murray Perahia soloing in Mozart's concerto in S Dur KV 482 performed
outstandingly, throughout the personification of delicate power.  The
other program item, the Bruckner, was definitely big-league, but that was
all.  The first and second movements were lacked the requisite tension,
the third was good, and the last very good.  It's still too early to
tell whether Maazel and the orchestra will manage to attain the level of
performance expected these daays of any great band endeavoring a complete
symphoinic cycle--plus Mozart last eight piano concertos.  Right now, the
prospects are not too bright for Bruckner, but excellent for Mozart.

Denis Fodor                     Internet:[log in to unmask]