How maestros kiss
mainThis is not a scientific survey of conducting technique.
Nor is it something you should try at home with the lights on. But I am sure some academic will follow up with funding for a five-year study.
1 The hand job…
classically executed by Riccardo Muti.
2 Brotherly love
Paavo Järvi, with sister Maarika
3 Just missed
Leonard Bernstein at IU
4 Karajan gets cuddly
5 The ear nibble
Daniel makes Martha laugh
6 Reach for it
Dudamel with Yuja
7 I will if you will
Try not to Rattle
8 Mind that jacket, it’s brand new
Eschenbach and friend
9 Did they: Didn’t they?
Stokowski with Greta Garbo
10 OK people, here’s how it’s done
Ah, Lenny … Lenny had so many ways of kissing so many people …
(And, alas, all of those kisses reeked of cigarettes.)
I’m betting they did. O for the days when conductors could plausibly mate with movie stars.
…when standards for players were lower and standards for conductors were higher. Today it’s the total opposite.
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Muti giving a hand job? Surely not?
Those watching the Berlin Philharmonic’s New Year’s concert today were treated to lots of kisses and warmth between Menahem Pressler and Simon Rattle.