Philadelphia Maestros: Ormandy, Muti, Sawallisch

Acknowledgments

A C K N O W L E D G M E N T S I wish to express my gratitude to the many musicians of the Philadelphia Orchestra who shared their time and thoughts with me, in particular those who have played under the batons of all three maestros: William de Pasquale, co-concertmaster; Richard Woodhams, principal oboist; Lloyd Smith, acting associate principal cellist; Ronald Reuben, bass clarinetist; and Jerome Wigler, violinist ; as well as David Kim, concertmaster, who joined the Orchestra in 1999. I am indebted also to the artists who added their personal concepts of the maestros in the chapter entitled “Voices from the Music World”: Gary Graffman, Lang Lang, and Sarah Chang. In addition, I want to thank Joanne Barry, archivist of the Orchestra, and John Pollack, public services specialist of the Rare Book and Manuscript Library of the University of Pennsylvania, for their assistance. Nicholas Saunders, director of concert operations at the Juilliard School, facilitated my contacts with the managements of the soloists whom I interviewed. I am especially grateful to my daughter Carmen, who was my consultant and who contributed her musical knowledge as a pianist as well as her constant encouragement. xvii I also wish to thank Micah Kleit, Executive Editor of the Temple University Press, for his invaluable help, as well as Jennifer French, Senior Production Editor, and Jane Barry, my copy editor, for their meticulous work. A C K N O W L E D G E M E N T S xviii ...