I went to that concert: Hovhaness was one of my favorite living composers even as early as that. And every time in later years that I'd read that some orchestra out there had premiered his 41st symphony or some number like that, I could think, "Well, I attended the premiere of his 26th."
In fact I was living in Berkeley at the time, and lacking a car, but I came down for as many of the concerts that season that I could get to: that one, the Copland, and I think the Lou Harrison. My wife-to-be, whom I hadn't met yet, sang under the direction of Carlos Chavez and Virgil Thomson, I believe that year.
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Date: 2007-10-10 07:00 pm (UTC)In fact I was living in Berkeley at the time, and lacking a car, but I came down for as many of the concerts that season that I could get to: that one, the Copland, and I think the Lou Harrison. My wife-to-be, whom I hadn't met yet, sang under the direction of Carlos Chavez and Virgil Thomson, I believe that year.