Meyerson Symphony Center
2301 Flora Street
Dallas, TX 75201
On March 21, a dozen alumni and friends attended an alumni
reception with conductor Nicholas McGegan (Corpus Christi College) following a performance by the Dallas
Symphony Orchestra. Nic led
the DSO and 17-year-old violinist Caroline Goulding in a wonderful performance
of Mozart and Handel before joining Cambridge alumni at a reception at the Dali
Wine Bar & Cellar, generously hosted by CAm Board member Kern
Wildenthal (St. Catharine's College).
"For the London Independent he is 'one of the finest baroque conductors of his generation'. For the New Yorker magazine, 'an expert in 18th century style'. But the Cleveland Plain Dealer
cut to the quick when it called Nicholas McGegan 'a welcome Energizer
Bunny, bringing rhythmic zest to all things baroque'. And as such he is
known throughout the world for performances that match authority with
enthusiasm, scholarship with joy, and curatorial responsibility with
evangelical exuberance.
"Through more than twenty years as its music director, McGegan has
established the San Francisco-based Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra as
the leading period performance band in America - and at the forefront
of the 'historical' movement worldwide thanks to notable appearances at
Carnegie Hall, the London Proms, the Amsterdam Concertgebouw, and the
International Handel Festival, Gottingen where he has been artistic
director since 1991.
"Born in England, he was educated at Oxford and Corpus Christi
College, Cambridge. Awards include a professorship at Gottingen
University and an official Nicholas McGegan Day, declared by the Mayor
of San Francisco in recognition of two decades' distinguished work with
the PBO."
Visit Nic McGegan on the web at www.nicholasmcgegan.com.
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