During a seventeen-year tenure, Salonen gave his orchestra a high international profile, refined its sound, added more than two hundred works to its repertory, introduced a cluster of masterpieces (including several major scores of his own), and presided over the opening of Walt Disney Concert Hall, maintaining all the while a self-effacing sense of humor.
One of the architects of the modern repertory, Koussevitzky introduced or commissioned hundreds of works, including Stravinsky's "Symphony of Psalms," Bartók's Concerto for Orchestra, Britten's "Peter Grimes," and Messiaen's "Turangalîla Symphony".
In addition to the core repertory, Sargent introduced new works by Bliss, Honegger, Kodály, Martinů, Prokofiev, Szymanowski and Walton, among others.
7 30 p.m., 14th Street Y Theater, 344 East 14th Street, at First Avenue, East Village, (718) 243-1110 or www.ACFDance.com; $15. (Jennifer Dunning) * American Ballet Theater (Through Nov. 6) The company's three-week City Center season continues with a series of mixed-repertory programs introduced earlier this month.
Fuzzy mathematical models of safety repertories were introduced into the SFEM to analyze the stability of embankments and foundations in order to describe the fuzzy failure procedure for the random safety performance function.
He will retain the company's classical training and repertory but introduce more outside influences.
Performances were short and punctuated by lengthy explanations, balancing the various folk arts that have become Mongolia's "classical" repertory since the Soviets introduced that Western concept.
Its commissions, including a notable song cycle by Ned Rorem, "Evidence of Things Past," have added significantly to the literature, and its creative programs have introduced unusual repertory.
Personal construct theory (which underpins the repertory grid technique) is introduced, and the technique and its administration is discussed.
As a result, several of the works which MacMillan introduced into the repertory were vilified and his policy decisions attacked.
The lineup showcased three dances that Mr. Battle introduced to the repertory last season: Paul Taylor's "Arden Court, Rennie Harriss's "Home" and Ohad Naharin's "Minus 16," a repeat from opening night.
