The program is one of a series on legendary conductors presented by the Rye Arts Center at 51 Milton Road.

Many legendary conductors performed his music, including Gustav Mahler, Leopold Stokowski, Serge Koussevitzky, and Karl Muck.

Even its legendary Russian conductor Serge Koussevitzky spent his formative years in Paris.

But Mr. Leinsdorf has never quite managed to impress connoisseurs that he is a great interpreter in the same league as the legendary conductors of the past or even the present.

Hermann also studied and interacted with legendary conductors Sir Georg Solti and John Paynter.

Mr. Fliegel has no difficulty in choosing his favorite of the 10 music directors under whom he has played: the legendary Hungarian conductor Ferenc Fricsay.

Many listeners find most current performers interpretively bland, and with classic recordings by legendary conductors available in pristine CD transfers and at midprice, collectors buy them instead.

In the golden past, many if not most of the world's legendary conductors arrived at orchestra work by way of the theater or opera house.

Walter B. Hargreaves (1907-1998), also known by the affectionate nickname of 'The Wee Professor', was a legendary conductor for brass bands.

But the legendary conductor wanted to see Ohga about a long-planned legacy to the musical world: videos of 45 Karajan performances, to be released on laser videodisc.