The Boston Symphony winds up its triumphal tour of China
When Conductor Seiji Ozawa arrived at the Peking Conservatory last week, he might as well have been John Travolta. His car was rocked back and forth by a clamoring crowd, and he was propelled into the building by the momentum of his admirers. If the Boston Symphony Orchestra's eight-day tour of China began triumphantly in Shanghai, it ended with the conquest of Peking.
There were three concerts, all televised nationally. At the first, there was a row of armchairs with snowy antimacassars and little tables...
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