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Conductor
Apologizes

London (JTA) — A well-
known orchestra conductor
has apologized for including
an English translation of a
19th century Russian poem
offensive to Jews in the pro-
gram of a children's concert,
which was held at the Bar-
bican Concert Hall.
Michael Tilson Thomas,
who is Jewish, explained
that the translation was of a
poem, "Legend," by Alexei
Pleshcheyev, which the Rus-
sian composer, Peter llyich
Tchaikovsky, set to music.
It was one of two of
Tchaikovsky's "Songs for
Children" which comprised
the second half of a concert
by the London Symphony
Orchestra, conducted by Mr.
Tilson Thomas, to which a
number of primary schools
had been invited.
Mr. Tilson Thomas, who
often conducts youth con-
certs, said that Tchaikov-
sky's children's songs "are
evocations of the loneliness
of childhood, something
Tchaikovsky felt very deep-
ly." In this particular song,
he said, Tchaikovsky por-
trayed Jesus as a lonely,
misunderstood boy.
The poem tells about
Jesus' rose garden, which
Jewish children despoil,
leaving Jesus with only his
crown of thorns.
"This song was one of
Tchaikovsky's most famous
pieces in his own lifetime,
the only one he chose to or-
chestrate," the conductor
wrote.
Joe Shub, two of whose
children attend one of the
schools, walked out of the
concert with his family and
sent an angry complaint to
the orchestra.
Mr. Tilson Thomas, grand-
son of fabled Yiddish actor
Boris Thomashevsky and a
self-described "extremely
aware Jew," immediately
wrote to the headmasters of
all the schools, saying, "I
regret very much that this
should have happened."
But his letter further
enflamed Mr. Shub, who is
director of the British
Friends of Haifa University
and the Council for a Beau-
tiful Israel, an environmen-
tal group.
"I'm not satisfied with this
letter. It's a defense of
Tchaikovsky and doesn't ex-
plain what the apology is
about," he complained.
Mr. Shub said he referred
the matter to the Board of
Deputies of British Jews and
the Council of Christians
and Jews.

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