Zukofsky

That was emphasized by an exacting violinist, Paul Zukofsky, and conductor, Dennis Russell Davies.

Zukofsky, in particular, was a brilliant virtuoso who loathed the sentimental use of vibrato and portamenti, the sliding along a violin string of one note to another.

Phil concertmaster Martin Chalifour played the first Bowl performance of the concerto in 2008, he was true to Zukofsky’s and Glass’ elegance.

It was Paul Zukofsky’s fate to have belonged to both of those groups.

He was also known to literary scholars as an ardent defender — too ardent, some said — of the intellectual property of his father, the American poet Louis Zukofsky.