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Last Friday night, the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra (HRO) took on two of the most romantic composers in a performance opened by warm congratulations from conductor James Yannatos to the ensemble’s graduating seniors. Yet, Ludwig van Beethoven and Gustav Mahler did not draw as much of a crowd as Gavin DeGraw, who was still playing on the steps of Memorial Church. Sanders Theater was only half full when Beethoven’s Leonore Overture No. 3, Opus 72a started playing. Opus 72 is known for the many changes it has undergone over time. The piece was originally composed...
...through suspended notes and delayed resolutions. European melodies emerged to complement the African chant, finding common ground between the two distinct systems of tonality.The video accompaniment further emphasized the common ground between the two traditions, showing parallel shots of a priest gesturing with a prayer staff and a symphony conductor waving a baton. The priest, backlit by torchlight flickering through plumes of smoke, held the maqwammiya like a microphone as he chanted.But Astatke resists the temptation to blindly search for an Ethiopian counterpart to every European tradition. Although some first-generation immigrants may accuse him of polluting Ethiopian culture, Astatke...
...twenty-first century audience. “Patience, or Bunthorne’s Bride,” which ran at the Agassiz Theatre April 3-12, was an ambitious project, but the Players, under director David S. Jewett ’08, engaged the audience from the moment the conductor invited them to rise and join him in singing “God Save the Queen.” The Agassiz provided intimacy without sacrificing any of the elegance of the production, a late Victorian spoof on the aesthetic movement. The show opens with 20 maidens lamenting their unrequited love...
...It’s also hairy.” Live music is less reliable than recorded. It brings with it more risk of variation, an added concern that, Bergmann says, puts the dancers “on their toes.”Mark Olson, director and conductor of The Harvard Wind Ensemble, saw similar difficulties and benefits in the collaboration, which was first proposed by Bergmann. “[The dancers] are following me,” Olson explained, “but I’m also following them.” The collaboration, with its call for increased...
...Pavarotti's great career therefore ended with a virtual performance, something sad but inevitable.' LEONE MAGIERA, right, Luciano Pavarotti's longtime pianist and conductor, revealing that the opera singer lip-synched his final public performance at the opening of the 2006 Winter Olympics...