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...hesitant first bars, the orchestra ratcheted up the grand Wagnerian drama by a series of sympathetic cascades, each terminating in a foreboding quiver. In a fantastic back-and-forth between the strings’ woodwinds, Yannatos led the orchestra seamlessly between moods, in a progressive build that highlighted the orchestra??s flutes.Perhaps most impressive was the orchestra??s ability to avoid the maudlin bombast typically endemic of Wagner. From the almost minimalist interchange between the orchestra??s components to the gorgeous emotion evident on the performers’ faces during the mountainous crescendos...
...predecessor, but not exactly carefree. The two strode onstage from opposing corners with newspapers pulled tightly against their faces; when they reached striking distance of each other, they dropped their pages and began circling and lunging at each other like punch-drunk prizefighters. The buoyant strains of No Smoking Orchestra??s “Bubamara” played in the background, giving the dancers’ aggressive posturing a cartoonish quality. The standout performance of the evening was “Shelter,” a solo piece choreographed and performed by Marin J.D. Orlosky...
...Heitor Villa-Lobos’s “Sinfonietta No. 1,” a work that the composer dedicated to the memory of Mozart. Although one probably cannot have enough Mozart, classical music during this illustrious year—and in the wake of the Mozart Society Orchestra??s (MSO) own tribute to Amadeus—has begun to seem as repetitive as carols around Christmastime, and the Brazilian’s tribute was a nice variation...
...paternal arrogance. His son,Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, is, after all, arguably the greatest composer in the history of the universe. Such a man deserves quite a birthday celebration and this year marks his 250th anniversary. Accordingly, this Friday, from 8-10 p.m. in Lowell Lecture Hall, the Mozart Society Orchestra??under the baton of distinguished conductor and singer Akiko Fujimoto—is prepared to do him justice with a special birthday concert in which they will present his best-known works as performed by some of Harvard’s finest. The distinguished ensemble will accompany Kathryn...
...child, Rev. Peter J. Gomes, Plummer Professor of Christian Morals and The Memorial Church’s Pusey Minister, had read to you before bed in his booming, mesmerizing oratory style. This possibility can be experienced on Saturday, Dec. 10, as Gomes narrates the Bach Society Orchestra??s (BachSoc) performance of Prokofiev’s classic composition “Peter and the Wolf.” In addition, BachSoc will perform Bartok’s “Romanian Folk Dances,” Shubert’s “Unfinished Symphony...