Word: pizzicato
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...electrifying trio of symphonic poems. Debussy’s orchestration plays with texture and tone just as impressionist painters manipulate light and color, and the ensemble demonstrated a remarkable talent for this tonal experimentation. From the mystic wind and high string introduction to offbeat trills and pizzicato sequences in the second movement, the orchestra adeptly drifted in and out of various keys and tonalities without losing its crucial sense of rhythmic grounding...
...displayed a mastery of the virtuosic music, especially in a brief cadenza near the end of the movement.The second movement, an Andante, seemed like it was always reaching for something, and as in the first, Koh shifted elegantly from introversion to extroversion. Impelled by a pizzicato theme in the cello at the beginning, the third movement continued Yannatos’ unusual tonality. The orchestra had a kind of bulging tension just below the solo cello, and the piece ended with a radiant flourish in the cello’s highest register.After intermission, HRO President Eugene...
...warming performance of the “Jupiter” symphony, Symphony No. 41. The initial allegro vivace felt a bit hurried at times, but the contrast between the unyielding dominance of the full orchestra sections and the ticklish charm of the second theme set off by a playful pizzicato was absolutely delightful. Levine heightened the intensity of the opening movement of Mozart’s final symphony with a never-ending series of musical twists.The muted sounds of the strings characterizing the andante cantabile movement suggested an intimacy with the music the BSO had not previously unveiled. Levine tapered...
...majestic entrance of the organ signaled the beginning of an almost liturgical closing section. The subsequent stately harmonic procession by the full orchestra was well conducted before returning to the opening B minor key and ending on an unsynchronized pizzicato note...
...stream of airy sound from his cello, creating an ethereal effect that was complemented by the orchestra’s ability to carry the melodic themes through the sections between solo entrances. His never-ending lines brought the Romantic work together with an aching melancholy, echoed in the ringing pizzicato of the heart-wrenching harmonies...