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...melody, harmony, style. Sidlin provides comic relief as, at a flick of his baton, he changes from conductor to the Melody Doctor or to the loudmouthed host of What's That Rhythm?, a talk-show parody. Each program ends on an upbeat, with excerpts from such masterpieces as Sibelius' Finlandia and Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition...
...technical facility. But who would have expected Saturday night's concert--the second in the 1976-77 season--to show an improvement so astounding? The HRO has perceptibly blossomed as an orchestral ensemble since September. And, to judge by Saturday night's presentation of works by Vivaldi, Mozart and Sibelius, the group is starting to exhibit high musicality, good intonation, and a discriminating sound...
...second half of the program, Shumsky returned to conduct the HRO in a less satisfying but still competent performance of Sibelius' Symphony No. 2 in D. The musical strides HRO has taken since their first concert last month became particularly evident as the entire orchestral ensemble arrived on stage. Shumsky's rigorous approach paid off in good intonation and intelligent treatment of musical lines. Again, the choice of music fit the performing group, as the segmented polyphony merged in and out of broad themes, allowing each section maximum opportunity to 'sing' unabashedly in its turn...
Roger Kahn is a man of highly varied passions. He loves to read Wallace Stevens and Thomas Hardy. He loves hearing Heifetz play Sibelius' D-minor Violin Concerto. He grew up listening to Sir John Gielgud recite Shakespeare on brittle 78-r.p.m. records and in the '40s saw Paul Robeson's towering Othello. He has a passion for all these pleasures-and sports as well...
...SIBELIUS: SYMPHONIES NOS. 5 AND 7 (Boston Symphony 'Orchestra; Colin Davis, conductor; Philips; $7.98). The love affair between Davis and Boston dates from his first visits there in the late 1960s. The orchestra's principal guest conductor since 1972, Davis is the one who most regularly gets the B.S.O. to play like the great romantic and post-romantic ensemble it used to be-and still is, in the right hands. This LP is Davis' first with the B.S.O. and the start of a projected set of the seven Sibelius symphonies. It is a stunning accomplishment. The careful...