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...Confessor Brings the Flood Neko Case (Anti) Flame-haired alt-country chanteuse Neko Case is quite possibly the most versatile vocalist on the scene: she is an exhilarating power-pop balladeer, a smoldering lounge singer, a credible gospel soloist, and an expert interpreter of country-western standards. On her newly released album, “Fox Confessor Brings the Flood,” Case’s versatility is showcased over the course of twelve stellar tracks that run the gamut of musical genres. This diverse array of songs is unified by Case’s uncannily expressive vocals...
...next selection, Felix Mendelssohn’s “Concerto for Violin and Orchestra,” was dominated by the masterful performance of guest violin soloist Jae Young “Ariel” Jeong ’07, co-concertmaster of the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra...
...wonders if the choice of Mendelssohn was in the best interests of BachSoc, especially considering that the piece is not, beyond the first movement, strikingly melodic. There are composers whose concertos highlight both soloist and back-up—Rachmaninoff immediately comes to mind—but the selection of night seemed merely a grandstanding opportunity for Jeong to showcase her talents...
...delight of parents and students alike this Junior Parents’ Weekend. Conducted by Music Director James Yannatos, the program consisted of works by Respighi and Dvorák, as well as Mozart’s “Piano Concerto No. 24,” featuring soloist Dwight P. Robinson Jr. Professor of Music, Robert D. Levin ’68. Newly elected HRO President Chrix E. Finne ’07, began the evening by introducing President Emeritus James “Jimbo” F. Collins ’06, and extending a jovial welcome...
...because that is who I am,” she recalls. Gutman’s career flourished in Europe when her restrictions were eventually lifted, but she has only slowly made her way back across the Atlantic to America. In the 1990s, she performed as a soloist with the Houston Symphony and The Philadelphia Orchestra, in 2004 with the New York Philharmonic conducted by Kurt Masur, and, in 2005, she gave recitals and concerts in Baltimore, Boston and California, including with the San Francisco Symphony under Kurt Masur.Gutman says she enjoys performing before a young audience, making university appearances like...