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...evening’s program included an oration by Dean of the Harvard College Benedict H. Gross ’71 and a showcase of the virtuoso skill of piano soloist Wei-Jen Yuan ’06, before finally allowing the orchestra to come into their own. Under the direction of Dr. James Yannatos, the HRO passionately performed popular but stylistically diverse orchestra favorites, including Aaron Copland’s “Lincoln Portrait,” Tchaikovsky’s “Piano Concerto No. 1,” and Igor Stravinsky?...
...Concerto for Viola and Orchestra,” was rare on two accounts. First, the composer was present in the audience; and second, the viola is rarely used as a solo instrument. “The traditional concerto is a battle between the soloist and the orchestra,” says Zander, and the viola—unlike its close cousin, the violin—has no chance of victory. With this in mind, Harbison, who plays the viola himself, cut the orchestra’s size significantly. The result was a more balanced relationship between orchestra and soloist...
Zwilich's new symphony is a 24-minute, three-movement, fast-slow-fast essay that daringly transforms the cello section into a collective soloist, a throaty protagonist locked in combat with the rest of the orchestra. Hard driving and explosive, the piece erupts from a single rhythmic idea that propels the music forward relentlessly. Even the moody slow movement cannot dilute the restless surge, which continues undaunted right to the final bar. Under Conductor Edo de Waart, the San Francisco players gave the 'Cello Symphony a committed, accomplished performance...
Friday, April 15. Featuring LifeMusic Commissions-Pierre Jalbert, “Iceberg Sonnets”; Brahms, “Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34”; Beethoven, “Quartet in F Major, Op. 18, No. 1.” Featuring Melvin Chen, soloist. 8 p.m. Paine Hall. Admission free and open to the public. Free passes available at the Harvard Box Office...
First playing on Monday for a small crowd at University Hall, the Ying Quartet will have another, longer performance at Paine Hall tonight at 8 p.m. The program includes Brahms’s “Piano Quintet in F minor” with soloist Melvin Chen, Beethoven’s “Quartet in F Major,” and “Ice Sonnets,” a LifeMusic Commissions piece by Pierre Jalbert...