Word: violoncello
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...Mirinda, Erisbe’s lady-in-waiting. Cavalli seemed to bring out the riches in both of their voices, unsurprisingly, as it is commonly held that Baroque opera encourages young, unstrained, and facile singing. The orchestra consisted of authentically Baroque instruments like the theorbo, the archlute, and the violoncello. “L’Ormindo” is a lovely two-hour entertainment for any lover of the Italian language. It delivers, amidst the superfluity, beautiful lines like “Lui che è saggio ama ogni modo” (“He who is wise...
...Lipkind told the story of György Ligeti’s “Sonata for Cello Solo (1948, 1953)” on his 1702 Bolognese violoncello in stylish fashion. The first movement, “Dialogo—Adagio, Rubato, Cantabile (1948),” opened with a pulled string that was vaguely reminiscent of my guitar-tuning days. However, Lipkind executed the note—and the rest of the movement—with confidence and extreme command. The continuation of the music explains how the composer has fallen hopelessly in love and is desperately trying...
...familiar themes of the piece on completely different instruments drew laughter from the crowd, but the performance, grounded by Bartosik on piano and Giancarlo Garcia ‘08 on clarinet, was actually quite good. The evening ended with Bernstein’s “Trio for Violin, Violoncello and Piano,” with Jennifer D. Chang ‘09 on violin, Mimi Yu ‘08 on cello, and Amy T. Wu ‘09 on piano. The trio played through the various and often difficult sections with poise—Yu in particular...
Accompanied by Bong Ihn Koh ’08 playing Bach on the violoncello, the black tie-clad honorees were treated to a dinner of sea scallops, horseradish-encrusted filet of beef with mushroom portwine sauce, and goat cheese cake with fresh berries at Annenberg last night...
...third suite, however, that he carried us to Nirvana, majestically transporting Bach's popular Bourree and finally enrapturing the auditorium with a sweeping and textured Gigue. For the sixth suite, Wispelwey played a "periodically correct" violoncello piccolo with five strings, as opposed to the contemporary cello's four, entrancing the listeners with a frolicking and triumphal first Gavotte...