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...final piece of the evening was Ludwig van Beethoven??s “Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major, Op. 55.” The symphony is a narrative depicting the phases of life in four movements. Particularly illustrative was the second movement, “Adagio assai,” which aims for the harmonies and rhythms of a funeral march. The various solos in the wind section evoked the solemn organ part in a funeral mass. Following this somber movement, the orchestra moved easily into the uplifting third movement and finale...
...hands of concertmaster and first-chair violinist Aaron T. Kuan ’09 and cellist Jessica J. Wang ’08. By the end of the evening, it was the audience who was lifting their hands in applause for the orchestra’s outstanding performance of Beethoven??s “Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67” and Holst’s “The Planets.” The evening began with the familiar sound of Beethoven??s “Symphony...
...Great Gatsby,” composed by John H. Harbison ’60, and “Dances from West Side Story,” by Leonard Bernstein ’39. Gustav Holst, whose “The Planets Suite” will be paired with Beethoven??s Fifth Symphony tomorrow night, was a member of Harvard’s faculty and also conducted the Sodality’s second incarnation, the Harvard University Orchestra, in several concerts during the 1930s.Due to the celebratory nature of this year’s season, Yannatos allowed the orchestra...
...seconds. Then, violinist and orchestra merged together, fortissimo, to produce an epic finish.Goto performed a surprise encore, wild and improvised. While plucking strings with his left hand, he masterfully maneuvered the bow with his right.After Goto’s solo, the orchestra returned to center stage. Their performance of Beethoven??s Symphony No. 8 in F Major, Op. 93 was impressive, especially considering the small size of the orchestra and the fact that half of BachSoc is comprised of new, albeit talented, freshmen. It was nearly impossible to follow an act as thunder-stealing as Goto?...
...Then, Thomas F. Kelly, Knafel professor of music, played an excerpt from Beethoven??s Ninth Symphony and called the work “particularly fi tting for a celebratory day like today...