Word: cello
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...intelligent rendition of Harbison's quartet. In the Chorale Cantata, which concluded the evening, soprano Awet Andemicael '96 displayed her usual lovely tone and crisp diction. She was accompanied by an ensemble composed of Salley Koo '97 and Stephanie Misono '98, violins; Peter Kim '96, viola; Raman Ramakrishnan '98, cello; and Andrew Cowan '96, bass. Oboist Daniel P. Kim '97 handled his several solos with penetrating clarity and a strong tone...
...slow third movement with its melodic but firm cello solos evinced a less single-minded quality in Ax's playing. He often employed a rich, pedaled texture that brought to mind his unhurried and comforting playing of Beethoven's early chamber music...
West Side Story Suite culminates a resurgence of Robbins' creativity. From the late '80s, when he was preparing Jerome Robbins' Broadway, until 1994, little was heard from him. Then he created a suite of dances to Bach cello music for Mikhail Baryshnikov, who had persuaded him back into the studio. Said Robbins at the time: "It was a real do-or-die thing for me." Still caught up by Bach, he adapted several two- and three-part inventions for students at the School of American Ballet. Working with people "at the beginning of life" restored his energy...
...Ehrlich, the movement gets its name from a slogan of the Underground Railroad, "follow the drinking gourd." At first, it sounds like a syncopated roundance in uneven time. Much of its inspiration appears drawn from the stark landscapes that Barto'k portrayed in his string music. Soon, the cello enters with a jazz vamp, introducing the genre in which Ehrlich is most at home...
Sunday Concert Series. PresentsMusicians from Marlboro performing Haydn Trio 101for Viola, Tenor Viola and Cello; Hindemith Octetfor Winds and Strings and Beethoven's Septet inE-flat Major, Op. 20 Isabella Stewart GardnerMuseum, 1:30 p.m. $2 for students. Call 734-1359for more information...