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MEDIOCRE MUSIC poses a major challenge to performers. It takes a special sense of drams and dash to transform a collection of second rate ideas into a satisfying, enjoyable performance. Last Friday, violinist Lynn Chang and the HRO showed just how it is done in a riveting performance of the Sibelius Violin Concerto...
...Chang played with an effortless agility that minimized the ponderousness of the material. The sense of struggle that usually accompanies a performance of such a difficult piece was all but lost as Chang dashed through scale passages and tossed off finger-breaking double stops with remarkable case. He didn't display a particularly rich, sweet tone or dwell on dramatic musical events, but his performance was thoughtfully conceived and carried out with such energy that the audience was swept headlong over the dross...
...orchestra, which provided solid support for Chang under the clear direction of Dr. Yannatos, began the program with a mediocre work of their won--Men and Mountains by Carl Ruggles. His works get played when patriotic programmers want to include something distinctively American. But even a Blake reference in the title and occasional moments of lyric beauty in the second movement cannot salvage this work. Fortunately it is short and gave the orchestra a chance to warm up and demonstrate its find symphonic sound...
Both of the undergraduate orchestras have concerts this weekend. The HRO will feature violinist Lynn Chang in the demanding Sibellus Concerto. Brahms Fourth is also on the program for a full dose of late Romanticism...
Sibellus Violin Concerto, Brahms Symphony #4, and Ruggles Men and Mountains: Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra, James Yannatos, conductor, Lynn Chang, violin soloist; Sanders...