Word: graffman
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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RACHMANINOFF: SECOND PIANO CONCERTO (Columbia). In 1947 an 18-year-old student with a penchant for Rachmaninoff was chosen to play the Second Piano Concerto with the Philadelphia Orchestra. Gary Graffman has never stopped reworking the ultraromantic piece and by now, as shown by this rich and seasoned performance, his formidable steel fingers are entirely in the service of the Russian's melancholy rhapsodies. With the New York Philharmonic, under Bernstein...
...first of them to act was Pianist Gary Graffman, who canceled a February appearance in Jackson after learning of the students' arrest. His place was promptly filled by German Pianist Hans Richter-Hasser (who argued that artists should be above involving themselves in social problems), but the boycott was gathering momentum. Conductors George Szell, Leonard Bernstein and Erich Leinsdorf all announced that they would not appear before segregated audiences, and they were joined by such performers as Risë Stevens, Leon Fleisher, Jaime Laredo and Julius Katchen. Artur Rubinstein declared that such a stand is "a right and natural...
...series of August concerts that introduced the improvements, but he found the new sound more tormenting than ever. He reported that he had to take up his Byronic wanderings again, and with the same unhappy results. "Something was wrong," he wrote, reviewing a recital by Pianist Gary Graffman, "and I drifted to the back of the hall." Things were better there, but Schonberg resolved once again to change his seat. "My apologies to Graffman," he wrote, "and a promise that I will catch his next recital-from a more favorable location." Taking a cue from the maestro a week later...
Wednesday, August 15: 8 p.m. Theatre - Chamber Music Concert Nova Arte Trio with Graffman & Dwyer. Prokofiev: Flute Sonata, Op. 94 - Mozart: Divertimento K. 563 - Brahms: Piano Quartet...
Sunday, August 19: 10 a.m. Chamber Music Hall - Friends Event BMC Chamber Music 2:30 p.m. Shed - Boston Symphony Orchestra - Conductor: Charles Munch - Schubert: Symphony No. 5 - Foss: Time Cycle (Addison) - Conducted by the composer - Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1 (Graffman...