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CELLIST JANOS STARKER plays with superlative technique: his fingers range the cello fingerboard unerringly while his bow arm sails from one string to another, never straying or accenting incorrectly. But the highlight of Starker's appearance with the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra Friday night, the Dvorak cello concerto in B minor, demands not only precision but also sensitivity, which the world-renowned cellist was either unwilling or unable to furnish...
BEFORE THE INTERMISSION, HRO took on Stravinsky's Petrushka, an enjoyable yet demanding piece. This was the highlight of the orchestra's performance: the brass section and several soloists, especially flutist Marilyn Chohaney, excelled. The placement of the piece before the break was unfortunate because the already restless audience was not anxious to sit through the long Petrushka. Sanders was already stifling by that time...
...entertainment first for Boston and the Fair is appearance of members of the Performing Arts Foundation of New York City. This talented group of young professional artists will present a series of one hour performances of international song and dance. Another highlight will be performances by La Meri's Ethnic Dance Group of Cape Cod. An international folk orchestra on Friday, a Bavarian orchestra on Saturday, and a Hofbrau band and Steel Band on Sunday will provide music for dancing in a specially designed garden featuring international wines...
Wednesday's forum went behind the headlines about skyrocketing food prices and wild trading in the pits of the grain exchange to highlight the one fact that the banker-capitalists cannot escape: depression conditions force them to keep up their payments on ever-increasing debts. To escape bankruptcy proceedings and the loss of their property titles, they must cut costs at all costs, and the one cost that is within their direct control is the cost of labor...
...HIGHLIGHT was the Beethoven Concerto No. 5 in E Flat, "The Emperor Concerto." Hugh Wolff is a brilliant pianist, and proved it throughout the piece. From the opening ritornello, introducing all the themes, he provided the orchestra with terrific energy which did not lapse in the entire first movement (the longest Beethoven ever wrote). The recapitulation was a great moment of artistry--both pianist, conductor, and orchestra demonstrating the origin of the word "concerto" in the Italian "to strive with". Each section of the orchestra was at its best at the end of the first movement...