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...remarkable parallel between Shakespeare and Beethoven at the end of their creative careers. Writing for the string quartet medium. Beethoven penned the relatively traditional Op. 127. Them, in order of composition, came Op. 132, 130, 133 and 131--all in a fresh kind of musical language. Opus 135, of lesser quality, reverted to an earlier style; and Beethoven ended his career with part of a work, a new finale...
...pianist in his own Trio for Piano, Violin and Cello (1954). This piece uses a dissonant, non-tonal vocabulary, articulated in driving rhythms and evocative melodic fragments. The result is an almost Romantic sense of clearly defined broad gestures. Kirchner, along with violinist Donald Weilerstein and cellist Laurence Lesser, responded to these qualities in a lean, rhythmically taut performance that conveyed a sense of urgent, breathless energy...
...Chamber Players are in an enviable artistic position. Subsidized by the Harvard Summer School, they are freer than most groups from the demands of the box-office--instead of trotting out the usual warhorses, they are offering a fascinating assortment of twentieth century works, lesser known works by the great masters (the Beethoven Sextet, for example) and a weekly sampling from the varied Schumann literature. The Chamber Players have made air-conditioned Sanders Theater an oasis in the summer musical wasteland...
Alvarez's lesser characterizations range from the empty to the offensive. Sam's mother, making a brief appearance for the sake of color, is Jewish; her first four lines...
...Harvard Summer School concert, with $4 and $3 seats, should be especially attractive to Duke's fans, because Mercer is in the process of changing the orchestra's repertoire to mostly Duke's old stands and a couple of lesser known Ellington varieties...