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Taking the first step in the plan, MMI implemented a pilot program in Moscow on Sept...
...Vladimir Shternfeld, the program coordinator with the Moscow city government, was quoted Tuesday in the Russian daily Vremya as saying the plan was cancelled after Russia suffered an economic crisis in August...
During the following intermission, which was almost as long as the 20-minute first half of the program, some audience members, obviously very impressed with Brewer's performance, wondered if the soloists for the Mass in C, the work that would comprise the second half of the program, would be out-done by Brewer. Fortunately, this did not turn out to be the case...
...second half of the program, mezzo-soprano Paula Rasmussen, tenor Richard Clemont and bass Nathan Berg joined Christine Brewer along with the Handel and Haydn Society Chorus. The work, Beethoven's Mass in C, was definitely the highlight of the evening. Written in 1807 on a commission from Prince Nikolaus Esterhazy II, this was Beethoven's first setting of the Mass, and was a complete failure in the prince's eyes. Perhaps he did not appreciate Beethoven's extensive text painting (creating musical pictures of the text), and his application of personal feelings to the various parts of the mass...
...distinctive period horn sound, in some very well played passages, filled out the instrumental solo sections. The combination of orchestra, chorus, solo vocal and solo instrumental lines in this final piece created a very pleasing sense of unity to end the concert. The only real problem with the program was that with only 60 minutes of music, it was not enough...