Word: accompanimental
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With the strings section continually out of sync, the second movement was particularly poor due to the orchestra’s part. Bartosik’s performance, however, continued to entertain and was as tender and graceful as ever. The overwhelming contrast between the soloist and the accompaniment left at...
From the first note, the orchestra’s overture immediately sets the show’s tone to a demureness that continues through the night. With tight ensemble and lightning-fast character shifts, the unflinching musicians carry the opera’s musical accompaniment with quiet confidence.
In fact, the orchestra’s volume hums well beneath that of the soloists throughout the opera. The orchestra’s willingness to provide the often under-appreciated accompaniment demonstrates a mature musical sensitivity that audiences will appreciate. Of course, the player must have realized that it a...
The barnyard audience served as accompaniment to a solo improvising clarinetist, Matt Katcher ’05, who weaved in and out of the busy audience, and whose improvisation at times sounded remarkably like Mozart’s clarinet concerto. When Katcher stopped playing and shouted “never...
A double trombone concerto with wind ensemble accompaniment ensued, with the soloists walking along the map of the T. At every major junction, such as Park Street, the composer narrated a brief tourist-guide blurb regarding the history and interest of that point in the city, culminating in a glorious...