Word: allegros
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...trio section easily captured the sweet, dance-like feel of the symphony’s shortest movement.Yet the nimble passagework of the symphony’s finale was not characterized by the same clarity of the orchestra’s crisp trills and clean spiccato passages in the allegro section of the first movement. Some of the running notes in the woodwinds were swallowed in the playful dialogue of the virtuosic movement. But Levine successfully led the orchestra in a crowd-pleasing, toe-tapping performance of the symphony’s last movement.In a dramatic shift from triumphant fanfare...
...They performed a slow Andante introduction to Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy’s “Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 107,” also known as the “Reformation,” before the rest of the orchestra joined them in the dramatic Allegro con fuoco section of the piece...
...Theater an der Wien in 1808—the very same year that the HRO’s first incarnation was formed. This piece was an appropriate classic with which to start off such a momentous season opening. The symphony, composed of movements “Allegro con brio,” “Andante con moto,” and “Allegro in two parts,” was played to perfection. The famous opening theme was played in an array of keys and variations which allowed every part of the orchestra to truly shine. Short...
...concerto as a showcase of the violinist’s talent. The score already dictated that Goto would take center stage, a position he filled with relish. Goto’s first notes were intense and pure, digging into the very heart of his Stradivari violin. The first movement, Allegro maestoso, was polished to the core. Every nuance had a purpose. Goto was even confident enough to gaze at the audience as his fingers seemingly played on their own.In an expansive cadenza at the end of the first movement, Goto effortlessly plucked left-hand pizzicatos and knocked off double-stops...