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Mozart's Sonata No. 15, in B-flat, is pleasant, sunny music, but certainly not so deserving of performance as main of the composer's other works in this genre. As to from the lovely andante, the sonata has few passages of unusual beauty or originality. It is neatly put...
The andante itself was slightly reminiscent of Bartok. But from then on, the rest of the concerto was undiluted Chávez-bursting with repeated-note, marim-balike rhythms, themes sometimes curiously plaintive, sometimes broad with the flavor of mesquite and wide-open spaces, and orchestrated throughout with all the...
Viviane followed fiery little Carlos Chávez onstage. He stepped up on the podium in front of the National Symphony Orchestra. Viviane launched into the broad theme of the opening andante with a firm, strong tone.
This concert was the first of eight to be given this year. The program included the Toocats and Fugue in F. Major by Buxtehude, and six chorale-preludes by Bach. Weinrich also played Bach's prelude and Fugue in B minor and Mogart's Andante in F.
Last week Kenny Wolf got what he wanted. In Chicago's Kimball Hall an audience of 475 heard him work his way confidently and competently through a stiff program of Bach, Schubert, Brahms and Chopin, applauded him roundly when he finished a complicated, explosive Toccata and a pleasant Andante...