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Last Saturday, the Bach Society Orchestra inaugurated its 54th concert season in Paine Hall with a stellar performance of Vaughan Williams, Paganini, and Beethoven. Guest violinist Ryu Goto ’10 captured the spotlight along with music director Aram V. Demirjian ’08, who led the orchestra with great professionalism.The evening began with English composer Ralph Vaughan Williams’ Overture to “The Wasps,” a popular selection from a suite written for a 1909 production of Aristophanes’s satire, “The Wasps.” The overture...
...imbued her solos with the graceful power that emanates naturally from an artist fully in command of her craft.Bartosik’s performance was the centerpiece of BachSoc’s Junior Parents’ Weekend concert. In front of a crowded hall, music director and conductor Aram V. Demirjian ’08 led the entirely student-run orchestra through a program of Beethoven, Grieg, and Schumann.A spirit of youthful exuberance pervaded the night—sometimes at the expense of the furniture. The members of BachSoc clearly took pride in their self-reliant nature. Responding enthusiastically...
...Yamamoto displayed agility and attention to detail here, playing blistering lines with ease on the manuals and foot-pedals alike. This was certainly one of the finer moments of the evening.Harry Huff, the assistant organist and choirmaster of Memorial Church, took the bench then for a duet with cellist Aram V. Demirjian ’08, who is also the Musical Director of the Bach Society Orchestra. The two played “Procession Through a Black Hole” by Calvin Hampton. The piece certainly had an astral tone throughout, with Demirjian displaying his abilities on both...
...Suite for Orchestra No. 1. With a program that also included Samuel Barber’s Adagio for Strings and Felix Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 3 (“Scottish”), the orchestra demonstrated their facility with a range of musical styles. Music Director Aram V. Demirjian ’08 proved himself to be an excellent conductor, beyond his archetypal shock of hair—think Seji Ozawa—with his confident and expressive leadership. Flanked by a full string section, two oboes and a bassoon, the harpsichord—unusual at Harvard concerts?...
...Exploration is at the heart of his way of working," says Aram Gallery curator Daniel Charny. "Trying out combinations of forms, technologies, finishes and textures, Hay?n weaves the familiar with the new. It's this sense of history and craftsmanship, combined with his thoughtful humor, that makes his work so special." tel: (44-20) 7557 7557; thearamgallery.org; tel: (34-93) 532 1776 13; hayonstudio.com