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...playing became much more emotional and moving through the course of the performance. The pianist's slight build belied the powerful tone that he attained particularly in the latter portion of the concert. The lilting restraint of the Adagio in the third sonata was haunting. The playful Allegro assai revealed the pianist's versatility. But Arnowitt's performance of the fourth sonata proved to be his strongest of the evening both technically and artistically...
...White House performance and at a concert in the Kennedy Center a few hours later, the symphony-probably its composer's third-proved to be genuinely Mozartean. A dashing allegro assai with a surprisingly sophisticated development (perhaps Leopold had a hand in here) is followed by an Italianate andante that ambles along amiably, the gracious, formal melody accompanied by a distinctive stutter-step in the violas. The presto finale is a sprightly...
...second piece on the program, the Bartok Divertimento for String Orchestra was extremely well done. This three movement piece is highly symmetrical, very mature Bartok, composed in 1939. It's movements, Allegro non troop, Molto adagio, and adagio assai. are quite transparent, the first a rough sonata form, the second consisting of three figures, the first identical to the last, and the third a rondo. The amazing virtuosity of the violin sections was made abundantly clear in this work, especially in the third movement...
...showed what an excellent accompanying group it can be. Mr. Lazar can make his orchestra glisten like a winter day in Vermont; they are immediate and keen. The winds, always good, played with unusual elegance, and in the dialogue between the solo and accompanying oboes in the final allegro assai, it was sometimes difficult to distinguish Mr. Still from the Society's James Weiss and Eliot Noyes...
Finally, the chorus ended the piece pomposo assai: "After hearing these instructions, you should be able to prepare your own return-unless you have complicated problems...