Word: astraeus
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Conductor Hugh Wolff '75 impressively handled the difficult off-beat rhythms in the Stravinsky work, and continued his authoritative and precise leadership in his direction of the premiere of John Thow's Astraeus. Thow is a graduate students in music at Harvard and completed this demanding work for Saturday's concert. It relies heavily on percussive effects--which begin before the conductor even walks on stage--and which the strings and woodwinds amplify. At times they overpowered the melodic line, perhaps because of acoustics in Sanders Theatre or weaknesses in certain sections of the orchestra. But Wolff deftly managed...
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