Word: beethoven
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...could very well be the catch phrase for "The Young Masters;" Boston Ballet's first performance of the season comprising the works of three young, innovative choreographers. This is ballet turned inside out, rooted in classical technique but branching into a startling diversity. Influenced by sources as disparate as Beethoven and the Austrailian Bush, the the main link between the three pieces was their inventiveness...
Boston Classical Orchestra: BCO Soloists Showcase "Handel's Judas Maccabaeus Overture," Bach's "Suite No. 2," Beethoven's "Romance in F," Mozart: "Sinfonia Concertante." 551 Tremont St. Call 423-3883 or Ticketmaster at 931-2000 for tickets...
...challenge of Beethoven's Concerto occurs in the first movement, where the notes span almost the entire range of the violin, rising to a D two octaves above the staff. As stated by the program, "This sort of exposed writing in the upper register is more indicative than anything else of what the solo part in this concerto is about." As the pitches began to stretch the bound of Human aural tolerability, one was truly thankful that it was in the hands of such an accomplished violinist. Mutter handled these delicate passages with grace and finesse, never allowing emotion...
True, Ms. Mutter was strapless, playing the violin in a gun-metal gray dress, and Mr. Ozawa was batonless, conducting as if summoning some ancient rain spirit. But these were the few rare unconventional elements of BSO's February 8th performance of Beethoven's Violin Concerto in D, Opus 61 and Igor Stravinsky's Le Sacre du Printemps, pictures from pagan Russia...
...Bach, Beethoven, Louis Armstrong. I think I've learned a great deal from them, especially in my pronounced stoutness, about the tummy...