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...Krokidiloes and Callbacks join together to present “Underneath the Mistletoe.” Sanders Theatre. 8 p.m. $10 general admission, $6 students. (CNC)Ying Quartet. Part of the Houghton Chamber Library Music Series, this event will feature the Blodgett Artists in Residence performing a program of Beethoven, Michael Torke, and Dvorák. Edison and Newman Room, Houghton Library. 8 p.m. $20 general admission, $10 students. (CNC)Sand Machine. Boston folk-rock band Sand Machine plays selections from their EP “Running of the Tree Frogs Week.” A cross between late Beatles...
...BEETHOVEN'S SYMPHONY NO. 9 Location: Sanders Theatre DATES: Dec. 2-3 PRESENTED BY: Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra and Harvard-Radcliffe Chorus
According to conventional symphony form, a slow movement follows the opening, and a light, dance-like movement precedes the final movement. Beethoven switched these in the Ninth to increase the dramatic buildup before his grand conclusion. Beethoven’s intentions were well understood by the orchestra, as the chorus took its place on the stage before the third movement, although they only enter in the fourth, so they would not interrupt the flow...
...Listen, for example, to "Rag Doll" (one of 51 selections on the very rich Seasons Anthology CD from Rhino Records). It begins with four bars of oohs, setting an eerie, pretty mood that won't quite reveal itself, then explodes into four bars of AHHHHHS. It's not Beethoven, but it has a pop majesty, the wordless, secular hymns of streetcorner Romeos...
...Levin-ed parts of Saturday’s program present challenges of their own to the orchestra. Debussy’s short piece begins with a lonely (and nerve-racking) flute melody before unfolding into a fabulously French flight of fancy. The Beethoven, one of the most difficult works in the orchestral repertoire, demands both technical proficiency and musical maturity...