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Even a genius needs practice to bring his talent into full flower. Beethoven, for example, had to get two fairly conventional symphonies under his belt before he revolutionized the form in the Eroica. Wagner, the creator of the German music-drama, required four false starts before he produced The Flying Dutchman. Giuseppe Verdi, the greatest of Italian opera composers, was no exception. Before Rigoletto, his first masterpiece, there came 16 other works, most of which have languished in obscurity for years...
Watt says she plans to continue Ross's policy of presenting works of contemporary and lesser known composers, premiering new works, and inviting well-known soloists to perform with the orchestra. Possible ideas for her '81-'82 season include the Beethoven triple concerto with soloists from the Boston Symphony Orchestra, an all-Mozart program, and works by Ives, Vaugn Williams and Stravinsky...
...same freedom of approach to their music applies when the group goes into the recording studio. Here they have distinguished themselves as much as they have onstage. They have turned out an overwhelming amount of material on the Philips label, including the complete trios of Haydn, Beethoven, Mozart, Schubert, Mendelssohn, Brahms, Schumann, and Dvorak. For their efforts, the Beaux Arts have won numerous recording prizes, including the Deutscher Schallplatterpreis, the Grand Prix du Disque, and Gramophone's Record of the Year. The latter was awarded in 1980 for their monumental 14-album set of the complete 43 Haydn piano trios...
Johnson first brought the Beaux Arts Trio to Harvard for a single performance in 1978. Celebrating the trio's return to Boston after a seven-year absence, the capacity crowd cheered the musicians as they walked on stage. The following season, the Beaux Arts performed the complete Beethoven trios in a series of three concerts in Sanders Theater. The series sold out in advance by subscription. For this their anniversary season. Winthrop House scheduled four Beaux Arts concerts: the fourth happens tonight. Once again, the concerts sold out by subscription last fall in a matter of weeks...
...seminar, teachers of varying backgrounds and common interests can come together," Lewis H. Lockwood, professor of Music, who will teach a seminar on the historical perspectives of Beethoven's symphonies, said yesterday...