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Attilio Poto ended his five-year career with the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra last night. The concert's final piece was Beethoven's seventh symphony, performed in a manner which revealed a good many now-familiar characteristics of Mr. Poto and his orchestra; the out-of-tune winds, the unclear articulation in the strings, the surprising power in forte passages; the clear, business-like beat of the conductor. Given these conditions, the last movement, with its big tuttis and its motor energy, came off best; delicate, involved sections fared less well. It was the performance of a good amateur orchestra which...
...Scherzo of the Schubert Unfinished Symphony. The first two movements were given a measured, careful reading which was typical of the whole performance. The concert opened with Corelli's Concerto Grosso Op.6, No.1, giving the strings a chance to shine, followed by a gracious but strong Beethoven 8th Symphony. The closing number, Rimsky-Korsakov's Russian Easter Overture called upon the sonority and balanced ensemble work which is perhaps the orchestra's greatest asset...
...Barber: Symphony #2; Bach: Sonata #3 in G for Cello and Piano; Albeniz: Iberia; Boccherini: Quartet in Eb Major; Beethoven: Symphony...
...Handel: Concerto Grosso, Op. 6, #12; Le Marteridest; Sebastien, Debussy; Mozaert: Quartet #23; Wagner: Parsifal Prelude and Good Friday Spell; Smetana: Quartet in E Minor; Shostakovitch: Symphony #1; Beethoven: Cello Sonato #2 for Cello
...Strauss, J.: Die Fledermaus Overture (ML); J.S.: Sonata #3 in E Major for Harpsichord and Violin (ML); Schubert: Symphony #8 in B. minor (D); Beethoven: Quartet #2 in G Major (ML); Shostakovitch: Concerto for Piano...