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...lucid, sensitive playing of clarinetist Harold Wright in the best of the three compositions performed. Here was a performer who cared enough not only to master the technical problems for his own instrument, but also to bring forth some sense of the compositional beauty of the music at hand: Brahm's 'honorable mention' for the evening. Dynamic markings were tastefully observed; phrases were si un out to their intended length, and, quite often in dialogue with the cello, passed gracefully to Neikrug, who, taking the opportunity to be heard, broke the continuity with concerto-like attacks. Shure, true to form...
...Cambridge Quartet will perform Brahm's Liebeslieden Walzer, Chavez' Three Nocturnes, Fine's Alice in Wonderland, and solo quartets by Schubert. July 18, 8 p.m., M.I.T.'S HAYDEN COURTYARD...
...most exciting of these new English groups is Yes. Their music is a careful balance between rock, electronic, and classical influences. For example, in Yes's rendition of portions of the third movement of Brahm's 4th Symphony in E minor, they replace the strings with an electric piano, the reeds with an electric harpsicord, and the contra bassoon with a moog synthesizer. As a result of their efforts, the group has produced the definitive rock version of a classical work...
Miss Luis Vosgerchian will be the featured soloist. The program also includes Brahm's Symphony Number 4 and Mozart's Symphony Number...
...great many musicians like to think of Brahm's music as short, symmetrical phrases, like the music of Haydn or Mozart. As a result, one often hears a version of Brahms in which the melodies are either blurred or altogether maimed. Seldom is Brahms' musical individuality more forcefully expressed than in his B-Minor Clarinet Quintet, and it is refreshing to hear it played in a way that does not attempt to warp the long melodic lines. The Guarneri String Quartet, in the third concert of its Summer series at Sanders Theatre, with clarinetist Harold Wright, gave a reading...