Word: cadenzaed
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...music department chairman/pianist and James Yannatos, HRO conductor/violinist. The two latter performers will perform in their latter capacity. Those expecting to hear the keyboard part played on a harpsichord should be warned that Vosgerchian has chosen to play instead on a piano, possibly compromising the sparkle of the fabulous cadenza cascades for a sound that is more suitable to Sanders...
...brought it close and gave it a wind. Then she said to me, 'Now sing.' I said, 'Are you some kind of lunatic? I'm in a store full of people on Madison Avenue.' " What Sarah wanted was a bird that sang a cadenza Sills could imitate. And so Beverly chirped into the phone. The mechanical bird was bought and on opening night almost stole the show...
...reverence for the work, which the audience did not expect to feel. The first movement was played slowly, almost ponderously, but with careful pacing and calm control so that it moved with inexorable continuity. At the movement's highpoint, Lefkowitz displayed dazzling virtuosity in the intertwining, unbelievably intricate Kreisler cadenza. The audience was fascinated and broke into applause after the first movement. The third movement Rondo picked up a light, Viennese lilt that occasionally became reminiscent of a Bohemian dance. The orchestral exposition of the Concerto, which opens so sweetly and delicately, was meek and hesitant. But by the Rondo...
...performance with Gregory Shatten. There was an occasional disagreement in tempo between solo and conductor and some mechanical-sounding scale passages, but Shatten's playing covered a wide range of emotions. He maintained a beautiful soft volume in parts of the first movement and concluded it with a brilliant cadenza...
...some e startling leaps and bounds. Brandon negotiated the two octave jumps and running sixteenth note passages with ease and aplomb. His real success lay less in forcing the awkward bassoon to cooperate in difficult passages than in his respect for his instrument, which was reflected in the cadenza. Instead of a flashy passage of trills and fast runs with which most soloists show their stuff, Brandon played a more melodic composition which emphasized the rich tonal qualities of the bassoon. He also showed a fine ability to improvise when he forgot a few measures. Mozart's tailored composition...