Word: cellos
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...Hong, the manager of the music business department at the Isang Yun Peace Foundation, wrote in an e-mail that the concert’s organizers invited Koh to perform Yun’s cello concerto because “Bong-Ihn’s playing Isang Yun’s music has the infinite possibility to contribute to the peace and reunification of North and South Korea...
...back of the orchestra as she waited for her entrance. As soon as Hangen raised the baton, there was a palpable difference in the orchestra’s attentiveness. The musicians seemed to sit straighter in their chairs, and the audience waited silently. The brooding tone of the cellos in the prelude’s opening created a dark tension, with unresolved harmonies longing for fulfillment. Under Hangen’s direction, the orchestra members seemed to be more attentive to note quality and phrasing, and, for the first time that afternoon, a rich orchestral sound filled Sanders Theatre. With...
...Anytime I am able to witness a master in his element, I am going to take advantage of that opportunity.”The program began with a trio comprised of Alex Y. Shiozaki ’09 on violin, Kathryn S. Austin ’09 on cello, and John M. Sullivan ’09 on piano playing Ludwig van Beethoven’s “Piano Trio in E-flat, Op. 70. No. 2.” After the piece, Previn offered criticism of the performance, with both compliments and suggestions for improvements. Besides calling...
...overture, driven by the clear running notes of the stringed instruments, soon had all audience members in the 2,625-seat hall swaying to the carefree, catchy melody. With grand sweeps of the arm, Levine drew out the long lines of the lyrical theme, sustained by the cello and viola sections. The five-minute work received applause, which was soon replaced with quiet anticipation of Latvian soprano Maija Kovalevska’s debut with the Boston Symphony. Attired in a dark-colored floor-length dress that was scintillating under the bright stage lights, Kovalevska strode gracefully to the left...
...they don't inspire the same cue-the-menacing-cello-music terror that killer sharks off America's beaches might, but Pelagia noctiluca has vacationers along France's Cote D'Azur wondering whether it's really safe to go back in the water. And the discomforting answer is, Probably not - unless you happen to be a big fan of jellyfish stings...