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MEDIOCRE MUSIC poses a major challenge to performers. It takes a special sense of drams and dash to transform a collection of second rate ideas into a satisfying, enjoyable performance. Last Friday, violinist Lynn Chang and the HRO showed just how it is done in a riveting performance of the Sibelius Violin Concerto...
...Chang played with an effortless agility that minimized the ponderousness of the material. The sense of struggle that usually accompanies a performance of such a difficult piece was all but lost as Chang dashed through scale passages and tossed off finger-breaking double stops with remarkable case. He didn't display a particularly rich, sweet tone or dwell on dramatic musical events, but his performance was thoughtfully conceived and carried out with such energy that the audience was swept headlong over the dross...
Both of the undergraduate orchestras have concerts this weekend. The HRO will feature violinist Lynn Chang in the demanding Sibellus Concerto. Brahms Fourth is also on the program for a full dose of late Romanticism...
Sibellus Violin Concerto, Brahms Symphony #4, and Ruggles Men and Mountains: Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra, James Yannatos, conductor, Lynn Chang, violin soloist; Sanders...
...chamber work, the Clarinet Quintet, was also performed. Featured clarinetist David Kass was dazzling both technically and interpretively. With incredible breath control and unwaveringly beautiful tone, he gave the quintet a riveting emotional focal point. He was assisted by a fine string quartet with HRO concerto competition winner Lynn Chang as first violinist. Their sound was well blended, and if a lack of sensitivity to the light-hearted humor of the last two movements ended the piece on a dry note, the performance as a whole showed a unity and sincerity of interpretation...