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...early 19th century classic and large Romantic works at either end of his programs, Yannatos has persistently scheduled pieces of 20th century music--often recent compositions--as keystones of his concerts. On Friday he led the HRO in performances of Mozart's Overture to Die Zauberfloete, the new clarinet concerto by professor emeritus Walter Piston, and that song to end all songs, Mahler's Das Lied von der Erde. What more could one ask of an evening...
...hundred-seventy-six years separate the Mozart from Piston's Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra, completed last July. In import, however, the two are not so very far apart. Written in a thoroughly modern idiom, Piston's piece nevertheless has all the brevity, forward drive and essential lyricism of a Mozart horn concerto. Soloist John C. Adams combined a capacity for pyrotechnics with a sensuous pianissimo that must be the envy of all clarinetists...
...Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra will present a concert at 8:30 p.m. tonight in Sanders Theatre. James D. Yannatos will conduct a program of Mahler, Das Lied von der Erde, Mozart, Overture to the Magic Flute, and Walter Piston, Clarinet Concerto. Tickets available at the door...
...fact a lot has changed, including the times and jazz -and Goodman's relation to both. For one thing, at 58, he now devotes at least a quarter of his professional life to classical music, and has emerged as a leading concert performer. He broadened the clarinet repertory by commissioning works from such composers as Bartok, Hindemith, Copland and Milhaud, and he has made his mark in the standard works through such recordings as Mozart's Clarinet Concerto in A, which has sold 40,000 copies, an impressive total for a classical...
Another change is symbolized by the fact that where Goodman once merely played a Selmer clarinet, he is now a top consultant to (and former director of) H. & A. Selmer, Inc. With record royalties, investments in real estate and Wall Street, and fees of up to $7,000 a night, he earns an estimated $300,000 a year-and at that, he works only about half the time. The rest of the time he spends "doing whatever I feel mostly like doing." Prowling the art galleries and fishing are two favorite relaxations: his penthouse apartment on Manhattan's East...