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...Then, it was as if Ligeti put the situation on hold for several years. He wrote “Capriccio—Presto con Slancio,” the second movement of the piece, in 1953. With an invigorating prestissimo, Lipkind delivered the love-struck composer??s return to reality with notes that flew so quickly from the bow, it was as if a rustling wind blew into the room and ran with the scale...
...diverse program for Sunday’s concert at Sanders, with works by Sergei Tanyev, Schumann, and Prokofiev. Ilya Petrov, 21, the other performer, expresses the same enthusiasm about music as Nadzhafova. Faced with similar financial and citizenship problems, Petrov hopes to tour as a pianist, playing his favorite composer??s works in the Liszt Piano Competitions. He has prepared an all-Liszt program for Sunday’s concert. Petrov stressed that he is extremely grateful for the Guzik Foundation, which “support[s] our difficult music life in Russia...
...piece effectively conveyed the opera’s fateful tone and segued appropriately to increasingly dramatic performances. The second piece was Johannes Brahms’ “Double Concerto in A minor,” a concerto for violin and cello soloists that is considered one of the composer??s greatest masterpieces. The twin guest performers took to the stage for this number. The Bruskins are slender brunettes distinguishable only by the size of their instruments, violin and cello respectively. The three movements of the concerto, Allegro, Andante, and Vivace non Troppo, were played with great fluidity...
...been extensive study of the many compositional sketches and autograph manuscripts Beethoven had left behind, Lockwood found that very little academic work attempted to reconcile the two. Piecing together his discoveries from the different types of documents, Lockwood distinguished himself among Beethoven scholars by gaining considerable insight into the composer??s complicated creative process. While establishing himself among academics, Lockwood taught at Princeton for 22 years before transferring to Harvard, where he served as a music professor for another 22. Since retiring in 2002, Lockwood has remained active in the music community. He has published two books...
...Truman Show.” But I quickly shook off that impression. I wasn’t talking to Christof—I was talking to Beethoven. Harris plays the legendary composer in “Copying Beethoven,” a new film about the composer??s waning years of life and music. Last week, at a roundtable discussion with college journalists, Harris discussed his intense commitment to the role, some of his problems with the script, and his view of music education in America.MY FRIEND, LUDWIG VANMuch of the conversation focused on Harris’ acting...