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Schumann's Piano Concerto in A minor, Opus 54 opened the evening with bright and pleasant fervor. According to the program notes, this particular concer-to--like a good deal of his other pieces--was composed for Schumann's wife Clara, who performed as the soloist during its premeire on Dec. 4, 1845. Upon hearing the concerto, one cannot help but dream about what a wonderful and passionate performance the premiere must have been. One can hear Schumann's adoration for Clara etched into every movent, from the sparkling and brilliant "Allegro affettuoso" to the slower, sweeter "Intermezzo: Andantino grazioso...
...very sweet, lyrical and expressive. Likewise, his entrance onto the stage was not flashy, but down-to-earth, as though he wanted to get straight to the business of making music. The concerto itself, composed in 1786, has an unusually symphonic style for the classical era; the only Mozart concer- to with both oboe and clarinet parts, it foreshadows the style of the next generation. Beethoven admired it immensely: upon first hearing the concerto, he cried to a fellow composer, "Cramer, Cramer, we shall never be able to do anything like that...
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Wednesday, November 1: Concert: Jame Bernstein, instructor in the music department begins a three-part series on the concerto from the Baroque period to the 20th century, with an emphasis on listening skills. The first session will be devoted to the concer to grosso, with works by Vivaldi and Bach. Cohen 15, 7:30-9:30. Fee $5/session, $15/series. Call...
When the Boston Symphony Chamber Players decided a couple years ago to stop giving a concer series in Sanders, it looked like Harvard was going to be left in the lurch forever without a "campus" chamber series like that had at Yale. With support, Ariel should keep us flying high, even higher than they fly in New Haven...