Word: concertant
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...Bach Society Orchestra met that test in its first concert of the season giving Yo-Yo Ma '76 the backing he deserved during a performance of the first cello concerto by Shostakovich. Under the baton of Neal Stulberg '76, this year's conductor, the potentially fragmented composition jelled into a continuous musical statement. The orchestra nimbly bridged the dangerous gaps between the cello passages and those sections played by the group; instead of pouncing on its entrances and destroying the soft, quiet effect produced by Ma in the second movement, the orchestra picked up where he left off and matched...
...concert opened with the Overture to Mozart's opera Idomeneo. Although some inaccurate tuning and rickety entrances marred the performance of the rarely-heard work, the conductor and the orchestra paid careful attention to the shadings and contrasts in volume that contribute to the shaping of the work...
Throughout the concert Stulberg conducted with authority and a precision matched by the performance of the orchestra. Never overstating his movements, Stulberg achieved what he wanted by subtle proddings of the baton. The orchestra played better than it has in the last several years, and this at only the start of their season. If the Bach Society improves over the year, as it usually does, we should be hearing some superb music...
...been called the "last innocent in rock," which is at best partly true, but that is how he appears to audiences who are exhausted and on fire at the end of a concert. Springsteen is not a golden California boy or a glitter queen from Britain. Dressed usually in leather jacket and shredded undershirt, he is a glorified gutter rat from a dying New Jersey resort town who walks with an easy swagger that is part residual stage presence, part boardwalk braggadocio. He nurtures the look of a lowlife romantic even though he does not smoke, scarcely drinks and disdains...
...this effort has suddenly paid off grandly, and madly, Springsteen remains obdurately unchanged. He continues to hassle with Appel over playing large halls, and just last month refused to show up for a Maryland concert Appel had booked into a 10,000-seat auditorium. The money is starting to flow in now: Springsteen takes home $350 a week, the same as Appel and the band members. There are years of debt and back road fees to repay. Besides, Springsteen is not greatly concerned about matters of finance. Says John Hammond: "In all my years in this business...