Word: concerte
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...gourmet knows, the place to learn a chef's secrets is in his kitchen rather than at the table. Similarly, the place to understand a conductor's skills is at his rehearsals rather than at a concert. In the case of Arturo Toscanini, not only the keys to his greatness but also some of his finest performances were to be heard at rehearsals. "Any body who missed them, missed Toscanini," says Violist Nicolas Moldavan, who played under the maestro in the NBC Symphony. "That was where there were the moments of beauty and intensity that only Toscanini could...
Lowell House views Spring Weekend as a communal activity; this year Lowell's program combines tradition with novelty. The Forerunners, whose first public appearance at Harvard occurred at a Lowell mixer, will present their last public University concert on Saturday, May 13 at 8 p.m. in the House dining room...
...both are long--perhaps too long for the basically epigrammatic nature of the twelve-tone idiom. Without demeaning the compositions themselves, I must say that by the time Blackwood got to the Perkins Caprice, the startling newness and intriguing qualities of the style had worn off, and the concert came dangerously close to becoming tiresome...
...concert opened with the Vivaldi Concerto Grosso in D minor. A reduced HRO was ripieno--perhaps not reduced enough, since the string sound was still too lush for the style of the piece. In spite of numbers, however, the texture was clean and transparent; the violins showed good sectional discipline and accomplished exhilarating effects of terrace dynamics. Violin soloists Edgar Engelman and Marilyn Malpass had just enough brilliance and energy for Vivaldi and were effective in spite of some nervousness. 'Cellist, Martha Babcock handled her part efficiently, but was dry and weak compared to the others...
Buswell performs today at Leverett House. He began a national concert tour last month with a performance in New York at Philharmonic Hall