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...Soviet Union, the most significant is ALFRED SCHNITTKE. Long a word-of-mouth favorite of emigre artists like violinist Gidon Kremer, Schnittke, 58, has a firm grasp of structure, a masterly hand with orchestration and, most important, a distinctive, expressive voice. A new London/Decca recording of Schnittke's Concerti Grossi Nos. 3 and 4 displays his gifts in full flower. The Third (1985) harks back to Bach in a tour de force of stylistic synthesis, while the 1988 Fourth (which, confusingly, the composer also calls his Symphony No. 5) takes an unfinished work by Mahler as its launching pad. Riccardo...
...cities, including Philadelphia, Toronto, Washington and Pittsburgh. Uchida, 42, plays her specialty with a remarkable combination of energy and tenderness, a considerable rhythmic freedom and a lovely tone. This spring Philips Classics is rereleasing her recordings of these sonatas, along with a splendid new recording of Mozart's piano concerti Nos. 15 and 16, accompanied by the English Chamber Orchestra and conducted by Jeffrey Tate. Born in Japan, trained in Vienna and now residing in London, Uchida has a repertoire that ranges from Chopin to Ravel, not to mention Bartok and Carter, but she calls Mozart's work a "kind...
...Concerti Grosso, Organ Concerto and Viola Concerto...
...Dunster House Music Society is sponsoring a Brandenburg Party and open reading of Handel's Concerti Grosso, Organ Concerto and Viola Concerto. Michael Natal'90, will perform the organ parts, accompanied by violist Alexandra Moellman '89. Ken Uchino '89 will conduct the afternoon performance, in which all string players are welcome...
...grew, is to measure the change in public taste. McCarthy treated her Ivy maidens with defoliating wit; Segal bastes his Harvard yardbirds with sophomore-level prose: "The athletic season culminated with the many confrontations against Yale" and "While it was arguable that his interpretation of the complete Beethoven piano concerti was the best thing put on disk during the previous twelve months, it was indisputable that his publicity campaign was nonpareil...