Word: concerti
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...thing which will undoubtedly suffer from neglect in Moshell's absence is the concerto--a musical genre which demands both quantity and quality of players. Moshell has scheduled a concert of all-meat and no-down concerti for his swan song. Offering several Brahms lieder as an hors d'oeuvre, Moshell at the piano will accompany soprano Tamara Mitchel '78 who might justifiably view these as warm-up exercises; she will then dive into Wagner's incredibly challenging Prelude and Liebestod from the opera Tristan and Isolde...
...business, though, when Rostropovich performs, and in solo recitals, as in concerti, his own concentration never falters. He describes the almost supernatural power which an artist should have over his audience, leading it into a trance-like state. "When I play a lot of concerts," he says, "I know in which places I allow the audience to turn their pages. The public can't hear it, they have to overhear it. When the public listens badly and doesn't pay attention, you have to do something. Your fantasies, your heart must...
...Clara. The haggard lines painted on her face disappear overnight and with them the shabby working-class hausfrau; in her place stands an elegant fashion plate who abandons her peasant taciturnity for sparkling wit and high spirits, reads Anna Karenina and 1 Prontessi Spossi, swoons to romantic violin concerti and discovers that she has no desire ever to return to her coarse proletarian family...
...sister company Philips provided its usual superior pressings, then shipped them back to be marketed as Golden Imports. Worth the premium price? Indeed these performances are, especially since they sound better than the originals. Not even Munch equaled Paray's way with Chausson's joyous heartbreaker. The concerti grossi are among the finest works of the now shamefully neglected Bloch, and Hanson reads them with snap and vigor...
Paul Rosenbloom does course work for his independent study in grand style: a full performance of two Mozart piano concerti. Conducted by David Evans, the only person at Harvard besides Gerry Moshell with a private string orchestra. DUNSTER HOUSE LIBRARY. Chamber music of Debussy: Trio for flute, viola and harp; Schubert; Stravinsky. Free. Friday, November...