Word: concertino
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...composer of the World Premiere of Concertino for Cell Phones and Orchestra, David Baker, a professor of music at Indiana University, says he wanted to illustrate how cellular phones create both order and disorder in our society. "All man-made devices can be used for good and for bad," says Baker, who has been nominated for both a Pulitzer Prize and a Grammy. He adds that while cell phones are great for keeping in touch and getting help in emergencies, they're also very disruptive. The orchestra will alternate between using the cell phones melodiously and as interrupting, annoying rings...
...Baker says he hopes the cell phone concertino will reinvigorate symphonies and have fun. "Sometimes we take everything so seriously that we forget there's a real world out there that's not life and death," he says, adding: "There's nothing more deadly than a passive audience...
...Concertino in Eb for Trombone and Orchestra,” by Ferdinand David, was acoustically the highlight of the evening. Professional soloist Nathaniel Dickey produced a tone sweet and pure, impressing the audience with his own virtuosic skills on the trombone and conveying a sensitivity the instrument is not usually associated with...
...Double Concerto for Harpsichord; Mario Davidovsky’s Synchronisms No. 6 for piano and tape; and Giancento Scelsi’s Anahit. Saturday’s program includes George Crumb’s Vox Balaenae; George Ligeti’s Cello Concerto; Bernard Rands’ Concertino for oboe; and Tristan Murail’s Ethers. A discussion with composers Mario Davidovsky and Bernard Rands to follow on both days. Admission free. 8 p.m. Paine Hall...
...Area-based WOMEN'S PHILHARMONIC, an all-female ensemble conducted by Jo Ann Falletta, is important in our collective consciousness-raising. On an eponymous new CD (Koch Classics), the group unearths a splendid Overture by Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel (Felix's sister). But the real pleasures are in the Concertino for Harp and Orchestra by Germaine Tailleferre, perhaps the least known of Les Six, and in two pieces by Lili Boulanger, Nadia's sister. Boulanger's D'un Soir Triste, 12 minutes of heartbreaking pathos, ought to be in every man's repertoire...