Word: concertizing
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...heated meeting of the Undergraduate Council last night, representatives voted to pursue Wyclef Jean as their number-one choice to headline this year’s proposed spring concert...
While the council overwhelmingly supported a bill authorizing the Harvard Concert Commission (HCC) to bid on eight other acts—Busta Rhymes, Kanye West, Mos Def, Jurassic 5, Talib Kweli, Nappy Roots, Chingy, Blackalicious, Twista, Cee Lo and Common—in addition to Wyclef Jean, several council members raised objections to the potential cost of bringing “no-name performers” to Harvard...
...Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenement alone, followed by Bartoli’s rendition of “Gelosia” from Ottone in Villa. The audience was immediately acquainted with the displays of stunning virtuosity and exacting skill that would characterize the evening’s concert...
...represented by his “Di questa cetra” from Il Parnasi confuso which exhibited Bartoli’s sublime command of mellifluous and seamless tonal transitions and passages that hovered and drifted weightlessly through her listeners, lingering hauntingly in the air. The latter half of the concert was comprised of eleven pieces by Antonio Salieri (1750-1825) drawn from La fiera di Venezia, Armida, La secchia rapita, La finta scema, La scuola de’ gelosi, Palmira, Regina di Persia, and La cifra...
...only drawback of the concert was that her distinctively small voice was not best served by the vast hollowness of Symphony Hall. But aside from the slightly inappropriate pairing of venue and performer, Bartoli’s concert was a privilege and a gift...