Word: concerto
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Mister Rogers is on to something. Listening to Hahn's glowing recording of Samuel Barber's gently poetic Violin Concerto, one has the same feeling of intimacy as if the two of you were having dinner together. Only a very real person--a whole self--can make music that way. Far too many prodigies crash, burn and vanish, but this remarkable young woman seems here to stay...
...called at 10:10 a.m. by Tony Fogg, the artistic manager, who asked me if I could play Beethoven’s fourth [concerto] that night,” Levin said. “He said there was a rehearsal at 10:30 a.m. I said I could, I’d drive to Symphony Hall immediately...
...meantime, Levin—who was already playing Mozart’s 21st piano concerto with the Handel and Haydn society at Symphony Hall Friday and Sunday—filled in, and performed to an enthusiastic crowd...
Last night, Levin played Beethoven’s second concerto in addition to the fourth. The second was also a last-minute addition and was prepared on one rehearsal with only a few members of the orchestra...
...class by himself. His characters cut a broad path across commerce and culture; Charlie Brown and Snoopy could go from being cartoon pitchmen for cars and life insurance, their huge heads and tiny bodies stretched across blimps at golf tournaments, to being the inspiration for a "Peanuts" concerto by contemporary composer Ellen Taaffe Zwilich, premiering at Carnegie Hall. At the peak of Schulz's popularity, "Peanuts" captured 355 million readers, and he was earning from $30 to $40 million a year...