Word: concertos
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...movement harmonically and rhythmically as dull as dishwater. The fast finale oompah-oompahed along in Russian style until about 30 bars from the end. Only then, for about a dozen bars, did listeners hear the powerfully dissonant Prokofiev they had known in the Scythian Suite and the first violin concerto. After that the Sixth Symphony oompahed its way to an ending. In the U.S. it might be panned, but it would not be banned...
Perhaps he is best known for his fiery interpretations of Stravinsky, but he showed remarkable self-restraint in the two Mozart pieces. Both were played with almost painful simplicity, endearing Bernstein in the hearts of the many to whom Koussevitzky's racy Mozart was heresy. In the B-flat Concerto, which he conducted from the piano, Bernstein achieved another tour de force for which he is famous, pacing the Orchestra with everything except his hands. Scowling, grimacing, heaving his shoulders like an asthmatic, he managed to wind himself up into every sort of contortion, but the effect was still only...
...program will include Brahms' "Symphony No. 2 in D major," and Mozart's "Symphony in D major" and "Piano Concerto in B flat major...
Toccata in D major Frescobaldi Symphony No. 3 Schubert Concerto Grosso in D minor Vivaldi An Outdoor Overture Copland...
Conversely, the selection which probably presented the least number of technical problems--Vivaldi's Concerto Grosso--was least good. Perhaps this was due to the difficulty of integrating amateur strings when they are unsupported by the rest of the orchestra. But though ragged, there were no major shortcomings, and this familiar work received adequate treatment...