Word: concertos
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...review of the Concerto Contest in the Crimson for Monday, January 15 leaves much to be desired. People who attended the contest must in general rank the contestants in the opposite order to that your reviewer chose...
...warm sound and Romantic lyricism" of Alan Summers' rendition of the Tchaikovsky First Concerto can be heard on three out of four recordings of the piece. But the Harvard musical world, when it hears this concerto played with the HRO, should expect an originality and thoughtfulness of interpretation and a technical mastery that Mr. Summers did not display...
...think Philip Moss's allegations of unfairness in the HRO's Concerto Contest which appeared in Monday's CRIMSON deserve some comment (if not a rebuttal...
...other two contestants presented a difficult choice. Seth Carlin is the most virtuosic pianist I have heard at Harvard. His performance of the Rachmaninoff Second Concerto displayed a near-perfect technical mastery of that demanding score. The runs and complicated accompaniment figures came through clearly without covering the melodic line. Carlin also demonstrated rhythmic control and power that put his playing on a professional level...
...fourth competitor stood out for different reasons. Alan Summers's rendition of the Tchaikovsky First Concerto lacked much of the finesse of Carlin's performance. At many points his playing was messy, especially in passages with rapid octave runs. His habitual humming was frequently so loud as to be annoying. What Summers lacked in elegance, however, was compensated for by his sensitive handling of nuance and phrase. He played with a warm sound and Romantic lyricism that Carlin seldom achieved...