Word: concertos
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...retired. The previous eleven years melted away; indeed, the previous 31 years melted away. The lanky 6-ft. 4-in. frame had filled out a bit, and the wavy blond hair was now speckled with gray, but when Cliburn, 54, once again sailed into the Tchaikovsky Concerto No. 1 in B-Flat Minor, he demonstrated that neither age nor idleness had diminished his extraordinary technique. The thundering octaves still thundered; the glittering passage-work still glittered. More important, he played this mindlessly beautiful showpiece with a lifetime of love...
Understandably so. It was the first concerto he ever learned, at age 12, under the watchful eye of his mother. It won him first place in a statewide Texas competition. He played it again to win the Leventritt Award in 1954 and again in Moscow. After his ticker-tape parade up Broadway, his debut recording became the first classical disk ever to reach sales of $1 million, and it featured, of course, the dear old Tchaikovsky...
Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra presents its final concert of the term tonight with the world premeire of the Petrov violin concerto and Mahler's 5th Symphony. Tickets are available at Holyoke Center for $3, $5 and $7 or for $4, $6 and $8 at the door...
Harvard's Bach Society, under the direction of Alan Gilbert '89, performs three pieces this weekend, with a special violin concerto by renowned musician Midori. The Bach Society will perform Stravinsky's Octet for Winds, Nielsen's Clarinet Concerto with John Montgomery as soloist, and Paganini's Violin Concerto in D, with Midori as soloist. Tickets...
Tonight the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra (HRO) presents Bernstein's Overture to Candide, Prokofieff's Piano Concerto No. 3, and Prokofieff's Symphony No. 5 in the organization's second concert of the year. Perfoming the Piano Concerto will be Hugh Hinton '90, winner of the HRO 1988 Concerto Competition. Tickets for tonight's performance are $3, $5 and $7 at Holyoke Center and $4, $6 and $8 at the door...