Word: concertos
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...Thomas Beecham, the prickly British baronet and conductorial autodidact, was making his American debut in a concert with the New York Philharmonic. So was Horowitz. Beecham was apparently not about to let some upstart, unknown Russian steal his thunder, even if the piece was Tchaikovsky's thunderous Piano Concerto No. 1. Horowitz was unable to speak English, but it was clear from the rehearsals that even a translator would be no help. "Beecham thought I was of no importance," the pianist remembers. At the concert, the conductor adopted an even more ponderous tempo than during the preparation. As the concerto...
Last year, Kim won the HRO’s prestigious concerto competition for his performance of “The Sibelius Violin Concerto,” further enhancing his already sterling reputation...
...titular track, “Lost and Found,” begins with the tuning of a violin concerto. Clearly he is far classier than the average rapper. His chorus continues the attempt to distinguish himself as uniquely mature; he wonders “Why should I try to sound like y’all sound? / That’s what’s wrong with the rap game right now.” And he’s right. The sounds of Shady/Aftermath dominate pop radio; Smith’s rhymes on “Here He Comes?...
Following this disappointing performance of an already unsettling composition, the internationally acclaimed pianist Bartosik took the stage to perform Beethoven’s “Piano Concerto No. 3.” The introduction performed by the orchestra suggested the second performance would be no better than the first. Although the strings section played in unison and followed the concertmaster well, the winds seemed to be in an entirely different world. Constantly out of sync, the two sections did not seem to share any musical connection...
...some of us play very well. The Harvard Piano Society is a forum for such students to get together and play. Co-President Andrew D. Sternlight ’06 notes the difficulty for maestros looking for an audience. “Beyond the handful of student concerto competitions and the annual Arts First weekend, the repertory of solo performances is unjustifiably limited, especially in contrast to the wide gamut and high frequency of orchestral and a cappella concerts on campus. With this challenge in mind, the Piano Society assumes the role of an organizing committee for student music, coordinating...