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...alternating between restraint and considerable power. Conductor James Yannatos brought out the talent in the HRO, combining the roles of the individual instruments with the orchestra as a whole. The dreamy forest of Debussy's Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun, the lightness of Saint-Saens's Piano Concerto No. 2 and the Bohemian flavor of Dvorak's Symphony No. 8 in G were all pleasing to the ear and mind. The technical performance of the musicians--particularly Roy Kogan's solo in the Saint-Saens concerto--was also fine. The Dvorak ended the concert with confidence, power...
...indeed suggest that they are well worth hearing. Pianist Kogan, violinist Chang and cellist Ma perform an all-Beethoven concert with the Sud Gewandhaus Orchestra, conducted by Valerie Taylor, in a Phillips Brooks House Benefit Concert. The program includes Beethoven's Trio in B flat opus 11, his Triple Concerto, and his Violin Concerto in D Major. Chang and Kogan played the Franck Violin and Piano Sonata in an excellent and moving concert last year. They are skilled performers who team well with cellist Ma, and the Beethoven Violin Concerto should be particularly noteworthy. The Saturday concert is at Sanders...
Boston's Symphony Hall offers an outstanding opportunity for good music next Wednesday. The BSO is presenting open rehearsals for the twentieth consecutive year, and the second of the season is February 22 at 7:30. Pianist Alexis Weissenberg performs Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 3 with Seiji Ozawa conducting; also on the program are Ravel's Valses nobles et sentimentales and his La Valse. This rehearsal promises to be exciting and enjoyable, and it should not be missed. Weissenberg is one of the premier technicians and artists of the day and Rachmaninoff's Third Concerto one of the most...
...work was the romantic, bravura Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor by Rachmaninoff, who had personally blessed Horowitz' interpretation with the words, "He swallowed it whole." Horowitz had insisted on the Philadelphia Orchestra's Eugene Ormandy as the conductor; Ormandy had accompanied Rachmaninoff himself in the concerto. Tickets were awesomely priced: $75 for the orchestra, $250 for the first-tier box seats. But just try to find one. And anyway the concert was a benefit and all $168,000 of the gross -Horowitz and Ormandy donated their services-would go into the orchestra's coffers...
...Handsome? Hardly. His ears are too big, and his nose and chin much too long. The explanation came, as it always does, when he began to play. Leaning to his left and glancing toward the orchestra, he filled the hall with the simple, folkish melody that opens the concerto. That is one aspect of the Horowitz magic: rich, full tone even in moments of quiet. The rest of his sorcery was soon at work. The concerto's immense hurdles (lightning-fast chord sequences, densely complicated ornaments) were leaped smoothly, and the occasional moments of romantic treacle were turned into...