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...electric organ to work on new music, sometimes with incredible facility (he wrote Up, Up and Away in 35 minutes). In fact, in addition to a plethora of pop projects (including a score for an original film musical), he is branching out to tackle a rock symphony and a concerto for cello and rock orchestra-notable departures for someone who used to think that "classical music has been almost completely exploited." But then, that was before Composer Jim Webb really took...
...before a full house at Sanders Theatre. The program, entiled "Works of W. A. Mozart," included the orchestral March in D, K. 335/1 (delightful in its naivete and ludicrous use of col legno), the Sonata for Violin and Piano in B flat, K. 454, and the magnificent Piano Concerto No. 25 in C, K. 503. Levin served as pianist and was joined at appropriate moments by violinist Rose Mary Harbison and an excellent pick-up orchestra conducted by John Harbison. By and large the performances were clean, tasteful and controlled, with occasional brilliance and finesse that engendered real moments...
...sources of drawing power, pace Mozart, were the two previously unfinished "torsos" which Levin had brought to completion as the bulk of his thesis project. It was a product, the program stated, "of some 18 months' work in the U.S. and Europe." The first of these torsos, announced as Concerto Movement for Piano, Violin and Orchestra, K. 315f, was the more substantial of the two and received by far the better performance. To Levin's great credit, there was no noticeable break between the exposition as completed by Mozart and his own continuation based on his knowledge of and empathy...
ITZHAK PERLMAN: TCHAIKOVSKY CONCERTO IN D AND DVOŘÁK ROMANCE IN F (RCA Victor). Although he and Stravinsky were practically contemporaries, Tchaikovsky worked at the other end of the musical spectrum. His melodies and orchestration are positively voluptuous. And Violinist Perlman knows how to make the most of his emotional appeal. The Dvořák concerto on the rest of the record is a reliable staple of most record libraries...
...sing lines like, "Mais tu es merveilleuse," and "Son profil est celui de ces vierges mythiques qui hantent les musees et les adolescents." Michel Legrand's music (never absent--like Cherbourg, the film is entirely sung) makes much use of half a dozen excellent themes; a ridiculously Rachmanioffy piano concerto and the chanson de Maxence are particularly memorable. Demy's lyrics simple and direct ("Estelle loin d'ici? Est-elle pres de moi? Je n'en sais rien encore mais je sais qu'elle existe.") advancing exposition without heavy reliance on metaphor or fantastic imagery: Solange (Francoise Dorleac) asks...