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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...
...James Richman's performance of the Mendelssohn Concerto in G Minor lacked the necessary technical expertise." On the contrary, this is what it had above all else. Mr. Richman also showed a fine intellectual understanding of the piece; all that I found lacking was a sensitivity to its musical content...
...reviewer describes Tonu Kalam's playing of the Beethoven First Concerto as "superficial." In actuality, it was the performance I found myself listening most carefully to in order to pick out the subtle, sometimes eccentric, nuances and the intelligent ideas about the musical nature of the piece. Surely this sort of original music-making most deserves to be heard with...
...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...