Word: concertos
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...Many of the characters are vaguely shy or withdrawn, communicating with each other in broken English. The connections they make are in unlikely places and between unlikely people: an unemployed man whose wife hates him and a second-string conductor who can’t seem to finish his concerto, for example, or an outspoken young woman and a formal old man. But this is no “Lost in Translation.” It’s less a story about culture clash than it’s a story about people. The film does not arrive...
...then came the main event. Antonin Dvorak’s “Cello Concerto in B minor,” featuring Koh’s solo performance, was undoubtedly the highlight of the evening. Truly a vessel for the music, Koh moved with the orchestra and with the conductor, his closed eyes suggesting deep emotion and intense concentration etched across his face. Koh moved his arms with fluidity and athletic agility, his fingers nimbly scaling up and down the fingerboard of his cello to produce a rich, deep, and confident sound that swirled upward to the top of Sanders...
...contemporary music, and believes in Classical music as a living art form, despite resistance from both more traditionally-minded orchestra members and audiences irritated with challenging contemporary music.Last year alone there were two world premieres, a work by Hsueh-Yung Shen ’73 and a cello concerto by Yannatos himself. This year, contemporary music is represented by the “Overture to The Great Gatsby.”The HRO has also started several new traditions in the past few years. The final concert this year will be a performance of Brahms?...
...violinist Goto to emerge. With a bestselling debut CD in Japan, collaborations with countless orchestras and renowned musicians, and a regularly broadcast Fuji TV documentary entitled “Ryu Goto’s Odyssey,” Goto is already internationally acclaimed.The selection of Paganini’s Concerto No. 1 for Violin and Orchestra in D Major, Op. 6 was perfect for Goto, who played this very piece at his debut concert at the age of seven. His virtuosic performance on Saturday seemed to recall a time when Paganini himself would sell out concert after concert across Europe.A...
...Soviet tanks rolled into Czechoslovakia to crush the Prague Spring, Rostropovich played with the U.S.S.R. State Symphony Orchestra in London. Watched by hovering KGB minders - "Sputniks," the musicians privately called them - he was greeted by shouts of protest. But his performance of the mournful, defiant concerto by the Czech composer Antonín Dvorák brought the hall to a comprehending silence. "As I played, I saw the dead in the Prague streets through my tears," he later said...