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...theater’s 1166 seats and cheered more boisterously than usual for the black-clad performers as they warmed up under the watchful statues of James Otis and Josiah Quincy.The energy amplified when HRO president Chrix E. Finne ’07 bounded aboard the platform to introduce conductor Dr. James Yannatos, HRO’s buoyant music director since 1964.The performance opened with Giuseppe Verdi’s “Overture to La Forza del Destino,” an opera that follows the story of two clandestine paramours. The overture foreshadows the impending tragedy with...
...years “of great turmoil” during which the Players temporarily became a monarchy—actually. Marshall tells the story best himself: “Prior to 1969, for four or five years, the Players were a quasi-professional theater dominated by brilliant conductor and musical director James Paul. Key orchestra members and several principals were paid,” he writes in the letter.But not all members were satisfied with HRG&SP’s move towards a paid system. Soon, the group shattered.“An acrimonious controversy over this policy...
...Samuel Barber’s Adagio for Strings and Felix Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 3 (“Scottish”), the orchestra demonstrated their facility with a range of musical styles. Music Director Aram V. Demirjian ’08 proved himself to be an excellent conductor, beyond his archetypal shock of hair—think Seji Ozawa—with his confident and expressive leadership. Flanked by a full string section, two oboes and a bassoon, the harpsichord—unusual at Harvard concerts—added elegant color to the Bach Suite. From the Overture...
...last Tuesday in Sanders Theatre. Ma dropped his role as emcee during the last piece, and joined in on his cello. The ensemble played again Wednesday night at Club Passim in Harvard Square. The rehearsal was an informal affair. Ma and Kirby joked onstage with Dr. James Yannatos, the conductor of HRO, and conversed with both the audience and musicians. In the middle of the opening piece, Mozart’s Third Violin Concerto, soloist Jonathan Gandelsman took the classic work in an entirely surprising direction. Instead of playing a traditional cadenza, Gandelsman switched to a distinctly Chinese theme. Playing...
Harvard’s Office for the Arts (OFA) kicked off its festival honoring acclaimed composer, conductor, and musician Leonard Bernstein ’39 last Thursday evening in Paine Hall with a concert featuring student performers. The concert explored the musical influences from Bernstein’s youth and time at Harvard during the first half, and continued demonstrating the presence of these influences in Bernstein’s own works in the latter half of the performance. It was a fitting retrospective on Bernstein’s early development as a musician as well as a remarkable display...