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...youth in Boston. The first song featured Harvard’s Bernstein Festival Singers in the fore, singing Hebrew in unison; they then assembled into a semi-circle around the piano for the second song. The program continued with Nora I. Bartosik ’08 performing Aaron Copland??s “Piano Variations”—a piece that Bernstein is said to have played for composer Aaron Copland at their first meeting, beginning a mentorship that was to last for the rest of their lives. Bartosik performed the striking, dissonant piece with impeccable...
...showcase of the virtuoso skill of piano soloist Wei-Jen Yuan ’06, before finally allowing the orchestra to come into their own. Under the direction of Dr. James Yannatos, the HRO passionately performed popular but stylistically diverse orchestra favorites, including Aaron Copland??s “Lincoln Portrait,” Tchaikovsky’s “Piano Concerto No. 1,” and Igor Stravinsky’s “The Rite of Spring...
Lead by co-concertmasters J.Y. “Ariel” Jeong ’07 and Mathew J. Kan ’07, the HRO began the night with the solemn opening tones of the patriotic Lincoln Portrait. Copland??s music, which incorporates motifs from American folk songs and the spoken words of Abraham Lincoln, was narrated by Dean Gross, a former HRO member...
...captured the dramatic and frenzied mood of the piece. Of special note were the moving opening solo by bassoonist David L. Richmond ’06 and the resounding performance by the brass section, which effectively redeemed the section after their slightly pinched sound in their opening performance of Copland??s “Lincoln Portrait.” Despite some sparse flaws, however, the orchestra deserved its standing ovations...
Saturday, Oct. 29. Sanders Theatre. 8 p.m. Tickets available at the Harvard Box Office (617-496-2222). $16/$14/$12, students $12/$10/$8. The Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra (HRO) has planned a stellar concert to take place on Saturday night. The program will include three features—Aaron Copland??s “Lincoln Portrait,” Tchaikovsky’s “Piano Concerto No. 1”, and Igor Stravinsky’s “Rite of Spring.” Known as “the dean of American composers...