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...harpsichordist now performing can match his particular combination of formal restraint, interpretive flair and sheer energy. Certainly that was the case last week as Kipnis made a successful New York Philharmonic debut playing two diverse works under Conductor Pierre Boulez-Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 and Falla's Harpsichord Concerto...
Under the Finger. Though written centuries apart, the Bach and Falla concertos succeed because neither tries too hard to make the harpsichord do things it is not supposed to do. "Too many 20th century composers think of the harpsichord as a piano or as a percussion instrument. They expect you to bang very hard on it," says Kipnis. The impressionism of Debussy or Delius, which calls for a dreamy, sustained tone, simply will not work on a harpsichord. A stride bass can sound downright laughable. The technique of the harpsichordist exists entirely in the fingers, not partly in the arms...
John Major, guitarist, in recital. Works of De Falla, Martin, Norman, Fricker Turina. Free. Saturday, March...
...fine technique when not obscured by the instrument's problems. Given that the Bach was the first of two programs that same evening, the wisest decision would have been to abandon the harpsichord, switching to piano for the rest of the Bach as well as the entire de Falla concerto...
...rarely-heard de Falla Harpsichord Concerto was done in the middle of the program. It has a bright, attractive third movement where seemingly by accident a melody found its way into the oboe part. The movement is atypical of de Falla and slightly reminiscent of Poulenc. The first and second movements are far more percussive with frequent marcato chordal passages. Moshell and Wolff, their earlier roles reversed, were here soloist and conductor. The breakdown of the harpsichord precluded any fair judgment of the piece or its performance...