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...anticipation of Michael Flaksman's cello solo and Bartok's Bluebeard's Castle, one might have been able to ignore the unrelenting repetition of a simple motif in the opening Hebrides Overture (Fingal's Cave), by Mendelssohn. By attempting deafness, one might not have noticed that for a long time the brass were a measure out of step with the rest of the orchestra, and were playing so loudly that they could not hear their own error. Masochistic charity might have led one to expect the cold woodwind instruments to be out of tune at the beginning of a concert...
Consider the two pieces played by Michael Flaksman '66, principal cellist of the HRO. The Vivaldi Sonates en Concert in E minor for cello and orchestra were meant for cello and continuo. They sound soupy with a full orchestra. Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1 is more at home with a saxophone band than this Vivaldi is with such a lush orchestral arrangement...
Michael A. Flaksman '67 has been named one of the winners of an international concerto competition conducted by the New York Philharmonic...
...special on the Repertory Company of Lincoln Center, narrated by Elia Kazan, featuring a brief excerpt from Arthur Miller's new play After the Fall, performed by Jason Robards Jr. The Voice of Firestone (ABC, 10-10:30 p.m.). Dancer Rudolf Nureyev, Singer Florence Henderson, Cellist Michael Flaksman...
...will attempt to repeat last year's victory over the Dartmouth squad this afternoon at 4 o'clock over the Charles River course. In the 1928 meet, the Crimson secured the better end of a 28 to 34 score, R. C. Aldrich '31, present captain, placing second to Leslie Flaksman '29. Thus far this season the charges of Coach Mikkola have defeated Holy Cross by 19 to 53, and avenged themselves for last year's defeat at the hands of the New Hampshire Wildcats by turning the tables...