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...evening, Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, featured the HRO concerto competition winner and internationally distinguished pianist Kenric Tam ’12. With the orchestra’s bold opening and the emergence of the lyrical second theme, beautifully introduced by flautist Irineo C. Cabreros ’13, Tam took to the stage with breathtaking expression. Though the orchestra’s complementation of his performance was not perfect at times, Tam displayed a uniquely sensitive and heart wrenching interpretation of Chopin’s first piano concerto. Especially striking during the second...
...confrontational. A lot of them are very internal.” The music accompanying the pieces ranges appropriately from popular music to opera arias. Some of the musical compositions are original, and one part of the show is accompanied by nothing but the breath of jazz singer, saxophonist, and flautist Stan Strickland. Even the stage does not constrict the choreographer’s vision; she sets an aerial number—or, as she puts it, a “movement portrait”—in the open air. Certain unifying factors, however, hold the entire show together...
...Charles T. Wilson Professor of Music at Yale, commending the diversity of music on display. Bresnick also praised the “Hydra” performance system designed by the Harvard University Studio for Electroacoustic Composition, which created a dramatic and atmospheric rendition of his composition. Giving credit to flautist Patti Monson for her playing during his “Conspiracies for Solo Flute and Four ‘Other Flutes.’” Bresnick emphasized the importance of multiphonics—a novel way of playing the flute that relies on unusual fingerings and special blowing...
...calls. Albright eased in the piano, carrying along the string section. Anxiety built up with string pizzicatos and more broken up notes from the piano—but then the orchestra transitioned back into the sweeping first melody that is so familiar.The concerto then mellowed, and high notes from flautist Adrian L. Sanborn ’11 echoed Albright’s own. The orchestra then burst into full volume, a move that exposed the strident brass and strings sections. The second movement began with a beautiful flute solo by Sanborn—soon joined by Albright?...
Tomorrow evening, the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra (HRO) will open its bicentennial season. Over 100 musicians will play in the concert. Yet, in 1832, HRO’s predecessor—the Pierian Sodality of 1808—had been whittled down to a single member.The intrepid flautist Henry Gassett ’34 (1834, that is) played on in solitude before convincing another flautist to join him in duets, and eventually coaxing others to help reinvigorate the organization.Besides the HRO, one of America’s oldest musical organizations, other groups ranging from the Harvard Glee Club to the Boston...