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...years their emphasis and preference have drifted to other styles. Last Sunday afternoon they showed themselves to be best at the music for which they were originally formed. The closing work of their program, the Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 2, is often considered the finest example of concerto grosso writing. More often than not, its balance of concertino and ripieno forces is distorted to the point that the harpsichord and flute are never heard, the oboe, rarely, and the trumpet always...
...Indians that seemed unfit for slavery. When the Indians, who had no concept of regular work, proved uneconomical, black Africans were imported. Indian, white and black blood blended into mulatto culture, which continued to prey on the tribal Indian. Throughout the 17th and 18th centuries in the Mato Grosso, private armies of bandeirantes pillaged for gold, diamonds and slaves. Thousands of Indians who were not killed by gun died because they lacked the antibodies to ward off their invaders' most common illnesses. The Indians retaliated sporadically, piercing their persecutors with long arrows, eating their flesh and occasionally shrinking their...
...Philharmonia offered an intriguing contrast of styles, periods, and pieces. In the opening work, The Concerto Grosso, Op. 6 No. 1 of Corelli, Alexander Schneider, who conducted, doubled as principal violin in the concertino. The work went along smoothly, indeed brilliantly, but the wisdom of Mr. Schneider's decision to combine roles is dubious. Unfortunately, the orchestra had a tendency, especially in the first movement, to enter just a fraction of a beat behind him, a problem which would not have cropped up if he were not playing. Nonetheless, it was a fine performance, with especially good work by cellist...
...schedule includes an interesting combination of classical and contemporary works, aided in part by a Rockfeller Foundation grant for the preparation of contemporary music. Sunday's concert, with Alexander Schncider conducting, consists of the Mozart Clarinet Concerto in A, K. 622, Stravinsky's Dumbarton Oaks Concerto, a Corelli Concerto Grosso, and the Mozart G Minor Symphony, K. 183. Later concerts will include Schoenberg's Kammersymphonie, Stravinksy's Concerto for Strings, Elliot Carter's The Minotaur, and Haydn's Oxford Symphony, all of them extremely interesting pieces...
This modern dance company, unlike most groups that draw their choreography from their leaders, (choreographer-dancers) performs works written by more than twenty artists including members of the company. Opening with a piece written by a guest teacher and artist Jose Limon, the troupe interprets the Concerto Grosso in D Minor with the classic curves dictated by his style. Like Limon's dance of Otherllo- the Moor's Pavane -the Concerto creates and expands circular space. Vivaldi's fast paced score supports the swirl of emotions performed by the group...