Word: haffner
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...final Bach Soc concert does not really reflect this post-Classical emphasis as much as did the previous concerts, but it is interesting nonetheless. The orchestra plays Kodaly's Dances of Galenta, Vivaldi's "winter" and "Spring" from the "Four Seasons," and Mozart's Symphony No. 35 ("Haffner"). The last piece should be most noteworthy, but also watch for violinst Jennie Shames, who has shown real talent and sensitivity in the past, in the Vivaldi work. The Bach Soc performs at Sanders Theatre on Saturday, May 6, at 8:30 pm. Tickets are available at the door or at Holyoke...
Equally convincing was the performance of the first four movements from Mozart's "Haffner" Serenade, K. 250. Again, Shumsky played a dual role as conductor and violin soloist. The work, Mozart's first great orchestral effort, retains both a light, chamber music coloration and a tendency toward a concertant style. (This style makes soloists operate in opposition to the orchestra...
Unfortunately, the oppostion was University College of London, where rugby is taken seriously. The Crimson was beaten by experience. Harvard rugby president Mark Haffner said, "We had the speed on them and the size on them. It all goes to show how important technique...
SATURDAY'S BACH Society all-Mozart midnight concert was a good concert. Not great, and certainly not flawless, but with such a well-chosen program no orchestra could go too far wrong. By choosing such old chestnuts as "Eine Kleine Nachtmusik" and the Haffner Symphony, Robert Hart Baker '74, the Bach Society's conductor, might well be accused of beating a dead warhorse, but his conducting style is so refreshing that it revitalizes even overly familiar works...
...final piece, The Haffner Symphony is marked by terrific energy--which is just as well considering that it was past 1 a.m. when the piece began. Thanks to Hammer, the audience was still wide-awake, but the orchestra was beginning to tire. Still the outer movements were particularly enjoyable and the evening ended with a fine flourish...