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Neal Zaslaw, flutist, and Anne Chamberlain, pianist, deserved more than the handful of the faithful at Paine Hall last Monday evening. The first Boston performance of John Harbison's "Duo" rewarded the small audience that did show...
...Harbison's five-movement work, placed in the middle of the program, vacillated strangely from the dramatically original to the depressingly banal. In the first movement, "Fanfare," for example, an oom-pah-pah calliope followed an exciting, dissonant flourish. But Harbison nicely exploited the resonance of the piano and the technical facility of the flute...
...performers and Mr. Harbison should have had a bigger audience. Future recitals ought even to enjoy the amenity of having the house lights dimmed during the performance...
Died. Clarence Ellis Harbison, 75, who went to the dogs early in life, wound up as their best U.S. friend; of a pulmonary embolism; in Norwich, Conn. As a gag in 1949, Harbison, long a kennel owner and writer on dogs, set himself up as a canine psychologist at a Buffalo dog show. Before the show ended, dog owners, seriously perplexed by their pets' behavior, were queueing for consultations. The queue continued for the rest of Harbison's days...
...Pastore (K. 208) by the 19-year-old-Mozart opened the program, and the orchestra played this delectable trifle crisply enough, though the same strings that were so impressive in the Bach sounded rather thin here. Even early Mozart can stand a good 25 violins. But Mr. Harbison has done good work with his players, making their attacks sharp, their rhythm excellent, and even raising the level of intonation. There is reason to expect more good things from the orchestra...