Word: hro
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...four rehearsals is barely enough time to prepare for an entire concert, so the rest of the evening didn't match the Piston. Beethoven's Second Symphony, first on the program, sometimes dragged during its second and third movements, and generally sounded less inspired than other HRO performances of Beethoven. Some extra rehearsing could have polished away the rough spots in both the tutti and solo sections...
Friday night's guest soloist was Richard Kogan, winner of the 1974 HRO Concerto Competition. Kogan is a 19-year-old freshman who upon arrival last fall was immediately welcomed in musical circles as the most accomplished pianist at Harvard in many years. He has studied piano since age seven with Nadia Reisenberg in New York City and with Nadia Boulanger last summer in France, and his performance of the Liszt E Flat Piano Concerto was exceptional. This is as it should be--one of the greatest virtuoso pianists who ever lived, Liszt was fond of composing fiery technical showpieces...
Something for everybody this week: more concerts than any other week all year. Best bet among the big programs; the HRO's concerto-contest winner (playing Liszt!) on Friday; and the Choir's Monteverdi Vespers on Sunday night. Both Eliot and Mather Houses are sponsoring first-rate chamber music. And even the Music Department is in on things: with a violinist who dares play Kreisler and Sarasate in Paine Hall! --Kenneth Hoffman...
...quality of the concerts, not the number. At least that's what mother always used to say between gulps of the Jim Beam that she kept next to her Random Thoughts notebook. And this week features the two biggies in back to back performances. HRO on Friday followed by the Bach Society on Saturday. Mother would have been so happy...
BEFORE THE INTERMISSION, HRO took on Stravinsky's Petrushka, an enjoyable yet demanding piece. This was the highlight of the orchestra's performance: the brass section and several soloists, especially flutist Marilyn Chohaney, excelled. The placement of the piece before the break was unfortunate because the already restless audience was not anxious to sit through the long Petrushka. Sanders was already stifling by that time...