Word: hro
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...sensation of watching last year's Mission: Impossible. No matter how much one tried to pay attention to the plot's convolutions, one was continually plagued by the question, "What is going on?" while the sole consolation was the star quality of the actors. The performing members of HRO were the Tom Cruise of the evening, and quickly removed the sour taste left by the Dallapiccola with the sweetness of a Rach-maninoff rhapsody...
...variation, and the appearance of Paganini's familiar theme was a welcome divergence from the atonality of the first two pieces. In 24 variations for orchestra and piano, the musicians crisply passed the theme from one section to another with the vitality and enthusiasm that made the first HRO concert so appealing. The orchestra attacked each new alteration with unfailing skill, making the transition from treacherous pizzicato and spiccato sections into lingering waltz-like melodies seem deceptively easy...
Susan Yeh '99 said she was helping with HRO mailings in Loker when one of Alan's friends came up to her with their pitch. She said she was taken by the sympathetic story and was glad to do "anything to help...
...addition to his academic success, Brown was an "excellent violinist," according to David Marcus, president of the Harvard Redcliffe Orchestra (HRO). Brown has also served as an assistant concenrtmaster for HRO...
...HRO's interpretation of the overture highlighted the piece's ambitious nature and theatrical potential through passionate dynamic swells. However, due perhaps to the acoustics in Sanders Theatre, the forte sections of the piece seemed excessively loud, and a few intonation problems in the brass section were prominent in the overture's soft sections...