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...performance that Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra (HRO) President James F. Collins ’07 declared would open HRO’s 198th season, the orchestra ably maintained its tradition of musical excellence garnering three standing ovations...
...oration by Dean of the Harvard College Benedict H. Gross ’71 and a showcase of the virtuoso skill of piano soloist Wei-Jen Yuan ’06, before finally allowing the orchestra to come into their own. Under the direction of Dr. James Yannatos, the HRO passionately performed popular but stylistically diverse orchestra favorites, including Aaron Copland’s “Lincoln Portrait,” Tchaikovsky’s “Piano Concerto No. 1,” and Igor Stravinsky’s “The Rite of Spring...
Lead by co-concertmasters J.Y. “Ariel” Jeong ’07 and Mathew J. Kan ’07, the HRO began the night with the solemn opening tones of the patriotic Lincoln Portrait. Copland’s music, which incorporates motifs from American folk songs and the spoken words of Abraham Lincoln, was narrated by Dean Gross, a former HRO member...
...Lincoln Portrait,” HRO demonstrated a facility in and good sense of dynamics, blend, and balance, especially during the alternating legato and staccato passages...
Saturday, Oct. 29. Sanders Theatre. 8 p.m. Tickets available at the Harvard Box Office (617-496-2222). $16/$14/$12, students $12/$10/$8. The Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra (HRO) has planned a stellar concert to take place on Saturday night. The program will include three features—Aaron Copland’s “Lincoln Portrait,” Tchaikovsky’s “Piano Concerto No. 1”, and Igor Stravinsky’s “Rite of Spring.” Known as “the dean of American composers...