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Last Friday, one short month after their Halloween concert, the Harvard Radcliffe Orchestra (HRO) tackled another ambitious program at Sanders Theatre. The concert showcased the HRO’s musical maturity, as the orchestra effectively delivered three pieces in radically different styles. The continuing creativity of conductor James Yannatos, who is near the end of his long tenure, was also on display; he premiered his sixth symphony...
...piece sets six translated Chinese poems, sung by a tenor (Charles Blandy) and an alto (Jamie Van Eyck), against the large scale of a symphony. The playing suffered slightly from the limited rehearsal time between concerts, sometimes lacking the complete control that is a trademark of HRO, but the orchestra still delivered a moving performance of the classic work...
...final notes achieved a profound serenity, closing a dynamic, sometimes chaotic, but characteristically enjoyable HRO concert...
...arts at Harvard. Still, many have not been contacted, and remain in the dark. “I was not contacted directly by the Task force,” Tines says, “which really kind of scares me. I’m involved in the HRO, Collegium Musicum, and an a capella group, which is a pretty large cross-section of music.”“That’s a very serious charge, but I honestly have not heard it until now,” Bhabha responded when asked about such student sentiments...
...beginning of the end of an institution on Friday night as James Yannatos stepped to the podium for the opening concert of his 45th and final season as music director of the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra (HRO). If Yannatos is mourning his departure, however, he is not doing so through his selection of music. His choices pulsed with emphatic joy and were delivered with conviction by his orchestra. The evening began with a premiere of Carson Cooman’s “Flying Machine,” an HRO commission dedicated to Yannatos in celebration of his commitment to HRO...