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Still, the audience, bolstered by a large contingent of beaming parents, was undaunted. HRO could do no wrong on Friday night and it wasn't just because of the paternal and maternal affection that radiated from the three-quarters-full auditorium. The orchestra earned its ovations, moving through three very dissimilar pieces with grace and energy; the sheer scale of the undertaking, especially in a work as complex as "Petrushka," was impressive...
Soloist Shoshana "Shasa" Dobrow '97 won HRO's Concerto Competition with the piece and it must be a godsend for a bassoonist--there's not much opportunity to shine with the instrument. Probably the best-known bassoon writing is Stravinsky's, such as the solo that begins "The Rite of Spring;" but Stravinsky produces a plaintive, wailing tone which is far from Weber's classical vocabulary...
...evidence in "Petrushka," a complex work which incorporates Russian folk tunes and avant-garde rhythmic experimentation. Just the number of instruments involved was impressive: everything from piano, harp and celeste to xylophone, snare drum and triangle found a place on the crowded stage. It makes one wonder what HRO would do if the admissions committee ever forgot to admit a harpist...
...school children hissed and screamed at the wolf's antics during the children's matinee performed by the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra (HRO) as the dean delighted them with voices and sound effects, demonstrating that perhaps his stage career shouldn't have ended...
Knowles, guest conductor Benjamin Zander and HRO repeated the performance yesterday evening for the big boys and girls--Harvard students and the public...