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Today, with graceful flicks of his silver baton, he conducts the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra, which is currently enjoying its 201st season. At the end of this academic year Yannatos will step down as conductor of HRO and senior lecturer in the music department, concluding his 45 years of affiliation with Harvard...
Last Friday night, the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra (HRO) took on two of the most romantic composers in a performance opened by warm congratulations from conductor James Yannatos to the ensemble’s graduating seniors. Yet, Ludwig van Beethoven and Gustav Mahler did not draw as much of a crowd as Gavin DeGraw, who was still playing on the steps of Memorial Church. Sanders Theater was only half full when Beethoven’s Leonore Overture No. 3, Opus 72a started playing. Opus 72 is known for the many changes it has undergone over time. The piece was originally composed...
You’re just too busy—we get it. And yes, Harvard students are sadomasochists in a completely nonsexual way (“Wow, you’re taking six classes, playing lacrosse, and student-conducting HRO...
...second concert of its bicentennial season, the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra (HRO) delivered another strong performance under the baton of Dr. James Yannatos. The concert featured one of the most memorable solo performances of the year: soloist Bong Ihn Koh ’08, Harvard’s internationally renowned cellist, in his first appearance as part of the orchestra...
Perhaps one of Koh’s most impressive attributes was his ability to blend cohesively with the orchestra. Koh presented an image to the audience of the cellist as part of a larger organism that is the HRO. As the strings played, he extended his upper body towards them as if trying to immerse his head in the music; as the horns played, he leaned back as if to absorb the sounds of the brass. Koh was clearly aware that the success of the orchestra depended on each of its parts working together—a trait that truly...