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Under the Finger. Though written centuries apart, the Bach and Falla concertos succeed because neither tries too hard to make the harpsichord do things it is not supposed to do. "Too many 20th century composers think of the harpsichord as a piano or as a percussion instrument. They expect you to bang very hard on it," says Kipnis. The impressionism of Debussy or Delius, which calls for a dreamy, sustained tone, simply will not work on a harpsichord. A stride bass can sound downright laughable. The technique of the harpsichordist exists entirely in the fingers, not partly in the arms...
...Kenneth Parkinson as "cymbals" in the ensemble, Mardian's attorney, Thomas Green, insisted that his client "never sat in the orchestra-he sat down in the seats ... finally got up and walked out." H.R. Haldeman, who might have been described as first violin, was not assigned a rhetorical instrument...
...pilot of a fogbound jet circling over Moscow's Vnukovo Airport for an instrument landing was startled recently when he began receiving radio signals from "Prince" and "Angel." Clearly these communications did not come from the control tower. Equally bemused were listeners to an official radio broadcast on Ukrainian industrial production, which was interrupted by this message: "Ya Dunai! Ya Dunai! Mal-chiki i devochki, slushaite menya! Nachinayu peredachu dlya molodezhi Marinskogo Raiona [Danube calling! Danube calling! Listen, all you cats and chicks out there! This is a program for young people in the Marinka District...
...orchestra sounded terrific on Britten's "The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra," especially during the unnerving exposure of its long section of solo variations for each instrument. Debussy's "Iberia" brought out the HRO's characteristically rich, warm sound and some beautiful wind solos, and its supporting part in Mozart's Second Horn Concerto was cleanly accented and clearly phrased...
...birthday to pay homage to a great composer, and in honor of Beethoven's 204th, the Bach Society Orchestra played an all-Beethoven concert last Saturday evening. Chosen from Beethoven's seven concertos and nine symphonies, the Violin Concerto in D. Opus 61 (1806), offered a change of solo instrument after performances of piano concertos in the past two concerts, and the Symphony Number Eight in F, Opus 93 (1812), was simply the only one that could be managed by the small 43-man orchestra...