Word: kirchners
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Boston Symphony Orchestra performing Brahms, Verdi and Kirchner. Symphony Hall, 2, March 3, 8:30, March...
...Even though the orchestra is made up of men who make their livings at other jobs-including the permanent conductor, Harvard Professor Leon Kirchner-they do not skimp on rehearsal time. "We do not go into any concert unrehearsed," says Goldman. This is true no matter how long it takes to learn a piece, and rehearsal costs can take up a good chunk of the budget. Without the pressure of thrice weekly concerts, the Philharmonia can take a more leisurely approach to music...
...Summer Festival Orchestra, which Kirchner conducted Monday night, is very good. Although a very young orchestra, it has reached a high level of maturity. Its faults are relatively few-the cello section is weak, the basses could improve a bit, but on the whole it is highly professional. Particularly noteworthy is its concertmaster, Tison Street, a young performer of extraordinary virtuosity. The almost demonical intensity with which he played, especially during the Bartok Divertimento for String Orchestra, portends a brilliant future for this particularly fine violinist...
...FINAL WORK on the program, Kirchner's own Music for Orchestra, is an intriguing piece commissioned for the 125th anniversary of the New York Philharmonic last year. While I have not seen the score, I would say that it seems closer to the better Messiaen than to Lutoslawski, as the program notes suggest. It is an exuberant though occasionally muddy piece, with a few aleatory passages which give some freedom of choice to the performers...
...audience response to the piece was so enthusastic that Kirchner repeated it. It is not a piece which can be easily understood in one sitting, or even in two; a certain mystery remains, some of its parts are still unexplained. It is certainly a work of great genius, a suitable product of a great composer...