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...major Op. 47 ("Kreutzer"). But if Shure concentrated on the nineteenth century, the Laredos almost seemed to go out of their way to avoid it. The rest of their program consisted of Bach's Sonata No. 2 in A major and the Sonata Concertante of resident composer Leon Kirchner...
Having bowed to tradition in the Bach, the Laredos proceeded to perform the contemporary Sonata Concertante of Kirchner. This is a long work, full of virtuosic writing for the two instruments. Long, cadenza-like solo passages occur throughout, mostly for the violin. One of these--a broad, violin-spanning "theme" in double stops--opens the work and recurs periodically throughout the sonata's two movements, lending the work a somewhat cyclical character. There is nothing small about this piece, and the Laredos performed it with passion, intensity and brillance...
Strangely enough, they gave a more coherent performance of the Kirchner than of the much more familiar "Kreutzer" Sonata. Once again, balance was a problem. Ruth Laredo may be a woman but there is nothing mincing about her approach to the piano in general or to the "Kreutzer" in particular...
...Monday Night Concert Series: Leon Kirchner and Chamber Ensemble. Sanders Theatre...
...College. In spite of the fact that the conductors of the big musical organizations have positions on its faculty -- and of the two or three professional recitals spon sored throughout the year, or the occasional venture as impresario made by its Pulitzer prize-winning composer-conductor, Leon Kirchner--the Music Department has earned the reputation of being "anti-performance." This may or may not be true of individual members of the department, but it is justified as a view of the department as a whole...