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...Koh followed his performance with an encore, playing a solo that rendered the whole room silent. He played a piece that had an ethereal, eerie sound, accompanying his own cello solo by singing a vocal part. The moment emphasized the fact that Koh is not simply someone playing an instrument, but actually is the instrument himself...
...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...
...then came the main event. Antonin Dvorak’s “Cello Concerto in B minor,” featuring Koh’s solo performance, was undoubtedly the highlight of the evening. Truly a vessel for the music, Koh moved with the orchestra and with the conductor, his closed eyes suggesting deep emotion and intense concentration etched across his face. Koh moved his arms with fluidity and athletic agility, his fingers nimbly scaling up and down the fingerboard of his cello to produce a rich, deep, and confident sound that swirled upward to the top of Sanders...
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...
...Koh’s performance made Dvorak’s “Concerto”—and Friday’s concert—a hard act to follow. Through Koh and the rest of the orchestra, the audience traveled along a wide spectrum of emotion ranging from ecstasy to grief. It was an incredible journey for both the performers and the listeners. —Crimson reviewer Victoria D. Sung can be reached at vsung@fas.harvard.edu...