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...Harvard, this celebration starts off appropriately enough with our own Mozart Society Orchestra (MSO). This Saturday, Nov. 19, the group will perform its annual fall concert, featuring Mozart’s “Piano Concerto No. 21 Koechel 467” with Robinson Professor of Humanities Robert D. Levin ’68, along with Claude Debussy’s “Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun” and Ludwig van Beethoven’s “Symphony...
...Levin not only teaches a popular Literature and Arts Core class on Mozart, but also happens to be one of the world’s leading Mozart scholars. Unlike many musical academics who confine themselves to libraries and lecture halls, Levin practices what he preaches. He performs frequently, often excusing himself from Cambridge for weeks at a time to embark on international tours...
...Levin-ed parts of Saturday’s program present challenges of their own to the orchestra. Debussy’s short piece begins with a lonely (and nerve-racking) flute melody before unfolding into a fabulously French flight of fancy. The Beethoven, one of the most difficult works in the orchestral repertoire, demands both technical proficiency and musical maturity...
...composer Josquin along with more contemporary pieces. Sanders Theatre. 8 p.m. Tickets available at the Harvard Box Office, (617) 496-2222, $18/14 general; $9/7 students/senior citizens. (LAM)The Ying Quartet. The award-winning professional Ying Quartet mixes its violin and cello skills with the music of pianist Bob Levin. Paine Hall. 8 p.m. Tickets available at the Harvard Box Office, (617) 496-2222, free with a limit of two tickets per person. (LAM)Saturday, Nov. 5Dins & LowKeys Concert. Check out the fall concert festivities at Keylime, where the two Harvard a capella groups will jam for the night. Sanders Theatre...
...most well-respected Bach scholar, Christoph Wolff. The conference took place Sep. 23-25, the same weekend that the exhibit opened. It featured papers by musicologists as well as live performances by the Harvard Baroque Chamber Orchestra, the Handel and Haydn Society Orchestra, and pianist and Harvard Professor Robert Levin and his wife, pianist Ya-Fei Chuang (both of whom played harpsichord...