Word: maestoso
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...showcase of the violinist’s talent. The score already dictated that Goto would take center stage, a position he filled with relish. Goto’s first notes were intense and pure, digging into the very heart of his Stradivari violin. The first movement, Allegro maestoso, was polished to the core. Every nuance had a purpose. Goto was even confident enough to gaze at the audience as his fingers seemingly played on their own.In an expansive cadenza at the end of the first movement, Goto effortlessly plucked left-hand pizzicatos and knocked off double-stops as if they...
...which they will present his best-known works as performed by some of Harvard’s finest. The distinguished ensemble will accompany Kathryn E. Andersen ’07 and Brendan J. Gillis ’06 on the Sinfonia Concertante for violin, viola & orchestra, KV364: Allegro Maestoso. Both soloists are prominent members of the Harvard Radcliffe Orchestra and the Brattle Street Chamber Players. Aaron L. Berkowitz, a Ph.D. candidate in Music, who has played for such illustrious musicians as Misha Dichter and Joseph Kalichstein, will perform Piano Concerto No. 23, KV488: Adagio. Amanda Forsythe, soprano, will sing...
...begins as Allegro Moderato—the warm colors of the lighting and her languid style emphasizes the moderation of the title. In one of the transitions whose ease marks the piece, Erin A. Straw ’07 enters as the epitome of majesty, Allegro Maestoso. Her performance is much more lively, almost frantic—but it is similar to Altenburg’s in that it seems as though she barely puts forth any effort at all. Lauren E. Chin ’08 ends the piece as Allegro Apassionato; this part is wistful and ardent...
...third movement waltz added a lighter note to the top-heavy symphony, and the interchange of pizzicato notes increased the diversity of texture yet again. By the final movement, the Andante Maestoso, one had seen fleeting smiles pass across the faces of more than a few HRO members, and the toll taken by the the grand volume sustained throughout the finale showed in the flailing of broken bowhairs in the orchestra...
...Finale: Maestoso. New York, Carnegie Hall. Wagner's Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde begin at the very edge of audibility. Celibidache's pianissimi are courageous, and in them, Eros stretches provocatively. Each intense, chromatic line is achingly detailed, and when the climax of the Love-Death is reached, the effect is shattering. "Music," says Celibidache, "is a meditation. When it is transcendent, it is as transcendental as a prayer." In the concluding Scythian Suite, Celibidache unleashes Prokofiev's panoply of barbaric orchestral splendor...