Word: moderato
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...Seated on a leather piano bench, Harrell opened the adagio-moderato movement of Sir Edward Elgar’s “Cello Concerto in E Minor, Op. 85” with a declamatory broken chord. Harrell—who made his BSO debut in November 1978—favored a smoother, lighter touch to the opening theme, as opposed to the heavily sustained passion of English cellist Jacqueline Du Pré’s definitive 1965 recording of the concerto with the London Symphony...
...first and last “Allegro” movements created a lively, playful mood, while the second, “Menuetto: Moderato,” was much more sedate, and the third—“Adagio”—more melodious. Though by no fault of the musicians, the ends of both the “Menuetto” and the “Adagio” felt inconclusive. However, this was more than compensated for by the final “Allegro assai,” which brought the Quartet full circle by tying...
...Saints, which opened in New York City this month (it was first seen in London and Berkeley, Calif., last year), was the exuberant centerpiece of the Mark Morris Dance Group's 20th-anniversary season. Sixteen of the choreographer's 100-odd dances--from L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, a full-evening extravaganza for 24 dancers, four singers, chorus and orchestra, to Peccadillos, a duet for Morris and a toy piano--were presented at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. Meanwhile, across the street, the company is moving into the brand-new Mark Morris Dance Center, its first permanent home...