Word: mozarts
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...typical for conductor James Yannatos. With 18th or early 19th century classic and large Romantic works at either end of his programs, Yannatos has persistently scheduled pieces of 20th century music--often recent compositions--as keystones of his concerts. On Friday he led the HRO in performances of Mozart's Overture to Die Zauberfloete, the new clarinet concerto by professor emeritus Walter Piston, and that song to end all songs, Mahler's Das Lied von der Erde. What more could one ask of an evening...
...concert got off to a shaky start with the Mozart. Each of three major allegro sections begins with a set of fugal entries which leave the first and second violons especially exposed. In each case the entrance were painfully ragged. On the other hand; the second theme-group dialogues between oboe and flute were exquisite examples of ensemble and musicianship...
...hundred-seventy-six years separate the Mozart from Piston's Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra, completed last July. In import, however, the two are not so very far apart. Written in a thoroughly modern idiom, Piston's piece nevertheless has all the brevity, forward drive and essential lyricism of a Mozart horn concerto. Soloist John C. Adams combined a capacity for pyrotechnics with a sensuous pianissimo that must be the envy of all clarinetists...
...leading conductors. Throughout Austria, everybody seems to be caught up in music, whether as a cultural pursuit, political issue, spectator sport, historical tradition or simple daily pleasure. Other countries may name their streets after composers, but Austria must be the only place where a crack train is called the Mozart Express, and where the national airline has planes called Beethoven, Schubert and Bruckner. Even affairs of state become insignificant next to the true national passion; today, the directorship of the Vienna State Opera is a post scarcely less prestigious than the presidency of the Republic...
...Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra will present a concert at 8:30 p.m. tonight in Sanders Theatre. James D. Yannatos will conduct a program of Mahler, Das Lied von der Erde, Mozart, Overture to the Magic Flute, and Walter Piston, Clarinet Concerto. Tickets available at the door...