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Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra--will perform Vivaldi's Four Seasons, Scott Yoo, violinist; J.S. Bach's Brandenburg Concert No. 3; W.A. Mozart's Eine Kleine Nachtmusik. Sanders Theatre, 8 p.m. $5/$7 students; $7/$10 adults. Tickets are available at the Sanders Theatre Ticket Office in the basement of Memorial Hall or by calling...
...dimensional images and easy stereotypes are the currency of our dealings with classical music and classical musicians. Mozart is the boy prodigy; Beethoven, the tormented, deaf visionary; Bach the obscure wigged fellow who wrote that neat organ piece they play in horror flicks. In the same vein, Joseph Haydn is remembered as the long-lived "Father of the Symphony" who also penned the great oratorios "The Seasons" and "The Creation. "Yet Haydn's vocal works display a variety that challenges the preconceived notions. Haydn, despite his reputation, was a master of many genres...
...these passages without transgressing the bounds of bathos. Combining with Watkinson's unfailing vocal agility and expressive gusto, this wrings every ounce of dramatic potential out of Haydn's already amply suggestive recitatives. The overall effect is that of an opera in miniature, and the arias are reminiscent of Mozart's writing for the countess in the Marriage of Figaro...
American music has been moving so fast for the past hundred years or so that it has hardly had a moment to look back. Sure, ragtime was great -- but listen to this. Big bands? Elvis! Hard rock? Soft rock. Acid rock. Get with it. Even a Mozart would be only as good as his latest hit in such a hip-hop marketplace as this...
Still, no one can do a proper job if the equipment is so intrinsically flawed. Even the Mozart of bell ringers couldn't make this orchestra sound decent--the instruments are permanently out of tune and the concertmaster is forever absent...