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...April 19 the ad hoc Eliot Chamber Orchestra gave the forth annual Rainforest Concert, to Benefit the World Wildlife Fund. The small crowd was not disappointed, as the virtuosity of the two featured soloists (Joe Lin '00 and Yuki Sekino '99) proved to be irreproachable. Lin gave the fifth Mozart Violin Concerto and, due to the inferior quality of the ensemble, was forced to take everything down a notch. Tempi lagged but, on the other hand, the winds were wonderful in the andante. John Allanbrook '99, a musical jack-of-all trades, elicited a deliberate, score--fixated performance from...
Standing ovations have clearly been stripped of their meaning, since this middling concert got two. All in all, then, balance was an issue, and one would hope for more from the BSO. Perhaps pianist Maria Joao Pires will make a more favorable impression with the Mozart Concerto...
...tough choice whether to prefer Sekino's amazing dynamic control or her fabulous dress. Her rendition of the Mozart G Major Concerto began with projection problems but blossomed into a miracle of subtly shaded staccato. To be fair, Lin was better at conversing with the orchestra, but Sekino gave a more exciting performance. Where appropriate, she amplified the music to operatic dimensions...
...funeral mass held yesterday in honor of Chang H. Jo '00 began with a performance of the Mozart Clarinet Quintet in A Major, a piece friends said they recalled Jo studying...
...opening and closing processionals included Harvard students playing a Mozart quintet. Jo owned two recordings of that piece, according to Bowen...