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...both. This time, music director John Posner and stage director Timothy Rush have managed to bring out all of the nuances of the work. The orchestra was strong and vibrant, with a full-bodied character in all the parts. The overture came off surprisingly well, especially during the oboc solo, which is as good as any I've heard. The chorus established itself firmly in the opening number. ( If you want to know who we are/We are gentlemen of Japan. ) and stayed vigorous throughout the evening. The pomposity of these Japanese bureaucrats rang as true today as it must have...
Stephen Wolpe's Oboc Sonata seemed to me the only disappointment of the concert, though Marx's sprightly staccato attacks of the first movement, and a regal unison with Wuorinen which opened the third, were among the evening's most exciting moments. The piece is too long, however, and redundant; too frequently Marx seemed to shriek in the high register or growl in the vulgar buzzsaw sound for which he has been criticized...
...concert opened with Cimarosa Oboc Concerto. Robert Freemen played it with a sublety of phrasing and sweetness of tone of the highest order. The Orchestra, whose playing throughout the evening was solid, failed occasionally to match his sensitivity...
...program opened with Beethoven's Quartet in E flat. Originally composed for piano, bassoon, oboc, clarinet, and French horn, the work in its recast piano quartet form still shows signs of woodwind writing. Nevertheless, it is a sprightly, tuneful piece with more than a few melodic and harmonic surprises worthy of the later Beethoven. The performance was fresh, idiomatic and perfect in every way. Balsam's personality seemed to be the dominating one. The group followed his beat, not Gorodzky's, and the piano part was emphasized whenever possible...
Violins.--W. A. Dole '19, C. S. Howard '20 and J. J. Nesson '19; 'cello: R. L. White '20; bass viol; B. J. Mattuck '18; flutes: H. H. Pell, Jr., '19 and W. F. Manning '20; clarinets: A. D. MeLean '18 and P. K. McElroy '20; oboc: H. Rublee '20; cornet: A. S. Wonson '19; trombone: W. K. Hutchinson '17; piano. J. M. Parmelee...
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