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There were three blind mice, three little pigs and three Stooges. And after tonight, there will have been three Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra subscription concerts. Perhaps coincidentally, conductor Maestro James Yannatos will lead the Orchestra as they play Pistons Symphony No. 3 as well as Don Juan by Strauss. But wait. That's not all. Professor Mark Devoto and Professor Emeritus Eliot Forbes will give a pre-concert lecture. Sanders Theatre. Tickets 496-2222. Concert at 8 p.m., lecture at 7 p.m. $8-$13 general, $6-$10 for students...
CORINNE S. CRAWFORD PLAYS CELLO AT THE MSO CONCERT AT PAINE HALL, FEBRUARY 20, DIR. BY ROBERT LEHMANN: "We're here, and we're ready to perform for you!" declared the Mozart Society Orchestra (MSO) as it started off with J. S. Bach's Overture to the Orchestral Suite in D Major. With dignified energy, MSO grabbed the audience's attention from the very beginning. Lehmann himself performed a solo, Violin Concerto in G by Haydn, with the orchestra accompanying. As the strings echoed and flourished the soloist's line, it was evident that MSO not only had energy...
Boston Symphony Orchestra at Symphony Hall
...most significant aspects of BSO'sperformance was the readily apparent emphasis onorchestration. Unlike most stagings of opera,where the orchestra sits in the pit, the membersof BSO were on stage, only slightly below theelevated set. Most definitely this was because ofSymphony Hallãs architecture, which was built toaccommodate orchestral events, but something stillhas to be said for the decision to perform theopera in that setting. The result was of mixedbenefits. Although the BSO sounded the best that Ihad ever heard them, the orchestra tended, attimes, to drown out the vocalists...
Boston Symphony Orchestra's James Ehnes on violin: Vivaldi's "The Four Seasons" and Stravinsky's "Suite from Pulcinella." 301 Mass. Ave. Call SymphonyCharge at (888) 266-1200 for tickets...