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Robert Levin ’68 served as a last minute replacement for pianist Alfred Brendel with the Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO) this weekend after Brendel was rendered unable to perform due to an arm injury...
Last night, Levin played Beethoven’s second concerto in addition to the fourth. The second was also a last-minute addition and was prepared on one rehearsal with only a few members of the orchestra...
...Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra is the most visible student music organization, but many smaller groups mean that an instrument doesn’t have to be stowed away in the closet. A cappella abounds...
...directly and without the distance sometimes required in this music. Haitink conducted effortlessly, and took the final “Danse Generale” at a brisk, exciting tempo, which proved to be very effective. This was programming at its best: two twentieth century repertoire staples performed by an orchestra whose links to both works have only become stronger over time...
...well-blended texture and flexible phrasing that are so crucial for the underlying drama, in which Tamino and Pamina overcome the ordeals of initiation into Sarastro’s order and progress towards enlightenment only through cooperation and mutual support. Their journey was admirably accompanied by the Met orchestra, which played with impeccable precision and clarity...