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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...
...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...
...April 19 the ad hoc Eliot Chamber Orchestra gave the fourth 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...
DIED. JOE WILLIAMS, 80, jazz icon who sang with the Count Basie Orchestra; in Las Vegas. During his five-decade career, Williams, who in the '80s appeared on The Cosby Show as Grandpa Al, was known for perfect musical timing and the intimacy he conveyed in his blues and ballads, most famously his trademark Every Day (I Have the Blues). Among his many honors: a star next to Basie's on the Hollywood Walk of Fame (see Eulogy...
Friends last week said Jo was helpful, friendly and "brilliant all-around." While at Harvard, Jo a native of California, did research on the cellular mechanisms of the immune system and played the viola in the Mozart Symphony Orchestra and the recent Dunster House opera...