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...Brahms occasionally suffered from poor intonation in the brass, which was slightly more noticeable during the fourth movement. However, for the most part, the blend and balance of the orchestra was superb...
...their penultimate concert of the season, the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra presented a rousing rendition of two perennial favorites in Sanders Theatre—Felix Mendelssohn’s “Overture to A Midsummer Night’s Dream” and Johannes Brahms’s “Symphony No. 2 in D”—along with the world premiere of a cello concerto composed by the HRO’s longtime music director James Yannatos. The soloist for the concerto was renowned cellist Matt W. Haimovitz...
...face of this minor setback and a slight hesitance in the orchestra after the second restart, the piece proceeded boldly to the end. While Yannatos described his composition in completely abstract terms in his notes, it was clear that his concerto embodied the hero-versus-world aesthetic of nineteenth century Romantic pieces. Yannatos did not provide a program or narrative, but it was difficult not to hear Haimovitz as the protagonist in a story...
After intermission, HRO president Christine L. Barron ’09 addressed the audience and recognized the graduating senior members of the orchestra. Yannatos also delivered a heartfelt speech acknowledging his appreciation of the talented student musicians on stage...