Word: persichetti
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...prolific composer and pianist Vincent Persichetti will celebrate his 70th birthday this week with three days of talks and performances hosted by Harvard and three other area colleges...
...Persichetti, who has written more than 150 published compositions, will speak on WGBH radio today and then give a lecture on the music profession at a UMass-Boston luncheon...
...recipient of three Guggenheim fellowships, Persichetti will conduct a rehearsal at the Boston Conservatory tomorrow and then move to Harvard to lead a "Learning from Performers" session in the Currier House Senior Common Room...
...Concert Band played these provincial folk tunes with singular enthusiasm and sensitivity, although the performance did not quite match that of the Persichetti symphony. The performers showed their versatility in the opening "Normandie," played with gusto, sprightly clashes of brass and a fine ensemble, and in "Bretagne," somber and haunting with a nice, accented contrast of low brass and shrill woodwinds...
Equal polish was apparent in the concluding work of the program Friday night, the light and diverting National Emblem March of E.G. Bagley. As through most of the other parts of the concert, particularly the Persichetti and Milhaud, the Concert Band rose to the full demands of tonal color and concerted playing. The trombones highlighted the instrumentation, and the piece was conveyed rather enjoyably--like the Gabrieli Canzon--with an obvious glee not always suitable in other parts of the concert...