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...harmonies and unresolved chords are hardly the accompaniment for a standard ballet. Yet it was this brilliant integration of folk tunes and rhythmic manipulation that was needed to complement accurately a ballet presenting an actual ritual of sacrifice by prehistoric people. The BSO highlighted these obscure rhythms, bringing the piece??s barbaric beauty to life. At the same time, the musicians were expressive and lyrical when they needed to be. With the next concert series not until next year, Levine and the Symphony Orchestra left 2008 on a high note. Levine’s focus on precision...
...heavy march that was brimming with energy; Yannatos led the orchestra like a train over hills and through valleys. Like in “Flying Machine,” the orchestra was propelled by momentum, its different parts combining and growing into one. After such a dramatic buildup, the piece??s end was unfortunately a little insecure, but it hardly detracted from the exhilarating performance. After the intermission, the orchestra played Felix Mendelssohn’s third symphony, “Scottish.” The violins rescued the shaky opening solo by the violas, leading the strings?...
...program, Béla Bartók’s little known “Dance Suite.” Mentioning that Bartók collected Hungarian folk songs and wrote compositions that reflected these tunes with “fantastic sophistication,” he pointed out the piece??s important melodies and structures, and even led the orchestra in playing short excerpts to prepare the audience for the upcoming performance. The interactive approach was a refreshing alternative to the common and distracting mid-performance study of program notes, and, moreover, it effectively acquainted the audience...
...instincts proved right on the money when a screenplay about a racehorse landed on her desk back in 2002. “It was a movie that had a lot of external disabilities—period, sports, the Depression, horse racing, no single star, an ensemble piece??and my colleagues appreciated the quality of the script, but were unsure about the investment. That was one I walked the plank for. I felt like it was speaking to a post-9/11 country,” Snider said. “It wasn’t just a relic...
...able to lift the brass line above the lush strokes of two-note slurs in the strings for a regal effect. But the musical lines frequently stopped before the end of the phrases, and, despite the music’s religious undertones, the delivery lacked fervor. Even during the piece??s most climactic moments, the orchestra’s sound felt flat in the 1,166-seat concert hall. Sakir led precisely but cautiously. After Sakir’s brief stint on the Sanders stage, he was relieved by Hangen, the conductor of the BCO, who introduced California...