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...must book a separate pavilion for them). At season's end, some productions move briefly to Nevill Holt in Leicestershire, a medieval house with a theater in the old stables. Rare treats this season are Michel Legrand's 1964 marriage-of-convenience saga Les Parapluies de Cherbourg and Sergei Prokofiev's compulsive case history The Gambler...
...Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra (HRO), with Music Director James Yannatos conducting, played music linked by the recurring themes of conflict and tragedy. The talents of the members of the orchestra were showcased as the concert featured the intricate rhythms of works by Hsueh-Yung Shen ’73, Sergey Prokofiev, and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.The evening performance opened with welcoming remarks by the president of HRO, Chrix E. Finne ’07. Making note of the families in attendance for freshman parents’ weekend, Finne cheerfully reminded parents that while they could not capture memorable moments with flash photography...
...Cello PerformancePaine Hall Under ConstructionPhillips Brooks House A Cappella...With a Twist!Sanders Theatre Harvard Veritones: A Cappella PerformanceScience Center D3:15 PM Japanese Tea Ceremony DemonstrationsTearoom, East Asian Languages and Civilizations Department, 5 Bryant St. 3:30 PM Organ ConcertAdolphus Busch Hall Ivory Tower and Harvard HookupsCarpenter Center Prokofiev Sonata for Violin and PianoFogg Art Museum Calderwood Courtyard Liz Carlisle ’06Harvard Yard Stage The LetterHolden Chapel David Wax ’06Holden ChapelDance FestivalLowell Lecture Hall Brahms String SextetMemorial Church Beethoven Piano Concerto no. 3Paine Hall T.H.U.D. Live!Sanders Theatre The Harvard Opportunes ARTS FIRST...
DIED. SARAH CALDWELL, 82, imaginative founding director of the now defunct Opera Company of Boston and the first woman to conduct at New York City's Metropolitan Opera; in Portland, Maine. Caldwell produced some 100 operas over 30 years, including complex modern works like Prokofiev's War and Peace. Though her insistence on directing and conducting could slow production, she was hailed as an inventive artist and a nurturer of emerging singers. A 1975 TIME cover story called her Music's Wonder Woman...
...initiated the concert with Sergei Prokofiev’s “Suggestion Diabolique,” a piece more deserving of the title “Overstatement Diabolique.” Beginning with a low bass rumble, it quickly erupted into fiery, insistent repetitions of the titular motif. Prokofiev reemerged later on the program with Nora I. Bartosik’s ’08 spirited performance of his “Toccata,” opus 11. Unfortunately, the mediocrity of the piano itself detracted from all the performances—and Bartosik?...