Word: rachmaninoff
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...When he auditioned for the Philadelphia Orchestra two years ago. Conductor Eugene Ormandy called him "one of the great younger pianists of our day." hired him on the spot. Last week Entremont made his Philadelphia debut-with a spiky-rhythmed modern concerto by France's Andre Jolivet, and Rachmaninoff's caramel-flavored...
Philadelphia Orchestra (Sat. 10:05 p.m., CBS). Eugene Ormandy conducts; Pianist Eugene Istomin plays Rachmaninoff's Concerto No. 2 in C Minor...
...Contest, David Hurwitz and Robert Freeman, both played with considerable technical skill. Hurwitz, in Mendelsohn's Violin Concerto, displayed accurate intonation and a fine singing tone. The richness of even his lower strings stood out clearly against the greater mass of the orchestra. Pianist Robert Freeman chose another chestnut, Rachmaninoff's Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini. This piece, with its viscous melody in the middle, is a musical hodge-podge. It serves mostly as a showpiece for pianists, and Freeman gave it a truly virtuoso performance. He showed a wily mastery of the keyboard that partially hid the banality...
Victor Ziskin '59 played his On the Border of Israel, which is in reality a piano sonata in three movements, entitled "Birth," "Recollection," and "Work." Ziskin showed a definite flair for idiomatic piano virtuosity, but drew too heavily on Prokofiev, Rachmaninoff and Ravel. The connection with Israel seemed rather tenuous, except for a few Jewish turns of melody, particularly in the exciting first movement. The second movement fell into a cocktail-lounge style, with slithering parallel chords in the left hand repeated ad nauseam. The finale was almost wholly a piece of Leonard Bernstein jazz, and relied too much...
...Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra's annual concerto contest last night in Paine Hall resulted in a tie decision. Of the dozen contestants, David Hurwitz '58 of Adams House and Robert Freeman '57 of Dunster House won with their playing, respectively, of the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto and Rachmaninoff's Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini...