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...plucky all-Ravel program featured four works by the 20th-century French composer. It got off to an energetic start with “Alborada del gracioso,” a brief selection whose title suggests the early morning serenade of a jester. The performance took full advantage of Ravel??s Impressionistic score, leaping into noisy climaxes and slipping suddenly into murky, bass-dominated string arrangements. Spirited castanets set off the piece’s Iberian influences, and a patient bassoon solo broke through the enthusiastic cacophony of metrical shifts and rhythmic switches. The piece dashed hurriedly...
Pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet brought his world-renowned skills to bear in a compelling performance of “Piano Concerto in G.” The first movement was quick and clear, highlighting Ravel??s jazzier inclinations and showcasing the orchestra’s collective virtuosity as it navigated extreme contrasts in volume and abrupt changes in melodic quality. The second movement’s lilting waltz kept a surprisingly brisk pace, making Thibaudet’s rare indulgent suspensions all the more effective. He maintained a steady sense of rhythm into the frenzied third movement...
...piece’s subtleties. Both Amy T. Wu ’09 and Darius W. Weil ’09 made their HPS debuts playing compositions by Maurice Ravel. Wu’s light touch and Weil’s technical facility brought out the fanciful Frenchness of Ravel??s music. At the end of the evening, the audience did not leap to its feet, but its response was certainly enthusiastic. A promising opening to the season, the Harvard Piano Society’s Fall Concert celebrated the inclusive mentality of the performing organization?...
Ticket prices start at $17, though student rush tickets can also be found at the Harvard Box Office for $10, at 5:00 p.m. prior to the concert. The next concert cycle, performed on March 18 and 20, features Maurice Ravel??s “Sonata for Violin and Cello,” a piece about Ravel??s traumatizing experiences in World War I—which is of particular relevance in light of today’s war-obsessed social climate...
World renowned Boston Philharmonic Orchestra will be presenting Ravel, Gershwin, and Stravinsky for the Harvard Community. Specifically Ravel??s La Valse, Gershwin’s Concerto in F, with Kevin Cole on piano, and Stravinsky’s Petrushka are to be performed. Ticket holders will be treated to a private discussion with conductor Benjamin Zander before the show at 1:45 p.m. Tickets $69, $53, $39 and $26, subject to discounts, available online. 3 p.m. Sanders Theater...