Word: ravelling
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...concert opened with "three short pieces to be played (without break) in the form of a suite." Moshell's intriguing idea of flanking Ravel's Pavane pour une infanta defunte by two works of Stravinsky (Scherzo a la Russe and Feu d'artifice) worked well. But there was a lack of crisp rhythmic and textural precision in the performance of the Stravinsky pieces (problems which were evident in most of the orchestra's playing); the "Fireworks" in particular included some ambiguous string playing and a weak transition back to the fast material. The Ravel Pavane, however, was well played...
Today Princeton will play last-place Army, and Dartmouth will be at New Haven for a single game against Yale. The Crimson will ravel to Brown, where Roz Brayton will face Bruin ace Bob Lukas, who is 2-2 against EIBL competition with an E.R.A...
...master it), but, in its shorter four-movement orchestral version, it takes on a different tone. Naturally, it is slower in the orchestral version. It does not sparkle as much. But the Lowell House Tombeau is a technically flawless piece, which manages to bring out most of the emotions Ravel expressed in his original score...
...other pieces on the program, the Pavanne for orchestra by Gabriel Faure, and Ravel's Introduction and Allegro were handled well, with harpist Cynthia Price handling the Introduction extremely well...
...idea of a Ravel evening is intriguing to begin with, and Moshell has chosen his program well. The current production is entertaining, lively, and well worth an evening's time...