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BORN. WYATT GORE SCHIFF, son of Vice President Al Gore's daughter Karenna Gore Schiff and husband Andrew Schiff; on July 4. He is the Gores' first grandchild...
...Boston Symphony recently hosted guest conductor Bernard Haitink and pianist Andras Schiff in music of Brahms and Beethoven. These pieces were preceded by some rather tepid Tippett, the ritual dances from The Midsummer Marriage. That music will receive no further comment, except that the reading was rather soporific from an ensemble that so prides itself on favored-stepson status with the late British composer...
...Schiff was the soloist for Beethoven's fourth Piano Concerto, Op. 58--technically the most challenging of five; and musically the most adventurous. Schiff is known for silky Schubert and playful Bach, and the Beethoven fit under his fingers less naturally. Although his prodigious gifts made for some hair-raising pianissimo, his playing lacked the requisite Schnabelian drive. He strove for a nearly pedal-free sound at times when more blurring would have been a relief, and he attached the first movement cadenza with all the grace of an angry farmer. The effect was wild, precipitous, unique...
...Boston Symphony recently hosted guest conductor Bernard Haitink and pianist Andras Schiff in music of Brahms and Beethoven. These pieces were preceded by some rather tepid Tippett, the ritual dances from The Midsummer Marriage. That music will receive no further comment, except that the reading was rather soporific from an ensemble that so prides itself on favored-stepson status with the late British composer...
...Schiff was the soloist for Beethoven's fourth Piano Concerto, Op. 58-technically the most challenging of five; and musically the most adventurous. Schiff is known for silky Schubert and playful Bach, and the Beethoven fit under his fingers less naturally. Although his prodigious gifts made for some hair-raising pianissimi, his playing lacked the requisite Schnabelian drive. He strove for a nearly pedal-free sound at times when more blurring would have been a relief, and he attacked the first movement cadenza with all the grace of an angry farmer. The effect was wild, precipitous, unique...