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AMSTERDAM The rounded shape of Bang & Olufsen and Samsung's Serenata ($1,574) was inspired by sea rocks...
...encore, we were treated to the "Serenata" from Stravinsky's Suite Italienne (an arrangement of several movements from the ballet Pulcinella). Perhaps not quite recovered from the meandering romantic excess of the Busoni, Schulte played the simple sicilienne with too much expressiveness, and was at times out of tune. However, his brilliant musicianship still made this a memorable end to a long and demanding concert...
Recognizing this need for repeated exposure to a complex piece of contemporary music, Karchin and Salerni programmed the same work to open both halves of the concert: David Burton's Serenata for 8 Wind Instruments, composed in 1971. Burton was a graduate student in music before his untimely death last year, and the Serenata shows a keen appreciation of the possibilities inherent in wind chamber music. In particular, winds rather than strings, by the nature of their instruments, are more suited to Burton's use of short, rhythmically changing yet repeated motives. If anything, the Serenata is too rhythmically demanding...
...contrast, Monreal's second contribution, "Classical Symphony" to Prokofiev, shows off the company's technical powers and little besides. Ron Cunningham's "Holberg Suite," Frank Ohman's "Serenata," and Helen Heineman's "Sinfonia" do the same. Traditionally choreographed in alternating sections for soloists and the corps de ballet, the works don't give themselves the chance to develop a broader vision...
DIVERTIMENTI, K. 136, K. 137, K. 138; SERENATA NOTTURNA, K. 239 (Argo). One of the world's best new chamber orchestras is the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, which took its name from the old London church where it made its debut a decade ago. With Concertmaster Neville Marriner directing in 18th century style from the first desk, the 16-man ensemble achieves a dramatic precision that would do credit to Toscanini. The three Divertimenti for strings, written when Mozart was 16, are stunning miniatures in Italian rococo symphonic style. The Serenata Notturna, scored for two small...