Word: shure
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Kirchner, who supervised Street's graduate work in composition, said that many prominent musicians have expressed interest in the preceptorship, including Leonard Shure, Virginia Eskin, James O. Buswell IV '70, and Ruth Laredo...
...hand: Brahm's 'honorable mention' for the evening. Dynamic markings were tastefully observed; phrases were si un out to their intended length, and, quite often in dialogue with the cello, passed gracefully to Neikrug, who, taking the opportunity to be heard, broke the continuity with concerto-like attacks. Shure, true to form, continued his discreet nonentity...
...separated by the beautiful trio op. 114, in which the violin is replaced by a clarinet. The performances of the former works was atypical in one respect: violinist Roman Totenberg was the most prominent of the soloists. Cellist George Neikrug was, predictably, overpowered more often than not, while Leonard Shure unhappily assumed the role of piano accompanist, doing his best to stay out of the way through most of the evening...
Under the circumstances, it was perhaps the most charitable thing Shure could do. Burden Hall is considerably less than ideal for intricate chamber music. The acoustical properties of the auditorium, which boom forth the middle and lower registers of the piano, while subduing its upper range (as well as the overtones of the bowed instruments) are responsible for a bizarre series of events leading to the cancellation of at least one concert this spring. (In attempting to compensate the distortion, a female pianist sprained her hand). And thus unhappily, the inner lines of the piano parts, which contain quite...
...suspects that Mr. Wright's laudable conscientiousness stems from the unfortunate paucity of masterworks for his instrument: those who have little often appreciate most. And one suspects further that Messrs. Totenberg, Neikrug, and Shure would render quite satisfactory performances of any of the 'best-loved' solo repertoire for their respective instruments--Rachmaninoff, Paganini, Bruch, Bloch, Tchaikovsky....Thus it seems that the relevant question to be considered by performers, critic, and audience alike, is: what, by comparison, is a Brahms trio...