Word: soloed
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...after a good start in the first Bach sinfonia, the orchestra began having trouble. Failing to complement a fine oboe solo by Robert Hecker, the strings evidenced poor, high-schoolish intonation in the second and third sinfoniae and in general let the music control them. The sinfoniae were further flawed by a glaring absence of dynamic contrast and formal clarity...
...never written for solo cello before, and Piston displayed his own virtuosity by splashing forth a 23-minute polyphonic conversation organized as five variations on a theme. Brass and strings quarreled to the punctuation of tambourines and drums, then drifted in and out of harmony-while with his soaring silkiness, Rostropovich traced wide melodic angles ranging from sad loveliness to brittle dissonance. "I hope it is better than anything else I've written," said Piston. Then he set off to try to do even better on two new commissions. "You can't stop," he explained. "Music...
...Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 4. Unfortunately, Orin Grossman's performance, light and brilliant though it was, lacked the warmth the work must have to be effective. The first movement suffered most: the opening solo was not instantly captivating; the orchestra plodded along sounding labored, even leaden. The second movement contained some beautiful moments. In the finale the orchestra caught fire, and Grossman's brilliance served him well. The movement was marred only by the orchestra's repeated failure to play the main theme truly pianissimo...
Bolt of Neon. There was precious little romance this time. Nureyev, attired only in white tights, was a rambunctious Adam in his opening solo, kicking up his heels like a colt let out to pasture. But Paradise is not complete until Adam lies down to rest-whereupon Eve is born, costumed in a white plastic minidress. The two embrace in curious, mandala-like configurations, testing each other like momentary sculptors of flesh...
Diercks, who was shaken up twice in the final period by a puck and a defenseman, lost his valiant shutout bid on a solo effort by Yale's Rick McCarthy with less than eight minutes to play. Pete Markle got the Blues' second goal at 14:15, and Wint Ritchie gave the Bulldog a meaningless third on a breakaway...