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...standing ovation.The concert concluded with the Schumann, performed by Maurizo Pollini. Despite being a dazzlingly difficult concerto, this work contains many different styles, and Pollini was able to connect them all through his dynamic playing. His beautiful touch was well supported by the orchestra, and his showy solo performance of the cadenza in the first movement displayed his amazing technique as well as his clean phrasing. The lively and passionate performances of these three disparate works showed the versatile virtuosity of Levine and his BSO, proving that they are still thriving at 128 years young...
...alternating mercurial running scales with a jovial, romping tune. The stormy third movement was the most technically demanding, but Li combined a bell-like power with flawlessly executed flourishes that spanned the entire keyboard. The orchestra supported him with appropriate and timely effects, and did not intrude on the solo. As he finished, the BPO members were smiling with baffled delight, and the Sanders audience rose immediately to give him a cheering ovation.After an intermission, the group finished with an orchestral staple, Dvorak’s Symphony No. 9, “From the New World.” Zander...
Rohret says she was convinced to try out for the Opportunes after watching Molly D. Swenson ’10 belt the solo on “Heart of the Matter” at the Freshman A Cappella...
...solo cellist represents [Yun] as a person, and the orchestra represents the world that he lives in,” Koh said. “If you listen to the orchestra, there is a lot going on, and it’s just really frantic and chaotic, and I think that’s how he saw the world at the time...
Loudness is not everything. Tom Morello ’86, having been a member of Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave—two bands that rocked out mightily—has decided to turn it down with his solo project, The Nightwatchman...