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...string section effortlessly running up and down scales in augmented octaves to the backdrop of frenetic trombone glissandos. The jazzy interlude in the middle of the suite allowed individual soloists to showcase their musical personalities; the principal oboist’s arpeggios were sneaky and playful, while the clarinet soloist??s plaintive phrasing complemented the ebb and flow of Bartok’s meticulously constructed tempo lines. The suite ended in a roar of climactic dissonance that even Sung, whose conservative conducting had constricted the other pieces, could not help but encourage. The BSO’s take...
...trailer makes big promises, the film itself rarely measures up to expectations. Billed as an emotionally soaring saga based on the true story of “a lost dream, an unlikely friendship, and the redemptive power of music,” “The Soloist?? tries hard to take our emotions for a ride but never quite leaves the ground. Though the performances are convincing and compelling, the movie is weighed down by its insistence on subordinating both music and personal narrative to a broader social message. The story of Nathaniel Ayers (Jamie Foxx) has ample...
...improvisation. Although its free-flowing nature necessarily made the piece feel less polished, the cohesiveness of the dance showed how well the performers worked together on stage. The dancers, all senior students at the Conservatory, brought a great deal of energy to their parts. In particular, each soloist??s performance had its own personality: one dancer exuded confidence, gazing directly at the audience, while another expertly portrayed both loneliness and distress. Most remarkable was the piece in which three dancers created a single moving entity by letting their three bodies constantly touch and overlap, a marked contrast with...
...second half of the program, the composer, Mr. Schwartz divided the audience into four groups, explaining that his piece, “Music for Audience and Soloist?? originated as an activity at a conference for gifted teenagers in Maine...
...wrote for The Crimson, reviewing the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra’s concerts with the precision of an expert; in one review, he analyzed the quality of a soloist??s intonation and criticized the orchestra for failing to “negotiate heavily scored passages, while retaining delicacy and clarity...
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