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...promise of a serious actor in Villella suggests a rich future for him and for the dance. At 27, Villella already has five years as a soloist behind him. His small stature (5 ft. 8 in.) rules him out of the romantic repertoire, but in the range of roles left open to him, he is incomparably exciting...
Besides looking at the mansion and the collection, you can hear free concerts, usually chamber music or a soloist, at 3 p.m. every day the museum is open. There is a special concert at 8:45 p.m. on the first Thursday of each month...
...attribute the tedium of the opening Suite solely to Bach would be unjust. The technical incompetence of the soloist, Miss Alice Kogan, a junior at Brandeis, and the fungoid dullness of the orchestral accompaniment are at least as much to blame. Because Miss Kogan persisted in breathing several times during each phrase with more than two notes, she fell behind the orchestra repeatedly. In the sections of episodic (i.e., filler) material which called for nonchalant technical display, her runs, arpeggios, and jumps simply lacked the facility to keep up with the orchestra...
...responsibility for the oppressive uniformity of the Bach rests more with Mr. Biss. Perhaps because of the inexperience of his players or the limitations of his soloist, he chose indifferent tempi for every movement. He took the second, for example, too slow for bounce and too fast for grace; the music just ambled along like an elephant. He also failed to provide variety in the orchestral dynamics to compensate for the restricted possibilities of the flute; most of the time, the notes did not seem to flow in any direction. Only in the fifth movement did the waters of dullness...
...work was commissioned by the New York Philharmonic to celebrate its first season at Lincoln Center last year, but the second season was well under way when Argentine Composer Alberto Ginastera's Violin Concerto was finally heard in New York. Soloist Ruggiero Ricci and the orchestra did not rehearse the full concerto together until the morning of the premiere. But when the musicians reached the final instrumental fantasy that ends the work, the composer was forgiven his wish to linger over his music. The players leapt to their feet with rare shouts of "Bravo!"-as much for the absent...