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Harvard Wind ensemble--Steve Cohen, Soloist; Harvard Yard...
Ozawa showed considerable craft in selecting his programs. The Chinese love the violin, so there were two concertos, the Mozart Fifth in A Major and the Mendelssohn. Concertmaster Joseph Silverstein was the delicate, meticulous soloist in both. The Boston also used two Chinese virtuosos. Liu Dehai played a concerto for a lutelike instrument called the pipa. In the solos he all but turned into Orpheus...
...play up the soloist, adding a flourish here or a rhythmic twist there, never straying from the background. Whitney Balliett is his critical counterpart. Jazz aficionados tend to go heavy on the adjectives; Balliett favors a deceptively simple style that illuminates the musician instead of the writer...
Perhaps due to the inspiration of the soloist, the orchestra seemed to be at its best in the Mozart; the playing was clean and usually understated. In the lyrical slow movement this clarity was especially evident. Here Peter Lurye managed the ensemble and the balance between the soloist and his orchestra successfully and the overall effect was quite enchanting. Unfortunately, Lurye did not always restrain his musicians sufficiently. They occasionally covered the sound of the bassoon, which with its low pitch and delicate tone was all too vulnerable to such attacks. Despite this serious problem, Sogg stole the show...
Bach Society Orchestra--Peter Lurye conducts works of Respighi, Mozart and Schumann, with soloist Roy Kogan. At Sanders Theater at 8:30 p.m. Tickets at Holyoke Center or at the door. Call 495-2663 for more details...