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...Slava's, deplores -"the personal approach that disregards the composer and stresses the feelings of the individual." It is not that Rostropovich insists upon sending his disregards to the composer; he simply hears phrases, colors and rhythms that nobody else hears. The result is that when he conducts, his soloist's gift for subtlety sometimes deserts him. In Vienna two years ago, he gave a radically nontraditional performance of that proud Viennese national resource, Die Fledermaus. It was almost predictable that a Russian might fail to exploit the sassy, lighthearted flavor of the classic, and sure enough, Rostropovich's overloaded...
...Harvard Band held its annual fall concert, featuring Boston Symphony Orchestra's trombone soloist Ronald Baron, last night...
...program opened with the jazz Band, featuring Bill Thompson, a Boston musician, as the guest soloist. The Concert Band and Baron followed with Arthur Pryor's "The Bluebells of Scotland...
...structureless trinkles, sans vocals this is the worst investment you could make. Daltrey performs quite conventional and ordinary songs; the way he performs them is extraordinary and therein lies the quality of this album and of Roger Daltrey. Daltrey is helped along by the best supporting cast and Who soloist has ever assembled: Entwhistle plays bass, Rod Argent sweeps the keyboards, even Eric Clapton brings his talents to play...
Bruch is known best for his "Scottish Fantasy," which Heifitz has a patent on. But venture over to Sanders Theatre on Saturday at 8:30 to her his Violin Concerto in g, with soloist Stephen Chan; more such evocative and and appealing pieces by less-than-household-names should be presented to Harvard audiences...