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...Society Orchestra Concert. In this, the third of their five seasonal concerts, the group will tackle three infrequently heard compositions of three infrequently heard compositions of three of the most popular composers in music history: Brahms's "La Scala di Seta" and Beethoven's Piano Concerto 7/8 2. Featured soloist will be pianist Richard Kogan who will also perform Beethoven's stormy "appasionata" sonata at the pre-concert recital beginning...
...burst upon the scene with Harbinger. He was only 24, a soloist at the American Ballet Theater. The son of a Brooklyn lawyer, he had been dancing since he was twelve. Harbinger is a young man's work-brisk, sunny and humorous. In the ballet world, it kicked up the same sort of commotion caused 23 years earlier by Fancy Free, Jerome Robbins' first success...
...Clarinet Concerto, in which the soloist threads a path through the orchestra, will be heard at Caldwell's Philharmonic program celebrating women composers...
After a financially dismal season last year, there was talk that the HRO was going to resort to gimmicky and war-horsey programming in order to insure filled houses. But although for the first time in many years they won't be able to afford a big-name soloist, their programs remain uncompromised and varied, posing a continuing series of worthwhile challenges to this excellent orchestra...
...MOST difficult tests of a good orchestra and its conductor is the accompaniment of a virtuoso soloist in a concerto. The weaknesses of the group are too often highlighted by playing with an outstanding musician, and its sloppy playing can detract from the best solo instrumentalist's performance...