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Friday night's guest soloist was Richard Kogan, winner of the 1974 HRO Concerto Competition. Kogan is a 19-year-old freshman who upon arrival last fall was immediately welcomed in musical circles as the most accomplished pianist at Harvard in many years. He has studied piano since age seven with Nadia Reisenberg in New York City and with Nadia Boulanger last summer in France, and his performance of the Liszt E Flat Piano Concerto was exceptional. This is as it should be--one of the greatest virtuoso pianists who ever lived, Liszt was fond of composing fiery technical showpieces...
Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra. Listz: Piano Concerto No. 1 (Richard Kogan, soloist); Beethoven: Symphony No. 2; Piston: Symphony No. 6. Tickets: $1.50 (students with ID: $1). Friday, March...
Harvard Band. The same Harvard Band that performs unnatural acts on the football field also has an excellent concert organization. This Saturday, they are playing Walter Piston's Tunbridge Fair in honor of the composer's eightieth birthday. They also will have saxophonist Donald Sinta as a guest soloist in pieces by Benson and Whitney. But I'd really like to hear the Bach C Minor Passacaglia transcription...
HARVARD's musicians and concert-goers are raving about Yo-Yo Ma, guest cellist with the Bach Society Saturday night. He is, no doubt, the most phenomenal soloist who has played at Harvard this year, and Janos Starker was certainly no small event. Yo-Yo's performance of the Haydn D Major Cello Concerto surpassed anyone's imagination of the piece. The best way to summarize his performance would be to say that it was Yo-Yo, and that Yo-Yo can be compared to no one in the world...
Bach Society Orchestra. Bach: Suite No. 4; Haydn: Symphony No. 99, Sinfonie Concertante, Cello Concerto in D (Yo-Yo Ma, soloist). Seats: $95. Saturday, March...