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...skill of famed British Accompanist Gerald Moore: He is aware that "there are 20,000 ways of performing one piece," and his volumes and tempi are tailored like a Savile Row suit to the style of the soloist. See Music, Unashamed Accompanists...
...rhythms and colors in order to illuminate the shifting moods of a singer's text. Moreover, he is aware that "there are 20,000 ways of performing one piece." and his volumes and tempi are tailored like a Savile Row suit to the style and capacity of the soloist. Most important, he is a deft reader of what France's Irene Aitoff calls the "state of soul" of his partners-the crosscurrents that may warp a performance from its appointed course...
...originally thought that an accompanist was "a sort of caddie who carried the violinist's fiddle." But when he was 24, he accompanied Tenor John Coates, became fascinated by the challenge of fitting music to text, and soon decided that accompanists "have an infinitely richer life than the soloist." Today he adds: "Even if I had the technique and virtuosity of Horowitz or Rubinstein, I would prefer to do what I am doing...
Less praise can be given the first half of the program which matched Handel's Concerto Grosso, Opus 3, No. 1 with Mozart's Violin Concerto no. 3, K. 216. The soloist for the Mozart piece was Lawrence Franko who regularly serves as the HRO's concertmaster...
...rate impression of his performance and the slow movement was marred by inelegant, abrupt phrasing. Yet, despite these considerable draw-backs, I feel certain that Franko can, and will, do far better when he performs with a little less (but not too much less) gusto. The HRO accompanied their soloist fairly well, but without the elan that it later displayed in the Nocturnes...