Word: soloists
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Conductor and soloist were once again equal partners in Webern's version of "Ihr Bild." The orchestra played movingly and, for the great climax, Baer puffed out his cheeks, stuck out his neck and sounded totally despondent as he attacked the last two lines: translated from the German, "And ah, I cannot believe/That I have lost...
Commanding the stage in a barbershop quartet-style outfit, Boston soloist Christopheren Nomura accepted the challenge to make a few more female hearts go pitter-pat. However, Nomura simply could not consistently execute the intense and virile baritone sound required by these haunting and often histrionic ballads. Famous for his smashing successes on the interntional vocal scene, the young singer has been praised for his smooth, "lean" sound. Perhaps such high expectations made Sunday's performance a tad disappointing. It seemed as if Nomura were holding back, afraid to overpower the audience with the full weight and resonance...
However, the gracefully poised and remarkably strong Adriana Suarez is absolutely phenomenal in her soloist role. She is a picture of both the classic delicateness associated with female beauty, and the commanding presence of a powerful and resilient woman. Despite the confusion of genres all around her, she is still breathtaking to watch...
...road out would be a steep, narrow one, marched single file, but that suited him just fine. Dole was always a soloist, the one with whom the girls in his high school said they'd most like to be marooned on a desert island. He was a natural basketball player who preferred running track, a sport that allowed him to depend on himself and train all alone. At this he was not a natural--he willed himself to become a top half-miler in the state. But still he played basketball, the team sport, because that was the route that...
...Soloist Shoshana "Shasa" Dobrow '97 won HRO's Concerto Competition with the piece and it must be a godsend for a bassoonist--there's not much opportunity to shine with the instrument. Probably the best-known bassoon writing is Stravinsky's, such as the solo that begins "The Rite of Spring;" but Stravinsky produces a plaintive, wailing tone which is far from Weber's classical vocabulary...