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Mr.Street tore into the concerto's first movements, but controlled every note. At the ends of solos before orchestral returns, for example, he tapered and rounded each phrase. In the filler passages, he subordinated his line while conductor Layton searched for something interesting in the orchestra.
The excitement of the Batch concerto enlivened the concluding Mozart Symphony 29 in A Major, K. 201. Delicate and graceful, the strings were also plump in the right spots; and the horn solos of Glen Sproul put muscle behind the piece's fair complexion.
Unfortunately, the first set seemed to indicate mostly that those chess players ought to make room more than twice a week. Pianist Brian Cooke, who leads the band, had put together a disappointingly limited program, made up almost exclusively of arrangements by Quincy Jones and Boston's own Herb Pomeroy...
She must have melted the band's hearts (and lips) as well as mine, for when they came back on they were relaxed and swinging: happily mixing up some Basie and Hefti with Jones and Pomeroy, and making even the Jones much more interesting. The solos were also excellent all...
Swoboda made up for the rather overwhelming Giannini with a clear, clean interpretation of Schubert's "Unfinished" Symphony. Swoboda took the opening Allegro moderato at a leisurely, though defensible, tempo, modifying it as the music demanded. Michael Brenner, clarinet, and Barbara Cohen, oboe, reflected musical thoughtfulness and care in their...