Word: sonata
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Both Yoo and Levinson commented on the attractive diversity of the music they will play. The first half, said Yoo, will be "more serious," and boasts a Beethoven sonata in G major and a Franck sonata in A Major. After giving a vigorous interpretation of the familiar classics, the pair will switch gears, and "keep it on the less pedantic side." Levinson said that the show's second half will include "more virtuousic stuff" like Scott Joplin's "Ragtime" and four other short pieces...
Ingmar Bergman used to say, "I make each film as if it were my last." The ( astringent passion he poured into his metaphysical melodramas -- The Seventh Seal, Persona, Autumn Sonata and many others -- testifies to that truth. So no one thought Bergman was kidding when in 1983 he declared that After the Rehearsal would be his last film. He was 65, a good age for a parson or a burgher to retire, and he had always been a most reliably productive artist: in the winter doing his job directing plays at Stockholm's Royal Dramatic Theater, in the summer making...
CHARLES IVES: PIANO SONATA NO. 2; AARON COPLAND: PIANO SONATA (Cedille Records). Ives' great "Concord" Sonata is a massive four-movement impressionistic piece marked by dense, polytonal chords, rhythmic daring and wit. Rarely performed because of its difficulty, it is brought to life here by pianist Easley Blackwood, whose secure technique and long involvement with the work are sure to win it a wider audience...
Dudley House Music Society--presentspianist Lois Shapiro performing Beethoven's Sonatain A-flat, Debussy's Images, Book I, Ravel'sMiroirs, and Boyakan's 2nd Piano Sonata. LehmanHall, 8 p.m. $8 general; $4 for students andseniors. Tickets are available at the HolyokeCenter Ticket Office and at the door...
Dudley House Music Society--presents cellist Adam Fisher and pianist IIann Maazel performing Beethoven's Sonata in C Major, Braham's Sonata in EMinor, and Strauss' Sonata in F-Major. Lehman Hall, 8 p.m. $6;$3 students. For information, call 485-4162 or 495-2255. Tuesday, 3 March...