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Bach, Double Concerto for Two Violins, and Brandenburg Concerto #4, and Mozart, Violin Concerto in D-Major; Ronan Lefkowitz and Robert Manero, violins, and Marilyn Chohaney and John Thow, flutists; Quincy Dining Hall...
Conductor Hugh Wolff '75 impressively handled the difficult off-beat rhythms in the Stravinsky work, and continued his authoritative and precise leadership in his direction of the premiere of John Thow's Astraeus. Thow is a graduate students in music at Harvard and completed this demanding work for Saturday's concert. It relies heavily on percussive effects--which begin before the conductor even walks on stage--and which the strings and woodwinds amplify. At times they overpowered the melodic line, perhaps because of acoustics in Sanders Theatre or weaknesses in certain sections of the orchestra. But Wolff deftly managed...
Bach Brandenburg Concerto #3, Stravinsky, Puicinella Suite, Astrous, a new work by John Thow, and Beethoven's Triple Concerto; Bach Society Orchestra, Hugh Wolff, conductor, Richard Kogan, piano, Lynn Chang, violin, and Yo-Yo Ma, cello; Sanders...
Conducting from the harpsichord, Nils Vigeland led a well-balanced ensemble hampered only by the harpsichord's small size. Of the four upper-voice players, violinist Lynn Chang and flutist John Thow showed fine technique with sensitive dynamics and phrasing. Thow's playing had the kind of edge necessary for a flute set against such dense counterpoint provided by the more powerful instruments...
...Band has produced several well known musicians, including John Green '28 and George Thow '29, but the most famous of former bandsmen is Leroy Anderson '29. Anderson is one of America's more successful jazz composers, and his "Bugler's Holiday" has been recorded by everyone fromAl Hirt to the Boston Pops. Anderson directed the Band for six years during the period 1929-1936, and wrote original marches for the Band for years afterwards...