Word: tison
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Miss Ruth Rubinow, the solo cello, rivalled each other for tonal monotony and absolute abandonment of nuance. Miss Janet Packer, the second solo violin apparently sensed this lackluster playing and performed with considerable artistic concern. The second concerto, distinguished by a beautiful first movement, fared much better with Tison Street and Daniel Banner as solo violins, and Philip Moss as solo cello. Mr. Street, the concert-master, articulated several of his solo passages indistinctly and failed to impose stylistic unity on the often disorganized violin section. Mr. Moss and the entire violincello section distinguished themselves as the Orchestra's finest...
...conductor, of course, is only as good as the members of his-orchestra, and to give complete credit one would have to name nearly every individual performer. It was an evening of soloists, especially in the much reduced ensembles of the Stravinsky and Milhaud. Violinist Tison Street and flutist Geoffrey Greenfield were outstanding in the Stranvinsky. The jazz-like Creation featured sensitive solos from 'cellist Philip Moss and saxophonist Hardin Matthews, as well as some sultry low-register flutter-tonguing by the two flutists. Oboists George Donner's Gershwin-like plaints creation actually predates Rhapsody in Blue and American...
Understatement was the dominant note of the violin and piano recital presented by Tison Street and Tonu Kalam Tuesday night at Quincy House. Street's mellow tone, meticulous phrasing, and polished technique served as a transparent medium for the expression of every nuance of the music; Tonu Kalam's accompaniment was equally controlled, if the least bit more rodust. As a combination, they were nearly flawless, freely molding the music into the shape they desired without intruding between the music and the audience...
...Tison Street has written and played an appropriately eerie entr'acte...
...that Flaksman has been introduced to Harvard, he, Tison Street and Ursala Oppens ought to give some trio recitals to let us see what kind of musician he really...