Word: tombeau
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...comeback was both massive and sudden, and it came as quite a surprise that the H.R.O. was able to perform as well as it did. A program consisting of Berlioz's Overture to "Benvenuto Cellini," Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 1, Ravel's "Le Tombeau de Couperin," and Stravinsky's Symphony in Three Movements contains an ample selection of hexes for orchestral musicians. The Berlioz was a failure, but this shaggy, distorted reading can be set aside (though not excused). Neither the orchestra nor guest conductor John Corley was ready to bandle such a wildly gyrating piece, and with...
...second half of the program was gratifying for optimists who stayed through intermission. They heard a spicy dialogue between two great composers of the twentieth century. Le Tombeau de Couperin is Ravel's impression of the traditional dance suite, and it is neatly shaped to an ideal of grace and delicacy. Stravinsky's Symphony in Three Movements, is perhaps a suitable answer to the Ravel, built, as it is, on the idea of the anti-dance dance. It has been made into a ballet despite the fact that its tantalizing rhythms and harmonies are meant to make the listener...
...AFTERNOON CONCERT--Bach-Italian Concerto; Prokoviev-Symphony No. 7; Rossini-Stabat Mater; Mozart-Quartet No. 21, K 575; Ravel-Le Tombeau de Couperin; Torelli-Concerto Grosso Opus 8, No. 3; Beethoven Sonata No. 1 for Cello...