Word: tone
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...cellist, Ma is renowned for effortless technique, a rich tone and a masterly feel for interpretation that allows his performances to breathe with an almost jazzlike spontaneity. "Yo-Yo has an ease of playing that is given to very few. It is a kind of mastery that gives one the greatest possible freedom," says violinist Isaac Stern, a onetime mentor of Ma's. "He is probably the most perfect instrumentalist I have ever seen," says Ax. "I spend hours and hours practicing every day. Yo-Yo can afford to sleep late and have lunch, and he still plays much more...
...concerto competition, Jonathan Russell '00. The orchestra jumped right into the traditional long intro to Mozart's Concerto while Russell--a dark figure--was silhouetted against the stage lights. After he awaited the long introduction, with one swaying motion Russell presented himself clearly with the unique and melodious tone of the clarinet. Sixteenth-note runs effortlessly double-tongued in this Allegro, Russell had complete control over his instrument, fingers moving rapidly yet delicately on the keys. Sixteenth run after sixteenth run, Russell set up the orchestra for a colorful and vivid interlude as he quickly tried...
...communicated with the orchestra and Russell so skillfully that not only was Russell presented as a guest soloist, but during the interludes, the Bach Soc seemed a soloist by itself. Ever so delicately, Russell and the orchestra started the Adagio, the orchestra gently backing up Russell's beautifully fragile tone. A soul's love song, the Adagio, became Russell's song, putting heartfelt emotion into each note as he rocked gently back and forth to the music. What was most beautiful about this movement was the way in which Russell sustained the upper register notes, almost "sighing" over...
...generally bright piece, the Vivace non troppo also started cheerfully with the frolicking melodies of the winds. The orchestra had a way to create an intense yet light tone, filled with their effortless performances of the difficult sections. The piece had a cute ending: three light short notes passed from the winds to strings in a playful way. The most noticeable aspect of the orchestra's performance however, was in the Adagio movement when the buildup of dynamic fortissimos provided a symphonic boom that one would expect only from an orchestra of a much larger scale. Yet, the sound...
...same time they're isolated. People work much more, only to go home and surf the Internet and send e-mail rather than calling or writing a note or visiting each other." Yet as the story plows on, the barrage of philosophical ramblings begin to take on a preachy tone which descends into irritating evangelism. In the end, ghost-jock Jared returns to heal his lost friends one by one, bringing them hope for the future and divulging the meaning of life. It's difficult not to stop and wonder just why exactly a dead, nymphomaniac football jock is floating...