Word: violas
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...ALISON KRAUSS Now That I've Found You (Rounder). With this greatest-hits CD, the mass audience found Krauss, a fiddle and viola prodigy with a soprano voice as clear and invigorating as a mountain stream. Her taste ranges from country spirituals to pop standards by the Beatles and the Foundations. No gimmicks here, just down-home virtuosity...
...gave a clear, intelligent rendition of Harbison's quartet. In the Chorale Cantata, which concluded the evening, soprano Awet Andemicael '96 displayed her usual lovely tone and crisp diction. She was accompanied by an ensemble composed of Salley Koo '97 and Stephanie Misono '98, violins; Peter Kim '96, viola; Raman Ramakrishnan '98, cello; and Andrew Cowan '96, bass. Oboist Daniel P. Kim '97 handled his several solos with penetrating clarity and a strong tone...
...have one violin called a Rocca that's being played by a concert player in New York and I have [another viola] called a Pressenda that's being played in the Borromeo quartet...
...real stars of the evening are Andrew Barth, as Iago and Romeo, and Stephanie Smith as Mercutio and Desdemona. It is tempting to imagine them as Viola and Malvolio or Beatrice and Benedick in some future HRDC production. Barth is wonderfully vicious as Iago, and his Romeo, while predictably over-the-top, retains more grace and wit than the buffoonish comedy demands Smith's comic zeal and exuberance make her the focus of every scene she is in; her Mercutio is delightful, and her Desdemona is as perfect a performance of that sadly banal role as could be imagined...
Boston Conservatory. 536-6340 or 536-3063. The Boston Conservatory Theater is lacated at 31 Hemenway Street, Boston. Seully Hall is located at 8 The Fenway, Boston. The First and Second Church is located at 66 Marlborough St., Boston. Patricia McCarty, viola, and Martin Amlin, piano, perform works by Carter, Liebermann, George Wilson and Boston compsoers Martin Amlin and Karen Campbell. Thursday, April 20, Boston Conservatory Theatre Concert Room, 8 p.m. Free...