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CURRIER HOUSE SCR. Cynthia Healy Ellis, soprano; Susan Gordon, piano; Marion Haffenreffer, violin. Chamber music of Bach, Beethoven, Molst, Walton, and Barber. Free. Saturday, November...
...only disappointments of the program were the Buxtehude setting of Ein feste Burg, an uninspired set of variations, and the postlude, the brilliant Sinfonia from Bach's Cantata #29 known in solo violin, solo organ, full orchestral, and Moog synthesizer versions. The Sinfonia was played brightly by strings and brass only to be let down by the organ. There was not enough bass registration to carry through the Church--in part, a design flaw of the Fisk instrument--but even the upper voices were too thin to compete with such a healthy orchestra. Coupled with a number of fingering lapses...
...other two members of the concertino, flutist Barbara Jacobson and violinist Ronan Lefkowitz, were excellent in different ways. Jacobson was a model of reserve, barely moving as she played with a rich tone in the modern flute's lower registers. Lefkowitz, far more demonstrative, played the occasionally showy violin part with a good deal of flair. He communicates a sense of awareness of the music, suggesting he has thought about it and knows exactly the sound and effect he wishes to project...
ROBERT PORTNEY, violin soloist in the Tchaikovsky, was not helpful to the ensemble. He appeared lost in indifference when not tuning his instrument (during several orchestral passages) or playing solo. His technique is impressive and certainly of professional caliber. His very mastery might cover up for the cavalier attitude he held toward an audience he apparently felt was not up to New York concert standards. Coming to a dead stop in the middle of the first movement cadenza, Portney explained that it was hot (more than obvious to everyone in the room) and that he wished to tune the violin...
KIRKLAND HOUSE JCR. Concerto Program: Tchaikovsky (Violin); Bach (Brandenburg No. 5); and De Falla (Harpsichord). Free. Friday, October 12, 8:30 p.m. and Midnight...