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Monday, April 25. Houghton Library presents “Music of J.S. Bach for Violin, Cello, and Harpsichord.” 8 p.m. Harvard Epworth Methodist Church. $20; students $10. Tickets available at the Harvard Box Office...
HRO’s last concert in Sanders was almost sold-out thanks to a popular Brahms piece and a special guest appearance by widely known violin prodigy Stefan P. Jackiw ’07, but this one, everyone knew, would not enjoy such success...
...when the lights fell at last Friday’s concert, the seats of Sanders were only about half-full. As the audience quieted, the musicians filed in, took their seats on the stage, and prepared to warm up their instruments. Anna L. Dickerman ’05, first violin for the evening, walked to her chair by the conductor’s platform to enthusiastic applause...
Although no one in the group sang, two members of the band occasionally interrupted the languid, drawn-out notes of the violin and base with readings of passages of Italo Calvino’s book, Invisible Cities. Perhaps too obscurely poetic to be fully grasped or even enjoyed, the band’s bizarre music, nevertheless, had a calming, almost hypnotic quality, which sadly was periodically obliterated by intentionally jarring outbursts of radio static. There is no need to say that the band continuously kept its audience guessing for what would come next...
...Over,” was a rare fast-tempo break in the program, as more lilting slower pieces like “Dacey’s Memory” were set to rolling, soothing violin crescendos. Of course, just when the music became lulling, a sudden spark of energy in each dance would undoubtedly be unfurled. In “Dacey’s Memory,” this came in the form of dissonant piano notes that climaxed to a frustrated crash of chords and immediately caused a fall to silence in the soundtrack...