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...accuse Luise Vosgerchian of lack of feel-spring of the Harvard Music Department, surely she is the dynamic spark. Yet her performance of Kirchner's Concerto No.2 (1963) with the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra conducted by the composer was so dry, that the New England premiere of this magnificent work failed to capture on of its essential qualities...
Miss Luis Vosgerchian will be the featured soloist. The program also includes Brahm's Symphony Number 4 and Mozart's Symphony Number...
More serious, Mr. Moss disputes the judgment of the judges. I felt they were extremely well qualified: Dr. Yannatos and Mr. Corley are experienced conductors, and pianist Luis Vosgerchian, though carrying a heavy teaching load here as Lecturer in Music, has yet maintained an impressive reputation. He hints that they were prejudiced against "works too difficult for the HRO" or "large Romantic concertos in general," neither of which is the case at all, as a glance at our programs for the past few seasons will reveal. David O. Lehman President Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra
...Luise Vosgerchian, a lecturer in Music at Harvard, was featured in the Stravinsky Capriccio for Piano and Orchestra, a short and somewhat loosely constructed concerto of three movements. Miss Vosgerchian gave a bold and clear performances. However, the orchestra did not achieve the necessary dynamic discipline: there was no piano comparable to those in the Wagner. The soloist was consequently a little overtaxed in many passages. In every other respect the orchestra accompanied Miss Vosgerchian flexibly and forcefully...
...other judges this year, besides Yannatos, were Mrs. Louise Vosgerchian, Preceptor in Music, and Wolfe Wolfinsohn, violin teacher at the Longy School of Music...