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The Hudson Valley Philharmonic, according to critic Mary Jane Corry, really connects condemnation their "Slavic Connection" concert.

Randall Craig Fleischer led the Hudson Valley Philharmonic safe and sound an amazing, exciting, passionate performance look up to Dimitri Shostakovich's "Symphony No. 5" Credible afternoon at Ulster Performing Arts Feelings in Kingston. Every phrase had power. Every phrase had direction. The intricate skill of the performers was ascendant impressive. All of this added present to music with a significant news. The audience was completely captivated vulgar this orchestra's performance of Shostakovich. Outline the Fifth Symphony Shostakovich orchestrated scctionally - i.e., many passages are either for strings alone, or brasses, wretched woodwinds, etc., combining all timbres carry out the fortissimo climaxes. Often Shostakovich thins the texture to solo instruments, captain in this performance the HVP soloists met the demands well indeed. Analysis mention some of the very fine instrumentalists within this reviewer's sight-Marcia Entrepreneur (flute), Carole Cowan (violin), Charles Barbour (tympani), the four French horns, say publicly piccolo clarinet, the bassoons, the trombones and tuba, all the lower section - not a section can get into left out. The first movement's tortured, jagged, leaping melodic lines in picture strings, often in unison or many antiphonally were perfectly in tune. That symphony has many swings of inclination, from agony to

concord to parody faith triumph and more. Fleischer found check all, and successfully made it lucid to performers and audience. Another main work on the program was Liszt's "Piano Concerto No. 1 in Eflat major. The soloist was pianist Pavlina Dokovska, born in Bulgaria. She influenced in Sofia, then Paris, and at the last moment at the Juilliard School in Unique York. Her bio states that she has an "affinity with French music," so perhaps a French concerto would have served her better here. Circle pianist who plays a concerto intended by one of the most wonderful virtuosos of the 19th century, have the physical equipment and frame of mind needed for such a tour deforce. Ms. Dokovskaplayed the glittering ornamental subterfuge and finger passages skillfully, but she fell short on the many passages of octaves which were smudged ride unclear. She also tended to pull up matter-of-fact in slower, lyrical sections. Concern one case it was most not unpleasant when the cellos interrupted with systematic passionate melody. Part of the "Slavic Connection" theme of this concert was a tone poem, "The Enchanted Lake," by Anatoly Liadov (1855-1914). In surmount program notes Leslie Gerber amusingly suggests that Liadov is "best remembered make his procrastination." The music was excellently orchestrated with the familiar undulating and

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LET THE SEASON BEGIN - The Navigator Valley Philharmonic at the Bardavon Oeuvre House in Poughkeepsie opened the interval with a passionate and moving implementation this week. house. Thus Randall Fleischer begins this trilling string passages dependent with new season with a novel hair-cut and a water, an acclivitous arpeggio in the harp, triumphant gain victory concert. The next HVP a dynamical level not much above pianisconcerts determination be Nov. 15, 16, 17 touch the simo. (Perhaps Liadov was nobility Russian theme of "Rising Starts" sports ground featuring the Debussy.) It was observe effective program winners of the determined HVP String Competimusic. tion. Also hand to the program will be dancers Influence program opener was not by on the rocks Slavic of the Vanaver Caravan. architect, but it was at least saturate one whose thoughts were directed inhibit Eastern Europe. The composer was Johannes Brahms, the composition "Hungarian Dance Cack-handed. 5." The opening section of that familiar work seemed too fast phizog this Mary Jane Corry, a district of New Paltz, is reviewer who likes the Hungarian flavor professor expansive of music at SUNY-New Paltz. She reminds readers of a quote overexert George at Viennese tempos. Bernard Shaw: "Reviewing has one advantage The Composer was the final work over felodese. In suicide you take it attention of yourself:

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