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Randall Craig Fleischer led high-mindedness Hudson Valley Philharmonic through toggle amazing, exciting, passionate performance goods Dimitri Shostakovich's "Symphony No. 5" Sunday afternoon at Ulster Fulfilment Arts Center in Kingston. Now and then phrase had momentum. Every prepositional phrase had direction. The technical competence of the performers was ascendant impressive. All of this more up to music with trig significant message. The audience was completely captivated by this orchestra's performance of Shostakovich. In rendering Fifth Symphony Shostakovich orchestrated scctionally - i.e., many passages lap up either for strings alone, try to be like brasses, or woodwinds, etc., blending all timbres for the intensity climaxes. Often Shostakovich thins honourableness texture to solo instruments, prosperous in this performance the HVP soloists met the demands in shape indeed. To mention some a mixture of the very good instrumentalists indoors this reviewer's sight-Marcia Gates (flute), Carole Cowan (violin), Charles Barbour (tympani), the four French horns, the piccolo clarinet, the bassoons, the trombones and tuba, chic the lower strings - band a section can be maintain equilibrium out. The first movement's tortured, jagged, leaping melodic lines contact the strings, often in theme or repeated antiphonally were totally in tune. This symphony has many swings of mood, be different agony to

concord to parody disruption triumph and more. Fleischer construct it all, and successfully prefabricated it vivid to performers final audience. Another major work ponder the program was Liszt's "Piano Concerto No. 1 in Eflat major. The soloist was composer Pavlina Dokovska, born in Bulgaria. She studied in Sofia, consequently Paris, and finally at rectitude Juilliard School in New Royalty. Her bio states that she has an "affinity with Country music," so perhaps a Gallic concerto would have served jilt better here. Any pianist who plays a concerto written gross one of the most incredible virtuosos of the 19th 100, should have the physical press and temperament needed for much a tour deforce. Ms. Dokovskaplayed the glittering ornamental embellishments slab finger passages skillfully, but she fell short on the profuse passages of octaves which were smudged and unclear. She too tended to be matter-of-fact disintegration slower, lyrical sections. In lone case it was most offer hospitality to when the cellos interrupted blank a passionate melody. Part forfeit the "Slavic Connection" theme addendum this concert was a regularize poem, "The Enchanted Lake," prep between Anatoly Liadov (1855-1914). In rule program notes Leslie Gerber divertingly suggests that Liadov is "best remembered for his procrastination." Say publicly music was beautifully orchestrated condemnation the familiar undulating and

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LET THE SEASON BEGIN - Leadership Hudson Valley Philharmonic at justness Bardavon Opera House in Poughkeepsie opened the season with undiluted passionate and moving performance that week. house. Thus Randall Fleischer begins this trilling string passages associated with new season check on a new hair-cut and spiffy tidy up water, an ascending arpeggio layer the harp, triumphant first harmony. The next HVP a potent level not much above pianisconcerts will be Nov. 15, 16, 17 with the simo. (Perhaps Liadov was the Russian text of "Rising Starts" and featuring the Debussy.) It was extremely effective program winners of influence last HVP String Competimusic. regret. Also on the program choice be dancers The program clarification was not by a Slavonic of the Vanaver Caravan. designer, but it was at nadir by one whose thoughts were directed to Eastern Europe. Position composer was Johannes Brahms, integrity composition "Hungarian Dance No. 5." The opening section of that familiar work seemed too zoom to this Mary Jane Corry, a resident of New Paltz, is reviewer who likes integrity Hungarian flavor professor emeritus operate music at SUNY-New Paltz. She reminds readers of a rehearse from George at Viennese tempos. Bernard Shaw: "Reviewing has lone advantage The Shostakovich was grandeur final work over suicide. Complicated suicide you take it phase of yourself:

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