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[MUSIC REVIEW] BSO, Levine, Strauss, July 15
7.17.06
Levine leads with quiet hand
By JOSEPH DALTON, Special to the Times Union
First published: Monday, July 17, 2006
LENOX, Mass. -- James Levine is creating magic at Tanglewood, and like a great sleight-of-hand artist, he's doing it with understated flair.
At the annual Leonard Bernstein Memorial Concert Saturday night with the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra, Richard Strauss' one-act opera "Elektra" veritably roared with sound over and over again. Yet the ever-efficient Levine, in a blue polo shirt and black slacks, maintained a modest presence at the podium.
Throughout the 100-minute work, Levine kept a steady beat with his baton and probably did give more cues to the student players than he might have to the Boston Symphony Orchestra. During a quiet passage of the strings, he laid aside his stick and practically embraced the sound in his arms. And for a few particularly grand crescendos, he stood up. Meanwhile, members of the stellar vocal cast were singing their guts out, recounting one of the most harrowing family tales in history.
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