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Article: Chamber Players overcome disappointments
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- January 16, 1996
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THE BOSTON SYMPHONY CHAMBER PLAYERS
At: Jordan Hall, Sunday afternoon
Boston Symphony Orchestra concertmaster Malcolm Lowe injured his
back shoveling snow last week, which forced some changes in the
program for the BSO Chamber Players concert Sunday afternoon. Lowe
was missed, but nearly everything turned out for the best.
The principal disappointment of the afternoon turned out to be one
of the scheduled works, a Brass Quartet by the Danish composer
Wilhelm Ramsoe (1837-1895). This is the kind of piece that would
never be heard any more if it had been written for string quartet;
because the brass repertory is more limited, small brass ensembles
turn to composers like Ramsoe.
He was a ...