The opening work was Shostakovich's elusive, demanding Second Violin Concerto.
Backstage, during the opening work, several colleagues, sweaty and panting after exits, congratulated him.
That sensation was amplified during the opening work, Mr. Carter's "Dialogues".
That effect was evident in the opening work on Monday, Mendelssohn's modest "Ruy Blas" Overture.
In the opening work, Beethoven's "Egmont" Overture, the other side of Mr. Ozawa was evident.
Several of those techniques propelled the opening work, "Pipa" (1989), for three guitars.
Couldn't the piano have sat idle onstage through the brief opening work in conventional fashion?
The effect made its first appearance in the opening work, Telemann's Overture in F minor (TWV 55:fl).
Prokofiev's Violin Sonata No. 1, the opening work in the program, set the tone for the first half.
Just after leading the opening work, Haydn's Symphony No. 6, "Le Matin" ("Morning"), Mr. Hogwood turned to the audience.
He played the opening work, Scarlatti's wistful Sonata in A (K. 208), with enough pedal to create milky colorings.
