When you?re named after one of the biggest constellations in the night sky, the pressure is on to display a little star power ? and the young pianist Orion Weiss did exactly that in a high-powered and often ferocious recital Saturday afternoon at the Terrace Theater. Weiss has been racking up an impressive string of triumphs lately (he filled in at the last minute for an ailing Leon Fleischer last summer, turning in a raved-about performance with the Boston Symphony), and Saturday?s recital showed why. Just 30, the pianist has an exceptionally clean technique with virtuosity to spare. And although Saturday?s program ? which revolved around a selection of demanding toccatas ? sometimes fell a little flat emotionally, it showed Weiss to be a gifted musician well worth keeping an eye on.
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