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...violinist Caitlin Tully will solo for the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Benjamin Zander, in an afternoon performance of Shostakovich’s “First Violin Concerto.” According to Tully’s website, Yehudi Menuhin, one of the foremost violinists of the 20th century, said of the performer at age 10 that “she plays with more integrity than any young violinist I have ever heard.” The program is filled with Russian composers. Where Shostakovich worked under Soviet rule—and was denounced in 1936 for composing...
...situation was far from unusual. For much of the 20th century, administrators used the “Graustein formula,” a complicated series of charts, to determine when Harvard departments could make permanent appointments. If a junior faculty member’s term was going to end in a year when the formula didn’t allow a permanent appointment to be made in his field, he was out of luck...
We’re interested in seeing the whole chronology of art.” Cooper says he worries that museums devoted exclusively to 20th-century art might create a disconnect between modern artists and their past...
...sure to poke fun at the many Red Sox fans surrounding him by reminding them of the infamous Bill Buckner missed ground ball in the 1986 World Series, 20 years ago this year. “As a Mets fan at Fenway, I think of Bill Buckner on the 20th anniversary of the ’86 series,” Balkema said. In the parents’ section, the mothers, fathers, and grandparents of the Crimson players both expressed pride and told stories of youths spent in and around Fenway. For Jim Byrne, father of injured second baseman Brendan...
...sixth place overall, finishing in the middle of the 11-team pack. Junior skipper Robby McIntosh and freshman crew Margaret Wang guided one of the Crimson’s boats to a sixth place finish, while junior crew Marion Guillaume teamed up with freshman crew Emily Lamont to finish 20th in Harvard’s other boat. Tufts, Boston University and Boston College made it an all-Massachusetts top three finish.—Staff writer Malcom A. Glenn can be reached at mglenn@fas.harvard.edu...