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...Easy as Lying. The recorder derives its name from the archaic meaning of the verb "record," that is, "to sing like a bird." Its origins have been traced to the 12th century, but its heyday came in the late 17th and early 18th century, when Bach, Purcell, Telemann, Vivaldi and Handel wrote a wealth of music for it. Shakespeare, Bacon, Milton and Pepys celebrated its endearing combination of solemnity and sweetness, and King Henry VIII was an avid noodler on his collection of 77 recorders. As orchestras grew larger, however, the gentle voice of the recorder was replaced...
...BACH: CONCERTO IN D MINOR; CHOPIN: CONCERTO NO. 2 IN F MINOR (London). Vladimir Ashkenazy's technical brilliance is enough by itself to rivet the listener's attention, but it is only one factor in a superb performance. He moves across the glittering surface of the Chopin like moonlight on a windswept lake, and gives the popular Bach concerto an almost hearty treatment that displays to perfection the gaiety in its baroque adornments...
...green lights control traffic at the entrance. Just inside, visitors find an aquarium full of goldfish. Farther along, a 1922 Greta Garbo film flickers continually in a twelve-seat cinema. Throughout the corpus, the clanking of various mechanical fantasies mingles with the solemn reverberation of Bach's organ music. "Women love it. They seem to understand immediately that it's a homage to them," says Niki. And very best of all, even the psychiatrists seem to approve. Said one: "It will affect the dreams of the Swedes who see it for years to come...
...Bach in the Park. To break up the two-block length and provide a measure of privacy for each activity, the four "rooms" are at different levels. For adults, especially women with baby carriages, the architects provided a peaceful, elevated sitting area, walled in to keep out wind and noise. Next to it they scooped out a sunken 1,000-seat amphitheater; it has already been booked throughout the summer for free concerts and sing-alongs, ballet and amateur talent shows, and will be used this June for local high school graduation exercises...
Testing the amphitheater's loudspeaker system with a Bach cantata recently, audio engineers got a big surprise: when they turned it off, residents complained about losing "all the nice music." As a result they now hear Bach and other classical composers nightly...