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...hardwire the brain, building links between the two hemispheres. Exactly how this process works is still unclear, but such brain stimulation can lead to peaks of performance and awareness. Why should Mozart's music be the focal point of this debate, rather than other classical composers such as Bach, Beethoven or Chopin? Many sounds, from Hindu chanting to the noise of the surf breaking on a shore, are believed to be therapeutic. As for classical music, Gérard Mortier, the director of the Paris opera, is one of many who reckons that Mozart isn't the only composer...
...12/10 general admission, $8/6 students. (AMF)Kuumba Christmas Concert. Through Dec. 10. The 100-member choir dedicated to black creativity and spirituality performs its annual Christmas Concert. Memorial Church. 7 p.m. Free. (CNC)“Peter J. Gomes” and the Wolf. Through Dec. 10. The Bach Society Orchestra performance includes “Peter and the Wolf” with The Reverend Professor Peter J. Gomes and “Sonatina” by Derrick Wang ’06. Paine Hall. 8 p.m. $10 general admission, $6 students. (CNC)Inaugural Dance Center Concert. Through...
...piece is particularly unique because it will be accompanied live by Bong Inh Koh ’08, one of the students hand-picked by Yo-Yo Ma to perform with him in the Silk Road Festival earlier this year. Koh will be playing the Bach Chaconne on the cello to the contemporary number.“[Divelbliss’s piece] is a more minimalist type of modern, accompanied by techno music,” says Joanna R. Binney ’08, one of the four dancers who have been performing this number since last year.The sixth piece?...
...been like if, as a child, Rev. Peter J. Gomes, Plummer Professor of Christian Morals and The Memorial Church’s Pusey Minister, had read to you before bed in his booming, mesmerizing oratory style. This possibility can be experienced on Saturday, Dec. 10, as Gomes narrates the Bach Society Orchestra’s (BachSoc) performance of Prokofiev’s classic composition “Peter and the Wolf.” In addition, BachSoc will perform Bartok’s “Romanian Folk Dances,” Shubert’s “Unfinished...
...Local nonprofit group Cambridge Student Partnerships is displaying student and professional photography at the Zero Arrow Street space. During Saturday's opening evening, there will be live music and refreshments. All proceeds go towards training student volunteers for work with low-income and homeless individuals. (AJR)The Century of Bach and Mozart: Perspectives on Historiography, Composition, Theory and Performance. Through Dec. 23. This joint exhibition features original sheet music from the pillars of classical music, as well as an original watercolor painting by Mozart of…an ear. Houghton and Loeb Music Libraries. Free. (KAK)Paul Robeson as Othello...