Word: barts
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Bartók: The Miraculous Mandarin; Two Portraits (Deutsche Grammophon). Bartók's bloodcurdling ballet gets an elemental reading from Claudio Abbado and the London Symphony...
DIED. Rod Cameron, 73, swaggering cowboy actor; after a stroke; in Gainesville, Ga. Cameron played in more than 100 western and action films over almost four decades. On television, he played Police Officer Bart Grant in the series City Detective and later starred in State Trooper...
Then it became evident where Bart Smart had gone wrong. Maybe he had been thinking of the character the Bulldogs had displayed by never giving up during their eight straight losses; more likely, he was referring to the superior character all Yalies develop by taking 36 courses instead of Harvard's measly...
...middle movement, to Façades, is as serene as its predecessor is clamorous. A lyrical melody floats above a simple, slightly shifting rhythmic pattern. A shadowy frieze of girls, tracing small, varied steps, embodies the pattern; two dancers (Maria Caligari, Bart Cook) perform a sinuous pas de deux to the melody. This is a mesmerizing piece. The last segment, to a boisterous excerpt from Glass's opera Akhnaten, is what his fans call "very Jerry": arms up, fingers splayed, keep it moving, get it right the first time. Across, around, up and down the stage sweep cadres...
...high marrying season. The Gina-Peter ceremony was performed not long ago by the Rev. Bart Gould of the Second Unitarian Church of Chicago. The Rev. Mr. Gould has a taste for the fun nuptial. At the conclusion of his own marriage ceremony in 1977, he turned to his bride, before the assembled guests, and said: "Thank you for choosing an outrageous cuss like me." He was overcome. He broke down and wept. His bride burst out laughing...