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...limited to the Baroque. The group has been described by the magazine Stereo Review as “perhaps the outstanding period-instrument ensemble in this country.” This season, in addition to Bach and Vivaldi, the group will also perform works by Gluck and Beethoven, composers from the classical era. What this ensemble does to promote baroque music in particular, however, is thrilling. Trust...
...pianist Meng-Chieh Liu. In the Mendelssohn trio, the performers conveyed both the grand statements and the quiet nuances of the music, and their conversational demeanor on stage showed a simple joy of playing together. Liu’s quiet, thoughtful opening of the second movement of the Beethoven Sonata was another highlight. Throughout the recital, all three musicians demonstrated their mastery of both the musical concepts and the instrumental challenges...
...lives, encouraging these students to continue along this path, rather than engaging them academically. One needn’t look hard to find examples of students who totally ignore their classes in order to prepare for their interviews. Instead of studying Plato, or the human genome, or Beethoven, they are practicing cases or manipulating the fonts on their resumes (which, as I understand it, is both an art and a science...
...even more rare and destructive variant of the Grill Debater is Grillus Debatus Mistakus, who has the audacity to go back and correct his order or fix a possible spelling error in his name. Hey, I know people who’ve signed their sheets with “Beethoven,” or “Tom Brady.” Don’t worry—you’ll get your food...
...Kafka demonstrates, Murakami's Japan is a land of truck stops, rock music, Ray-Bans, Hollywood movies and workouts at the gym. But for his youngish, hip, history-oblivious fans, this is Japan. More than previous Murakami novels, Kafka embraces nearly the entire Western canon, with learned digressions on Beethoven, Schubert, Chekhov, T.S. Eliot and a pantheon of ancient Greeks. It's an education in a box, much like the small but mysteriously well-stocked Takamatsu library where Murakami's young Oedipus finds a job as live-in caretaker. He is no ordinary 15-year-old. As well-read...