Word: boleros
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...bits and pieces scattered throughout "10"-Dudley Moore trying to make a cool entrance on a hot beach, and having to throw towels ahead of him to protect his feet from the burning sand; a woman who insists on making love precisely to the rhythm of Ravel's Bolero; a lengthy mix-up involving dentistry, painkillers, the telephone, a telescope, some naked ladies, a swimming pool, a steep hillside and the police. It is really quite indescribable -but gorgeously orchestrated...
...Maestro Salmon gave the downbeat, 9,500 fans, many reared on the violent excesses of Alice Cooper and Iggy Pop, got the first sampling of what was in store for them. From 40 huge loudspeaker enclosures suspended from the ceiling came the mighty sounds of Abaddon's Bolero, a work Composer-Pianist Keith Emerson has based on the same Spanish rhythm as the Ravel classic. After a few bars, a thick curtain of light, produced by in tense lights rimming the stage, dissolved to reveal Keith Emerson, 32, Greg Lake, 29 and Carl Palmer, 27, hard at work...
...Ravel: Bolero; Debussy: La Mer; Prelude a l'Apres-midi d'un Faune...
...Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti conductor, London.) As one would expect, Solti's Bolero is a knockout. But the real interest here is the Debussy. The years have given Solti a welcome relaxation, and he is now getting around to the swirling softness of French musical impressionism. There are no mists in Solti's Debussy. The sky is clear blue over his La Mer, but how shimmering those eddies of string tone, how thundering the waves of brass. Afternoon of a Faun may just be the most sensual on records...
...outside), no toilet facilities and no upholstery upon its hardwood benches. Its acoustics are very tricky: a tourist standing 200 feet away can hear a pin drop on stage, but the echo from the vaulted ceiling can be so bad that a new drummer once played the entire Ravel Bolero four beats late. The new arts center will be ready...