Word: brasses
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...strings, shown to good advantage in the mysterious, scale-like string passages at the beginning; fine soloists, especially in the trumpet and flute sections; and an overall coordination, allowing for intelligent phrasing and pacing. It's evidently more difficult to find a whole section full of excellent wind and brass players, since these sections often strained to achieve an even tone and unified entries...
Landscaping will include "two dozen different varieties of perennials meant to give color at different times of the year[and] will contain an elegant garden with big stones interspersed with brass by artist David Phillips," says Boothe...
Unfortunately, even world-renowned traditions must occasionally be broken. With the new collaboration of three entirely different ballets, collectively called "Boogie, Brass, and Blue," the Boston Ballet has proved that sometimes even the best of ideas do not work out quite as well as originally planned. After one views the three pieces in their entirety, it becomes difficult to see what exactly connects them all together, other than the fact that they're all contemporary ballets...
Although all of the ballets in "Boogie, Brass, and Blue" are fine performances in and of themselves, it is difficult to say what exactly ties them all together. Self-dubbed "A Celebration of All-American Dance," the show is not decidedly un-Amercan, but it can hardly be called patriotic. Perhaps under a different title and theme, the performance could flow much better and more appropriately. But for now, perhaps audiences should ignore the false advertising, and simply attend "Boogie, Brass and Blue" not to see one enthusiastic show, but rather three excellent-though entirely unrelated-forms of ballet...
Under Riley's predecessor, Paul E. Johnson, the department was faced with bitter internal bickering, including a drawn-out battle with HUPD officers over their contract and constant in-fighting among the department's brass...