Word: cellos
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...melodramatic, but written in the confusion and shock across their faces. The killing scenes are arranged similarly to those in “Jaws”: random characters are introduced, impending doom is certain, and goosebumps shoot down the back of your neck and arms. Instead of a cello increasing in bow strokes to mark the striking moment though, Fincher’s strategy is to calm viewers with humor and the character’s own confusion, before shocking them with a gruesome death. Gyllenhaal has wonderful on-screen chemistry with co-stars Robert Downey Jr., who plays...
...creating a striking final image. The following performance is the premiere of “Dystonic: Trio,” a work choreographed by Larissa D. Koch ’08. The piece begins with a virtuosic interpretation of one of Max Reger’s Suites for Solo Cello by Bong Ihn Koh ’08. Although Koh’s excellent cello playing is a hard act to follow, the choreography demonstrates a deep understanding of the relationship between tension and fluidity and allows the dancers to complement, rather than compete with, Koh’s playing...
...entirely a lost cause. The latter tracks offer more depth than the dry and predictable first half. A few nuanced production details earn the band some style points, like the cool Rhodes solo conclusion to “Begin Again from the Beginning” and the soulful cello in “From the Last, Last Call.” Unfortunately, these elements are few and far between and the band’s alternative songwriting equation seems to have stagnated after the mainstream success of “Goodbye, Astoria.” For a band that?...
...cymbal crashes, was slightly muddled. Still, the piece effectively conveyed the opera’s fateful tone and segued appropriately to increasingly dramatic performances. The second piece was Johannes Brahms’ “Double Concerto in A minor,” a concerto for violin and cello soloists that is considered one of the composer’s greatest masterpieces. The twin guest performers took to the stage for this number. The Bruskins are slender brunettes distinguishable only by the size of their instruments, violin and cello respectively. The three movements of the concerto, Allegro, Andante, and Vivace...
...established the Lewis Lockwood Award for promising young music scholars. Lockwood is as fit as any to lend his name to such an award, having made an early entrance into the music scene himself. Born in New York to a musical family, Lockwood played cello by the age of nine. The future scholar quickly became proficient, and by his teenage years Lockwood had begun to consider playing professionally. He attended Queens College, in the City University of New York system, and was intent on keeping music in his life. Lockwood numbers his years as an undergraduate among some...