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...Ariel Chamber ensemble--works of Schubert, Falla, and Schonberg; Louis Bagger, harpsichord; Susan Larson, Soprano and sprechstimme; Sanders Theater...
...England Conservatory Scholarship Chamber Quartet--works of Mozart, Kodaly, and Schubert; Sachiko Mori, violin; Peter Slowik, viola; Koji Yanagulda, cello; and Carol Rankin, plano; Jordan Hall...
Like Doctor Dolittle's pushmi-pullyu, the chamber orchestra is a curious beast that faces in two directions at once: toward the intimacy of the string quartet and toward the richness of the symphony. It stands between both, the way a watercolor stands between an engraving and an oil painting. Or, as Conductor Dennis Russell Davies says, the way baseball stands between tennis and football: "There are just a few players, each one is a virtuoso, and all are involved in every moment of what's going...
Davies should know. He is the music director of the only full-time chamber orchestra in the U.S., the 26-member St. Paul Chamber Orchestra. Under his leadership, the St. Paul brilliantly exemplify the virtues of being middle-size. Their Baroque performances are fleet and supple yet they can muster the muscle of Beethoven and Schubert, avoiding only the more elaborately scored late-19th century works. In modern music they have a scintillating bite and precision. Throughout the repertory, their texture is so transparent that it allows for no slack playing, and there is none...
...names of 50,000 "missing people," who in reality had been exterminated. The bureau, with its staff of more than 300, was run by Lieut. Colonel Farouk Minawa, one of Amin's most trusted Nubian aides. From the outside, the building looked innocuous. Inside it was literally a chamber of horrors...