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THE TWELVE MEMBER CHORUS on The Frogy provides not only the classical function of explaining or commenting on the drama, but the entertainment value of a modern musical chorus. These twelve alternate as frogs, singing "koax-brek-kek-kek" in the river Styx, and as Dionysians, singing hymns. Sondheim's...
The play is performed without an intermission, which translates to almost two hours on the Fogg's hard folding chaos. However, The Frogs moves so quickly, offering such an unpretentious rendering of classical drama that it ends leaving--the audience almost disappointed to leave, but at least momentarily freed from...
Physics, too, seems capricious. Like mathematicians, Jakob notes, the physicists assume at whim and derive the consequences. Classical physics, at least, seemed more commonsensical; it had an other-worldly quality that lent its explanations an almost spiritual legitimacy. Equations alone lacked this aura. Classical physics' beauty, to Jakob, sprang from...
In the theory of the world ether--an invisible, all-permeating medium for the propagation of radiation--Jakob sees his calling and the chance for a crowning accomplishment of classical physics. But he fails to realize this dream, too.
With limited opportunities at home, some promising Americans have packed their scores and set off for Europe. Dennis Russell Davies, 38, won praise as the leader of the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra but left in 1980 to direct the Stuttgart Opera in Germany. James Conlon, 32, recently was named music...