Word: concert
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...Anthony's Chorale--the thematic foundation for the eight variations of Brahms' composition--was introduced with a regal cadence perfectly suited to the gilded atmosphere of the concert hall. Sometimes called Variations on Saint Anthony's Chorale, the piece suffers from an identity crisis, although the crisis involves the composer and not any aspect of the music itself, which remains a brilliant showcase of the woodwinds and horns. Musicologists have yet to determine whether the theme was actually written by Haydn or by his student Ignaz Pleyel. Regardless of the nature of his piece's thematic roots, Brahms effectively unearthed...
Upon his return to MIT. Gale became a musicmajor. He joined the MIT Concert Choir and GamelanGalak Tika, a percussion ensemble that playstraditional Balinese music...
...music drew an enthusiastic crowd. As the audience filtered out of the Collegium Musicum and Radcliffe Choral Society concert in Sanders Theatre, the strains of Madonna, Chumbawumba and Celine Dion pounded in Annenberg. The music was great and the dancing was fast, a very un-Harvard party...
...real treat for the ears, this concert was exceptionally satisfying. Pass on the chocolate if you must, but don't skip HRO next time around...
...audience that might have been anticipating Bruce Willis to defuse a bomb or Keanu Reeves to board a bus--not four smallish string players on the verge of completing a crescendo. And yet it was the very creation of anticipation by those four smallish string players that elevated the concert from music making to story telling. Adhering to Haydn's tenet that a modern string quartet "should engage the mind as well as the emotions," the Guarneri Quartet played a repertoire that alternated between being reflective and impetuous, sensual and contemplative. A standing ovation that included innumerable smiles and several...