Word: concertant
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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BILLED BY ITS promoters as a symbol of friendship between the Vietnamese and American people, Sunday's concert at Sanders attracted a small but enthusiastic audience. Violinist Joseph Silverstein, concertmaster of the BSO, and pianist Anton Kuerti, artist in residence at the University of Toronto, presented a varied and exciting joint recital to raise money for the rebuilding of Bach Mai hospital, which American bombers destroyed a little over a year ago. The musicians gave no speeches; their playing was eloquent and moving...
This was a benefit concert, but one devoid of exhortations or affirmations of moral fervor. More eloquently than any words, the music bespoke the humanitarian impulse which had brought these musicians and listeners together...
However, Kuerti and Silverstein played it beautifully, extracting all the possible drama and depth from this lollipop. Their playing was relaxed and expressive; Silverstein even added a number of romantic-type slides to his playing, and ended the concert with excitement and style...
...initiated by women, was the first stage of a profound sex-role revolution. But that revolution was an unusual one, she says, in that there were no enemies, no win-lose situations. She believes the women's movement is entering a new stage where women and men, working in concert, will break down obsolete sex stereotypes, thereby effecting a human liberation. Friedan says the movement no longer requires an exclusively female orientation. Its present focus should be restructuring social institutions from within, and thus its concerns include both sexes...
Keith Jarrett Quartet. A few months back, I goofed by underplaying a local concert by electric pianist Keith Jarrett. Rolling Stone named him jazz man of the year, and his concerts and albums are winning unanimous raves. Live and learn. Through Sunday, March 10 at the Jazz Workshop. Call 267-1300 for information...