Word: concertizer
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Chances are that after Otto Eckstein, Warburg Professor of Economics includes a typical lecture in Ec 10, he will never gaze into Sanders Theater and see 900 lit matches held high in a rock concert expression of gratitude. but chances seem as slim that he will ever deliver a lecture that is not followed by applause. "It turns a (Professor) on," Eckstein explains. "Anyway, I like...
...rock bands never die, they just give farewell concert tours. Can it be true? The Who, those open-throttled apostles of adolescent rebellion who once sang "Hope I die before I get old," will retire quietly like four old pensioners? Is Peter Townshend's flailing guitar now gently weeping for its lost youth? Confessing that touring is too difficult for "old guys like us," seraphic-looking Lead Singer Roger Daltrey, 38, has announced that their American journey-beginning this week with a sold-out date at the Capital Centre in Maryland-is their last waltz...
...country remains a miracle. Read some 19th century accounts of Palestine by travelers like Mark Twain and note their dismay at the dreariness around them. Then look at the Hula Valley in the north, with its plums and avocados springing from a former swamp; or at the universities and concert halls; or, abstractly, at the only working democracy in the region. The cause for outrage at Israel's undemocratic practices on the West Bank is that they violate the country's own standards, not those of the Arab world...
...mood at the concert was growing ugly. The audience had divided into two warring camps. Some listeners yelled for the music to stop, others called for it to continue. Umbrellas were brandished menacingly. Cheers and catcalls grew so noisy that the musicians had to count aloud to keep their places. One distressed listener, unable to contain her emotions any longer, jumped from her seat, ran down the aisle and pounded on the stage. "I can't stand it any longer!" she screamed at the startled performers...
...with an eagerly sound. Reich orchestral premiere: Tehillim, an infectious, high-spirited laudation set to Hebrew psalms, which begins with the sound of two hands clapping and ends in a full-throated blaze of hallelujahs. For both Reich and the style of which he is a leading representative, the concert will be a cause of celebration. Minimalism, a joyous, exciting-and sometimes maddening-amalgam of influences as disparate as African drumming, the Balinese gamelan and new wave rock, has come uptown at last...