Word: concertizing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...what in the world is all the hub-bub about? Well, Stomp has a double-edged appeal: The exuberance and power of its on-stage performance lends it the appeal of a particularly brilliant rock concert, while its genuinely creative philosophy makes it unique among the "performance art" offerings of the stage...
Even on a rainy Friday afternoon, the Box Office lines at Symphony Hall stretched long with people eager to hear the Boston Symphony Orchestra and its guest soloist, piano virtuoso Murray Perahia. Despite these trying circumstances, the excellent concert made the trip to the BSO well-worth its efforts...
Lehmann got a chance to put his impressive verve on display, leading a program of works that would have come to nothing without verve. The concert began with the overture to Mozart's The Magic Flute, a work with self-evident charm. Its first notes were jarring from lack of unison, but things picked up quickly. The brass enjoyed a fine moment, as did flutist Kimberly Arkin '98. The finale hinted loudly at the volume of sound the orchestra would transmit later in the evening...
...concert in Chicago on Labor Day Sunday and a week before sent the lyrics of Solidarity Forever to be printed in the concert program for the audience to sing. The sponsor sent back a message: "Can't sing Solidarity Forever--too political." I looked at that message, and I heard the rattle of drums and the skirl of bagpipes. I heard the Authors Guild lining up behind me. PEN. The A.C.L.U...
...very next day the sponsor called up and said, "Fine. We'll print the lyrics if that's what you want," and my balloon went pfffffffffft. I did the concert, and the words to Solidarity Forever were there in the program, and the audience sang all four verses lustily, including, "They have taken untold millions that they never toiled to earn./ But without our brain and muscle, not a single wheel can turn./ We can break their haughty power, gain our freedom, when we learn/ That the union makes us strong...