Word: concertizing
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...fire alarm interrupted a concert in Paine Hall. CFD responded on foot from their headquarters near Memorial Hall. The Radcliffe Pitches continued the concert outside. (11/3...
Gusmorino promised more diverse offerings at fly-by bunch as well as a sophomore formal, in addition to more concerts organized by his running-mate Sujean S. Lee '03--who is organizing a Roots concert in Sanders Theatre in February...
Born in Pittsburgh, Pa., Wild showed precocity at age three; by six he had a fluent technique. While still a teenage student of the distinguished Dutch pianist Egon Petri, he was already a concert-hall veteran. In 1937 Arturo Toscanini engaged Wild to fill the coveted position of staff pianist for his NBC Symphony Orchestra. Toscanini could be irascible, but he and Wild hit it off. "We both loved music so tirelessly," Wild says. The fiery maestro made Wild famous in 1942 by inviting him to play Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue in a nationally broadcast concert...
...several movements from the ballet Pulcinella). Perhaps not quite recovered from the meandering romantic excess of the Busoni, Schulte played the simple sicilienne with too much expressiveness, and was at times out of tune. However, his brilliant musicianship still made this a memorable end to a long and demanding concert...
...surprises were the highlight of the night. The first was a performance of "Fingertips," a collection of wacky and nonsensical musical snippets almost never played in concert-and with lyrics like "I'm having a heart attack," "What's that blue thing doing here?" and "I've found a new friend underneath my pillow," it's no wonder why. Yet Giant-heads being the Fans-of-All-Fans, the crowd sang right along with them, eating up the bit of improvisation at the very...