Word: cymbal
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...floating above a lush backing of piano and drum shuffle. "I Live," the only song in the set from Falkner's first solo album, Jason Falkner Presents Author Unknown, brought cheers from the die-hard fans. More of a straightforward rock number, the song grew into a crescendo of cymbal crashes and guitar slashes not present with the restraint of the album version. After 45 minutes, the set came to an introspective close with "Goodnight Sweet Night," gently easing the audience back into serene silence...
...were shot...The township was leveled to the ground and the name of the community extinguished." Blacklisted by the Nazis Martin arrived in New York City in March 1941, finding the strength to write about the atrocity a year later. The piece is remarkably simple, resonating like a clanging cymbal in slow motion. Martin included the opening motif of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony, which by its rhythm coincides with the Morse code symbol for the letter "V," much popularized by Churchill's "V for Victory" gesture...
...flow of eastern influenced guitars floating above a lush backing of piano and drum shuffle. "I Live," the only song in the set from Falkner's first MISSING Unknown, brought cheers from the diehard fans. More of a straightforward rock number, the song grew into a crescendo of cymbal crashes and guitar slashes not present with the restraint of the album version. After 45 minutes, the set came to an introspective close with "Goodnight Sweet Night," gently easing the audience back into serene silence...
...Ozawa. The Orchestra played the music so pleasantly that throughout the performance they kept the audience in those most enjoyable moments just before sleep. The French horn section stood out and played beautifully in all of the sections in which they could be easily distinguished. Even the oddly-timed cymbal crash did not break the audience's reverie. The first movement was the only exception, it was very vibrant, as it told the story of the ushering in of spring. The first movement was also universally unusual because of its length, over 30 minutes, making it a full third...
...Dvorak, the score provided ample opportunity to demonstrate the orchestra's varied colors. Especially striking was the percussion ensemble of the second movement, consisting of triangle, tom-tom, snare drum, cymbal, wood block, gong and chimes. After an initial statement, the ensemble returned to a perfectly executed dynamic rise and fall. In the third movement, the flute performed the solo melody effectively with a sort of rubato, freely suspended over the rest of the orchestra...