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...Romeo at Juliet’s Grave.” The orchestra’s string players were particularly remarkable for their clear pizzicato and skilled glissandos.“Romeo and Juliet” is notable for its many solos, played by everything from snare drum to bass clarinet, and the HRO smoothly transitioned from one solo to another. Consequently, the solos served to enhance the orchestra’s ability to move its listeners with Prokofiev’s music.The evening’s performance had a dazzling finish with Tchaikovsky’s Symphony...
...Villiers intends to drum up interest by promoting plotlines and player drama--reality TV for the country-club set. "We have the most phenomenal characters of any sport, but we're not doing a good enough job telling the story," he says, his entertainment background evident. (His staff even calls him E.T.) To pitch tennis to the public, De Villiers hired marketing ace Phil Anderton, a veteran of Coca-Cola and the Scottish Rugby League, where he garnered the nickname "Fireworks Phil" for the countless fan-friendly ideas he brought to the sport (yes, including fireworks...
...skip type of album; none of Legend’s tales of love and admiration for his lover are filler. Still, some are better than others. “Stereo” is markedly different from the rest of the album for its heavier drum line, which makes the track stand out without sounding forced. “P.D.A. (We Just Don’t Care)” is the standout track of the album, where a tight beat and Legend’s lyrics paint a love story flawlessly...
...track, “Welcome to the Black Parade,” which takes its cue more from “Bohemian Rhapsody” than from the latter-day Green Day, which much of the rest of the album resembles. The song starts slowly with piano and military drum and ends up with a huge rock chorus, passing though the purest punk the album has to offer. The lyrics are as dark as anything else in the album, but here the music finally lets the listener have some...
...says Zhou, who is single and childless.His Kleenex box is mostly filled by non-Asian passersby, who also tend to compliment Zhou’s playing more than Asian listeners.Zhou garners the most compliments on days that are neither too humid nor too dry. He explains that the snakeskin drum of his instrument is very sensitive to humidity, and extreme conditions will affect the quality of the reverberations.“I am not as good as the professional players, but I know what ‘good’ is,” Zhou says.A DANGEROUS PROFESSIONPerforming...