Word: effortlessness
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...direction was often disappointing, for one reason or another. In the Mozart Piano concerto (K 271, in E flat) the very excellence of the soloist, a young Frenchwoman named Eveylne Crochet, made the Orchestra's contribution seem rather weak. Mile. Crochet's reading, a compendium of elegant phrasing, effortless roulades, and delicious, unforced tone (for which the piano is probably due some credit) was the performance of a knowing, sensitive professional. But the Orchestra is only a good civic ensemble, and hazy string entrances or out-of-tune winds naturally suffer in the face of such suavity. Nevertheless, Mr. Manusevitch...
...millions of people's peace-hungry minds, Mr. Khrushchev's offer to scrap all armies will look very tempting and reasonable indeed. But I can mention a number of fairly prominent countries where the abolition of the armed forces would mean an immediate and effortless take-over for the extremely well-organized Communistic minority. In such places as Argentina, Indonesia, Iraq, etc., the armies are just holding their own against the subversive forces of Communism, and should the hypothetical case of complete disarmament become a reality, Western countries such as France, Italy and Finland could fall without...
...giving recitals in his native St. Louis when he was six. By the time Frager graduated with honors from Columbia (major: Russian) he had already won several piano prizes, and taken a turn about a European concert circuit. What mainly impressed Leventritt judges was his bold and apparently effortless attack, his ability to strike emotional fires that sharpened rather than distorted the logic of any piece he was playing. While almost everybody else fidgeted nervously at last week's finals, Pianist Frager retired to the artists' room, snapped out the lights and sat quietly in the pitch dark...
...professor Borg, Victor Sjostrom has emerged into some glowing Indian summer acting; his portrayal is effortless yet sustained and deep-cutting...
...also star-packed: Sir John Gielgud, Margaret Leighton, Cecil Parker, Robert Stephens. With so much to offer, neither show could fail. And in the case of The Browning Version, Gielgud's superlative performance could have done the job alone. Sir John's every movement, every artful, effortless nuance of speech added up to a television triumph. Just having hired him to play the pathetic old English schoolmaster was a measure of Susskind's taste and talent. He could have left the rest to Director John Frankenheimer...