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...child’s play. The shorter second movement, reminiscent of opera, evoked a sense of tragedy. Where Goto’s violin used to be light, melancholy began to weigh down on the instrument.In the third movement—Allegro spirituoso—Goto leaped back into his element, holding the audience on edge with every twist of the bow. He employed Paganini’s own invention, “ricochet” bowing (where the bow ricochets across the strings to produce swift and un-slurred notes), with the utmost effect, swimming through 20 notes...
...there are few better engines of transformation than laughter, which can turn a king into an object of ridicule as easily as it can elevate mere affection to love. Humor is a key element of “Metamorphoses,” and the members of the show’s excellent 10-person ensemble cast are frequently very, very funny...
...terrifying brush with ritual murder brought to mind some much-ignored advice I received several years ago: Open stacks, my mom had told me for countless hours as we tooled down rural highways on a masochistic college tour, are a vital element of advanced education...
From the moment he took the stage in the Washington Hilton's International Ballroom, Huckabee was in his element. The Arkansas contingent in the front of the hall went nuts, waving low-tech H-U-C-K-A-B-E-E placards. Unlike the other candidates, Huckabee was greeted by a standing ovation throughout the entire cavernous room. He settled in behind the lectern as if it were a pulpit, greeting the crowd "not as one who comes to you, but as one who comes from...
...hear you’re doing awesome so many times. Sometimes you need evidence that you’re doing better than the guys next to you, and I like to exploit that as much I can during a race.”Coxswain calls are the only audible element of a crew race, save for the monotonous whoosh of the oars after the blade squares and feathers with each stroke. Their words narrate an otherwise silent race, offering encouragement and support to athletes whose goal it is to end a race with no strength left to row another stroke...