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Perahia's execution of the Mozart Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor, while not dramatic, was very sweet, lyrical and expressive. Likewise, his entrance onto the stage was not flashy, but down-to-earth, as though he wanted to get straight to the business of making music. The concerto...

Author: By Felicia Wu, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: From Mostly Mozart To Precise Prokofiev: Gripping the Audience | 11/14/1997 | See Source »

The orchestra itself began its program with another piece by Mozart: the Overture to The Magic Flute. One of his last works, composed in the summer of 1791, The Magic Flute tells the tale of lovers in the struggle between good and evil in a magical world. The overture itself...

Author: By Felicia Wu, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: From Mostly Mozart To Precise Prokofiev: Gripping the Audience | 11/14/1997 | See Source »

Such balance was achieved in the second movement, where dense triplet runs, exchanged around the orchestra, blanket the background with a literal whirlwind. Where the low strings were a little muddy and understated, the winds were articulate and perfectly balanced. When the runs finally arrived in the upper strings the...

Author: By Christopher T. Ariza, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Colorful HRO Performs Streamlined Premiere | 11/7/1997 | See Source »

The 250 small clay sculptures in "Suddenly This Overview," are equally beguiling. All modestly crafted by hand and about the same size, the nine pieces presented at the ICA include a loaf of bread, a disc jockey, an outdoor garden and tambiguous, the sculptures are at once crude in their...

Author: By Scott Rothkopf, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Swiss Artists Fischli and Weiss Juggle Sarcasm, Sincerity at the ICA | 11/7/1997 | See Source »

The last state execution in Massachusetts was in 1947. For the last 50 years, the people of Massachusetts have recognized their own judicial fallibility and they have accordingly let punishment mean life imprisonment. The House rejected motions to reinstate the death penalty twice in the last four years, but in...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Gov. Cellucci: Veto Death Penalty | 11/5/1997 | See Source »

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