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...distracting mid-performance study of program notes, and, moreover, it effectively acquainted the audience and the performers. When Zander came out a second time, the orchestra didn’t have the detachment from the audience that usually marks a classical performance. The audience and musicians were already familiar with one another, so there was little uncomfortable tension before the start of the piece.The performance of the Bartók was lukewarm. In the first two sections (of six), the strings played deftly, but the winds’ sound didn’t blend well and the orchestra sounded thick...
...Afghan born as a refugee in Pakistan, incorporates classical miniature techniques honed at Lahore's renowned National College of Arts. He uses the flat planes, thick gouache, gold leaf and impeccable brushwork, all typical of 18th century Mughal miniatures, to portray scenes from the Shahnameh, a Persian epic familiar to Afghan children. Ali is a member of Afghanistan's Hazara minority, and his people's persecution by the Taliban during the late stages of the civil war is also reflected in the dark panels of his miniatures. His Herculean hero, Rustam, is ambiguous, portrayed as a demonic figure with horns...
...Mark Wahlberg) earned his wounds in the sort of battle familiar to action-movie fans: Coming home one night, he found his wife Michelle (Marianthi Evans) and their child murdered. Max caught up with two of the perps but caught only a fleeting glimpse of the fleeing chief villain. (The movie gets its suspense from tracking clues to the third man.) We know that this kind of film introduces wives and kids for the sole purpose of killing them off and turning a loving husband into a revenge machine. You got the same deal in this summer's Death Race...
...Some familiar with the internal battles say Bair is too focused on the security of her own agency. "When the President says we're facing a systemic problem, should you really worry that you're not going to get your fund topped up by Congress?" asks one. But Bair knows that her chief role is to reassure everyday investors. "Your money is safe in the bank if it's FDIC-insured," she says. That's good. Because in the coming months, there may be many more modern-day Lydia Lobsigers...
...Stone is familiar with the complaints levied at Harvard a cappella singers. “It’s always, ‘Why are you talking about a cappella all the time, it takes over your whole life, I never see you, you only hang out with your a cappella group,’” she says. Stone mentions that these are the same objections one hears to varsity sports, except “it somehow seems less legitimate because you just bop your knees and sing ooh-wah-ooh?...