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...addition to finding fault with the British government, McGuinness blamed the Unionists for styming the talks. He said they refuse to listen to Sinn Fein's arguments or to compromise on any issues...
...first movement has an unusual, slightly ear-jarring opening, and quickly develops all its themes at once. The orchestra sometimes seemed to overpower the soloist, but the fault may have been with the piano itself, which had a muddy quality that was not conducive to fortissimo passages or soaring clarity of sound. Perahia performed his own cadenza, which displayed a wonderful range of emotions and beautiful nuances...
...most, the essence of "ska music" is energy: an upbeat, catchy rhythm, that provides the infective inspiration to dance. If the style of music has one fault, it is that it can be easily taken over by its energy, focusing on bouncing rhythms at the expense of meaning and lyrical expression. Easy listening ska therefore seems a contradiction in terms, sapping the music of its most important quality, its energy. However, this contradiction could provide an opportunity to challenge the accepted form of ska music, injecting it with a new meaning and lyrical relevancy...
...find fault with an organization that, on the surface, calls on men to repent their contemptible deeds against women and children. But there is something sinister simmering below that surface--the undermining of women's rights. The Promise Keepers movement is also suspect because it invokes scriptural authority, instead of intelligence or the power of reason, in its efforts to guide its members. The goal of the organization is not to better society in general but to improve the lot only of men who cherish so-called Christian values. DINA AUSTIN Toronto...
...work, cast in three movements, was performed without pause. Despite the contrasting tempi given for each movement (allegro, adagio con moto, allegro giocoso), there was little sense of actual formal differentiation--partly due to the tempo changes within a given movement, partly to the overall consistency, almost to a fault, of the instrumental texture. The texture was dominated by the churning lines of the strings, the quartet often moving in the same manner but isolated registrally. Added to this was the occasional punctuation and melodic quote announced by the remaining choirs of the orchestra, nearly always regulated to a marginal...