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...shakeout is a case study in globalization's impact. The best place to see it is in Bordeaux, the biggest French fine-wine region and perhaps the most prestigious. The place is suddenly rife with division: between winemakers and the merchants who traditionally sold their vintages; the top-name châteaux that enjoy worldwide fame--and that are making money faster than you can say premier grand cru classé--and the 9,000 others, about 500 of whom are estimated to be in dire straits; traditionalists and reformers."We thought we were the king of carrots. We just didn...
...orchestra received the kind of review money couldn't buy. Attending the opening concert in Tokyo was Crown Prince Naruhito, himself an accomplished viola player. At a supper afterwards, he sipped Australian wine while chatting with a small group of musicians. "He said that the whole program was very fine and he enjoyed it all," recalls concertmaster Dene Olding. As a boy, the Japanese prince was sent on holiday to Victoria's Port Phillip Bay because the imperial household considered Australia "in many ways the opposite of Japan." And 32 years later, music has brought the two cultures together again...
...education in just how much my credit cards were costing me. Without getting too personal, let's just say my inattention has had a price. Yours might too--especially if, like me, you have been carrying around the same cards for years and have not bothered to check the fine print lately...
...Hate Music,” sung from the perspective of a ten-year old. Hearing the prominent soprano sing in a childish style was odd at first, but Cabell pulled it off with flair and ease. Nora I. Bartosik ’08 accompanied with fine piano playing.The evening concluded with selections from Bernstein’s musicals. Again the impact of the music was diffused by unnecessary commentary, this time presented in near talk-show format from Jamie Bernstein and BBC veteran Humphrey Burton. The two spoke in between the eight numbers, offering occasional insight into the backgrounds...
...melodies well. Hilary K. Finucane ’09 treated Bernstein’s “Seven Anniversaries”—short pieces in tribute to important figures in his life—with emotion and subtlety, and echoes of Copland and Shapero resounded through her fine performance. The night got really interesting when an orchestra of piano, clarinet, recorder, accordion, two ukeleles, two percussionists, and three vocalists emerged for the world premiere of a Bernstein arrangement of the well-known Gershwin piece “Rhapsody In Blue,” which Bernstein is said...