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That is hardly the fault of the nearly flawless production that Seven Guitars is being given in its world premiere at Chicago's Goodman Theatre. It has been directed with both theatricality and honesty by Walter Dallas, an experienced interpreter of Wilson who was brought in when Lloyd Richards, who has directed the premiere of every other Wilson play, had to bow out because of a health problem. Scott Bradley's soaring set--the backyard of a ramshackle tenement building, complete with earnest little garden and the tallest, steepest stairway since Jacob's ladder--is abundant in telling detail. Along...
...became appropriately subdued and careful throughout the delicate contours of the Larghetto. His conducting finally matched the group's intensity. In the Finale, Metamorphosen exercised a wondrous dynamic range with flawless control. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said for the tempi; the most glaring discrepancy occurred as the group handily beat Yoo to the recapitulation of the first movement's main theme...
...wrong to place fully the blame on the masters, as one house resident has recently done with excessive gusto. Discussion is a two-way street: the house committee is not flawless either, and should take more initiative in establishing a constant channel of information between the students and the house masters...
...after holding the lead for approximately 36 of 38 minutes gone by, the Crimson couldn't get the Big Green to roll over and play dead that easily. But every time Dartmouth would appear to be spinning out of the grave, Harvard--with flawless foul shooting or smart play--would send them back...
...either the Sibelius or the Bruch, for she is arguably the finest technician of her generation, but she remains inexplicably aloof from both of them. The Sibelius is a tepid performance at best-tempi cluster around a comfortable median, and the soul is left wanting, in spite of flawless execution. There is absolutely no magic from her first entrance in the Sibelius, and her tone simpers more than it captivates. During the most dramatic moments of the piece, one wonders whether she is capable of producing anything outside of the dynamic rangepiano to mezzo-forte-I often heard...