Word: fluting
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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EVEN CONSIDERING it's Gilbert & Sullivan, almost everything about Ruddigore is ridiculous. Some of the most preposterous little touches slip by almost unnoticed--the Gilbert & Sullivan Players' excellent production gives them just the right sense of serene, oblivious seriousness--like the hint of a flute obligato at the first entrance of an almost entirely irrelevant character called Mad Margaret, or the "Alas, poor ghost" with which the hero, for no reason in particular, greets his spectral uncle...
...folk ballads and medieval dances into a modern framework. The heavy alternate-measure syncopation and simple repeating melodies lost none of their traditional mournful quality when interpreted on electric guitar and percussion. What the music gained in the switch was familiarity. His extended solos on the Irish harp and flute were beautiful and exotic: When placed against a background of more recognizable notes from organ and guitar, the unfamiliar harmonies were softened and became more accessible...
...first, Marcia Hanlon cooked "A Bun in the Oven" with such ecstasy that she couldn't resist kissing the floor and falling in love with her knife. In "Shawl Turning Dawn," Rylin Malone, very tall and beautiful, beckoned dawn in the Near East, accompanied by a wonderful flute...
Twentieth-century music for flute, oboe, and piano. Free. Friday, April...
...second is the most striking. Its rush of rhythms could easily and excusably lead to a disastrous performance. But the extraordinary direction of James Yannatos prompted well-coordinated playing, particularly from the strings and percussions. In the third movement two soloists, David Commanday on cello and Margot Wyckoff on flute, gave especially fine performances...