Word: fluting
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...continents. And in the most erotic work on view, the haunting Snake Charmer (1907), a woman's nude figure in dark silhouette stands by a river against an unearthly sunset - or is it moonrise? Flowers and grasses glow with an inner light. Her face is partly hidden by her flute and by the snake draped round her neck - we see only the pale glint of the whites of her eyes. Rousseau said that when he visited Paris' Botanic Gardens he felt transported: "When I am in the greenhouses and see the strange plants from exotic countries, it is as though...
...Wolf” is a symphonic folk tale of heroism, originally written as a child’s introduction to the orchestra, in which each character is represented by an instrument—Peter by the strings, the wolf by the French horns, and the bird by the flute. The music, however, is still sophisticated enough to be enjoyed by all ages. That’s not to say that audiences won’t experience child-like amusement and wonder. “Maybe for some it will remind them of their youth when they first heard...
...couple. By the end of September she found her den. It's pretty crowded these days. Vivian and two cousins share bunk beds, while Angeline and Dasia sleep on a pallet of quilts and pads. But things are looking up. Angeline loves elementary school and wants to play the flute. Vivian is happy with her middle school, where she sings in the choir and hopes to join the track team...
...Levin-ed parts of Saturday’s program present challenges of their own to the orchestra. Debussy’s short piece begins with a lonely (and nerve-racking) flute melody before unfolding into a fabulously French flight of fancy. The Beethoven, one of the most difficult works in the orchestral repertoire, demands both technical proficiency and musical maturity...
...Helsinki smacks of peril. An eight-mate, endlessly-outfitted ensemble that defies genre, the group left no instruments unplayed. What began the night as a guitar, a bass, some drums, some voices, and a piano evolved at odd points to include a triangle, a Casio keyboard, a trumpet, a flute (total Jethro-style), a cowbell, a casaba, the string of things, a Powerbook, a breath-activated toy keyboard, many hands clapping, and all the crowd laughing.As the evening turned to night, the songs sped, the energy surged. Eyebrows raised up higher on sweat-soaked foreheads when the band began...