Word: franticized
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Originally written for organ or harpsichord, the continuo of the four concertos was performed by renowned Boston keyboardist John Gibbons. Opting to play the harpsichord only for the silvery depictions of drunkenness, frantic hunts and feasting of the F major Autumn concerto, Mr. Gibbons adroitly adapted an organ set at modern pitch to the other three seasons' orchestrations. He generously restrained his playing and rightly gave center-stage glory to the spellbinding pied piper figure of Ms. Robison...
After Cobain's death, his music snapped into focus, his lyrics now sounding like lines from a suicide note. One gets the same impression listening to this CD, as Cobain sings, "I'm worse at what I do best" on a frantic version of Smells Like Teen Spirit, or when he howls, "Love you so much/ It makes me sick" on a jagged yet controlled rendition of Aneurysm. Performed live, the hurt is more apparent--affection is an affliction, talent a curse, and the crowd roars with every howl of pain. Alternative rock was meant to be a refutation...
When the soundtrack becomes frantic, Amblad quivers and throws himself on the ground; when it becomes hushed and mysterious, he assumes an inscrutable expression. That coordination of sound and action is the work of choreographer Dana Gotleib, whose achievement is also formidable; she's designed 45 minutes of motion that's neither dance nor acting, but something in between...
Once when a family invited me to dinner, my host asked an interesting question. "Why," he wondered, "are you Americans so frantic? You're always trying to do something." It was difficult to respond--in part because I wanted to ask why the French seemed so relaxed and even indifferent. There is something in our national character that causes us to strive to be better, to work and improve. Moreover, there's the American Dream, and the notion that, for example, any of us could grow up to be president. The French really don't believe that--their presidents have...
Lebed prevailed by force of will. After eight hours of strenuous talks with the rebel leaders, interrupted by frantic calls to the Chechen and Russian camps to quell sporadic fighting, he announced a breakthrough that he claimed would "terminate this bloody bacchanalia." A cease-fire would commence at noon on Friday, Russian troops would begin departing Grozny, and joint patrols would police the shattered city. In another couple of days, he promised to produce a permanent political solution to Chechnya's bid for independence. Never mind that similar plans have come and gone in the 20-month war. Claiming credit...