Word: gorgeousity
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Country music, even in the depths, is essentially Christian: it sees a happy ending, if not in this life, then in eternity. Death is a "sweet bluebonnet spring" ("When we die we say we'll catch some blackbird's wings/ And we will fly away to heaven") in the gorgeous remake of her Gulf Coast Highway, a duet with Hootie's Darius Rucker. His gruff baritone and Griffith's twangy soprano soar apart, then join in double rapture. The instrumentation--string quintet, Floyd Cramerish rolling piano, electric slide guitar--makes the song a pretty little anthology of pop's fine...
...leaping off the top of a runaway truck to land splat! on the hood of Chan's speeding convertible--is all Michelle Yeoh does. She recalls that on one of her first L.A. photo shoots, "The beautician told me, 'You know, for a stuntwoman you have gorgeous nails.' Well, thank you, but I'm an actress who just happens to enjoy doing my own stunts. It'd be nice if people could see me for what...
Under the direction of Jameson Marvin, the huge chorus had a rich, full sound and excellent diction. After the especially gorgeous Amen in the last section of the piece, the chorus and conductor looked physically exhausted--as if they had poured themselves wholly into the performance...
...symphony's first movement opened with and developed a now-familiar sweeping lyrical melody. The second movement was high-lighted by an especially fine wind chorale at the beginning. The introspective third movement of the symphony was possibly the most beautiful piece of music in the entire concert. The gorgeous theme, introduced by the cello section at the start of the movement, was then passed successively through the sections. The orchestra seemed improved from the first half of the concert; intonation problems were ironed out and their playing was much more focused and better controlled than earlier in the evening...
...Hall. Dulcamara's vendor antics completely undercut his dramatic entrance and resonant "udite" ("listen!"), and his abracadabra, Darkwing Duck gesturings made one laugh out loud. If it hadn't been for the skillful comic acting of these two, the farcical plot would have been in awkward tension with the gorgeous music. Though Donizetti saves his very best for Nemorino's duets with Adina, every major character enjoys at least a few minutes of choice aria...