Word: grosso
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...remote places like Antarctica still exist as true wilderness: the Queen Elizabeth Islands in the Canadian Arctic, pockets of the Mato Grosso bush in central Brazil, bits of the Tibetan Plateau. Much of this wilderness is so huge and empty and emphatically inhospitable that it is difficult to picture its ever succumbing to the crush of civilization. But the same could have been said of the Grand Canyon in 1869, when John Wesley Powell braved murderous rapids and myriad other hazards to become the first man to navigate the Colorado River...
...theme of this year's ceremony was "The Big Bang" and many of the evening's performances such as an opera titled "Il Kaboom Grosso" reflected the theme...
Artistic Director Iona Brown led the orchestra as concertmaster in Friday's concert, which consisted of many Baroque favorites: Handel's Concerto grosso in A minor, the Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor, the Concerto in D minor for Harpsichord and the Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D Major, all by Bach...
...Concerto grosso in A minor is an excellent example of Handel's work not only as a composer, but as a master businessman. Handel wrote this piece keeping in mind the conservative taste of the English aristocracy who would comprise his audience. The Concerto is therefore in the style of Corelli, who was London's favorite composer at the time. While Handel has sometimes been criticized for his use of other composers' work and imitation of their styles, in retrospect it becomes clear that such composing techniques were a survival tactic. The orchestra's performance of this piece was charming...
...employee referred inquiries to his manager, who directed all calls to Grosso...