Word: harps
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...that werereminiscent of Eastern European music. The HRO, led by no less than four co-concertmasters, continued vacillating between tension and serenity, the latter being especially pleasant due to a strong cello section. The fourth movement, “Adagietto,” was written for only strings and harp and is perhaps one of Mahler’s best-known works. The romantic piece was given a successful treatment by the HRO’s violinists, who played as if they were soundtracking an Italian silent movie. The dark, uneasy arrangements seem to have surrendered fully to the sugary...
...might not think Harvard was even in the cards.”Link, for one, has a somewhat unorthodox background—she has been homeschooled since kindergarten and received perfect scores on both the SAT and the ACT. Link spends much of her time practicing harp and won an international title in Ireland last year.DEFINITELY LIKELYAs an academic and athletic recruiting tactic, likely letters seem to do their job. Fitzsimmons says that the yield is about the same as Harvard’s overall yield, which in recent years has been just shy of 80 percent. This figure...
...your idea of the afterlife? -Luan Mai, Santa Clara, Calif.I don't think we can imagine what it is like to be fully united with God in his kingdom, but we can have great expectation and hope. I don't think it is a little angel with a harp sitting on a cloud or the barren afterlife we see in so many films. I think it is a rich and wonderful place...
...winner of the BachSoc’s yearly composition contest. Lim truly had a voice of her own. The piece was eerie, beginning uncertainly with a rumbling timpani. As the dissonant strings evoked a dark world—with the cellos mourning and the harp dancing—the flute flew in search of light.Although the brass section sounded poor while tuning—a bassist could barely conceal his smirk—they were surprisingly polished at first while leading a melody, but they descended back into mediocrity.After Lim’s masterful composition, the woodwinds?...
...different kinds of whiskers transmit different kinds of sensations. Short hairs, which are located on the front of the snout, transmit higher frequencies and vibrate fastest, while longer whiskers, which are further back, move slower and transmit lower frequencies. Says Moore: "They behave like the strings on a harp...