Word: haydn
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MARK MORRIS, choreographer: "I'm not a religious person, but I find Haydn's Seven Last Words of Christ, arrangement for string quartet and vocal quartet, profoundly troubling and serene. And if anything is divine, it's Bach's Mass in B Minor...
...meantime, Levin—who was already playing Mozart’s 21st piano concerto with the Handel and Haydn society at Symphony Hall Friday and Sunday—filled in, and performed to an enthusiastic crowd...
With the end of the Mendelssohn, the audience exploded in nonstop applause and shouts of "Bravo!" They were rewarded as the trio sat down once more for an encore. The last movement of the E major Haydn Piano Trio proved to be a delightful, almost giddy, piece, with quirky and crisp grace notes passing among each member of the trio. The group members were obviously having great fun throughout this encore. In jest, Pressler deliberately drew out one note, heightening the anticipation with flair, charm and beautifully clean technique. As the enthusiastic audience once again applauded the brilliant and passionate...
...often did on a recent training voyage in the Pacific--McGrath buzzes up and down the Jarrett's ladders like a streamlined torpedo. She barks orders on the bridge, offers praise to sailors in the lower decks and sometimes snatches a few minutes alone in her stateroom to practice Haydn's Military Symphony on the violin. Her days often begin before 6 a.m. and stretch until "mid-rats"--midnight rations--are served to sailors standing night watch...