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...first movement had fully dissipated by the start of the finale. The purposeful passagework added to the drama of the allegro assai, and Levine expertly maneuvered the harmonic modulations to build up to the piece’s climatic end. The BSO concluded the all-Mozart program with a heart-warming performance of the “Jupiter” symphony, Symphony No. 41. The initial allegro vivace felt a bit hurried at times, but the contrast between the unyielding dominance of the full orchestra sections and the ticklish charm of the second theme set off by a playful pizzicato...
...rehearsal” and “performance,” evoking Bhabha’s remarks on the value of participation in communitarian artistic and humanistic pedagogy. Each participant stood with one arm raised as though he were blocking the moonlight, brought his hand to the heart, and opened his arms to the heavens. In the ballet, this passage invokes the birth of the ballerina; here, the cello accompaniment of Yo-Yo Ma and flickering candles invoked the birth of an almost holy union of artistic commitment among individuals with different predispositions and brought fortitude to the power...
...weight of its own puerility. The narrator sneaks away from his friends and family to set traps “with fishhooks and string,” capturing a butterfly to bottle and bury in the yard as he listens to “the beat of its little heart / and its wings / struggling from under an upturned glass.” Why does he do it? When faced with the perfection and innocence of spring, and his own fear of the birds and the bees, he says: “something inside me made me want to tear...
...growing cancer that not only took a toll on Taylor's body but also quickly consumed the $1 million lifetime health-care benefit the girl had under her father's employer-based coverage. After three chemotherapy treatments, her cancer went into remission, but she suffered multiple side effects, including heart and hip complications, that may dog her for years to come. After state and insurance-company bureaucracies were less than helpful, the ACS and its call center proved to be a valued ally. "They were much more compassionate," Wilhite says. "They just had much more information about where I could...
...Established in 2004 with just 11 stalls, the market, located in the leafy Jaime C. Velasquez Park in the heart of the upscale Bel-Air district, has since developed into a vibrant gourmet gathering of over 140 vendors, all carefully vetted for quality and variety of product. With the exception of cooked-food vendors, everyone is required to offer something unique: for instance, there can only be one wine stall, one florist and one frozen-yoghurt stand. (See 10 things to do in Seoul...