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...last movement of the Sibelius has been described as a "Polonaise for polar bears," but those seeking robust playing should look elsewhere. Rather than the incessant, almost primitive drive of Heifetz or even Oistrakh, one finds a laid-back and almost casual interpretation here, with Midori deferring almost immediately. Is she willing to take on the orchestra in a head-to-head battle? Has she forgotten that the term concerto translates more or less as "a contest...
Panelists Richard Haass, Ronald Heifetz and Shirley Williams and moderator Richard Neustadt are all past or current members of the Kennedy School faculty. They addressed an audience of about 200 at an Institute of Politics forum titled "Leadership...
...problem of leadership today is the pressure to deliver "fast fixes," said Heifetz, author of Leadership Without Easy Answers...
...seventies to the sometimes complacent and always prolific artist of the eighties has risen a mature, cerebral virtuoso who has proved his ranking next to Isaac Stern and Salvatore Accardo, although it is yet to be seen whether he can attain the inherent perfection of a Jascha Heifetz...
...would be able to overrun Europe with the army from Sweden." Leonard Koppett, whose observations of the game have graced many publications, including the New York Times, for almost 50 years, puts it another way: "In that narrow field of conceptual football, Walsh is a genius the way Heifetz was a genius with the violin...