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...beat from the second movement reappeared and escalated into a triumphant sound in the combined third and fourth movements, “Allegro.” The entire orchestra united into one common, uplifting sound that appropriately led into a grand and united finale. The battle between the instruments that was present in the first movement had beautifully melted away. Yannatos, filled with the energy of the music, was an instrument himself. Twitching, twisting, and spinning his arms to the flow of Beethoven’s masterpiece, he was truly amazing to watch. The orchestra, precisely matching each...
Gentlemen is set around A.D. 950 in a politically chaotic region of the Caucasus mountains. Our heroes are two rootless adventurers: Amram, a massive Abyssinian axman, and Zelikman, a pale, painfully skinny Frank (a kind of proto-German) who dresses in all black and carries a surgical instrument as a weapon. They are fast friends, seasoned brawlers and amateur philosophers given to terse exchanges of melancholy wit. They resemble--as all couples who stay together long enough ultimately do--Vladimir and Estragon from Waiting for Godot...
...three zithers plus percussion,” a zither ensemble whose members hail from Germany, Alaska, Taiwan, and Japan. IIIZ+ performed a free concert on Wednesday, Oct. 17 in the Tsai Auditorium at the Center for Government and International Studies.The zither is a large stringed instrument used in East Asian music; with or without frets, it is something like a cross between a lap guitar and a harp. IIIZ+ combines zithers from China, Japan, and Korea, along with a changgu, a type of Korean drum. The zithers featured in Wednesday’s show were about five feet long...
...superfast advance through a dvd," he explains. "To be diligent and focused like this, I can't even tell you how unusual it is for me. My nickname when I was growing up was Fast-and-Sloppy." Reading and rereading Swamiji's writing is like practicing a musical instrument, Moon says, bringing fresh insights that have changed him. "My ability to work without a break is very different. My ability to not get flustered or to spin out of control is much better." The foot-high piles that used to clutter his office are gone. "I just worked...
...whether she thinks one method is more ‘artistic’ than another, she lightheartedly replies that digital photography has “more of a stigma,” but that “you have to push the opportunity,” regardless of your instrument. Merrill says that, even from a technical point of view, the single lens reflex (SLR) digital cameras allow you to “exercise a fair bit of creative control.” He also draws a parallel to another change in photographic technology that was met with initial doubt...