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...indisputable" that the fetus, though dependent on the mother, is a separate organism, argued Leon Kass, a physician and professor of "bioethics" at Georgetown University. The fetus is also "human," at least in being "of human origin and in the process of becoming a human being -if nothing interferes." Paul Ramsey, professor of religion at Princeton University, says in his new book, The Ethics of Fetal Research (Yale University Press; $2.95), that the fetus is "live enough not to be dead, not yet mature enough to be an infant, yet a human being enough to deserve protection...
...Kass sketched a bizarre scenario that would have mothers trafficking in fetuses for research use. He believes women might one day be able to perform abortions on themselves, thus creating a shortage of fetuses, and some might "become pregnant purely and simply for research purposes...
...Inventive bit of programming, a Mozart chamber work, the Clarinet Quintet, was also performed. Featured clarinetist David Kass was dazzling both technically and interpretively. With incredible breath control and unwaveringly beautiful tone, he gave the quintet a riveting emotional focal point. He was assisted by a fine string quartet with HRO concerto competition winner Lynn Chang as first violinist. Their sound was well blended, and if a lack of sensitivity to the light-hearted humor of the last two movements ended the piece on a dry note, the performance as a whole showed a unity and sincerity of interpretation...
...promising group of performers, including well-known local soloists, the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra, the Smith Glee Club, and F. John's own talented Harvard Glee Club. A Mozart chamber work will also be on that program--the sublimely beautiful clarinet quintet, played by a group which includes David Kass and HRO competition winner Lynn Chang. Good Mozart performances are rare, so this concert should be a rare pleasure...
Mozart's Grand Mass in C-minor; Mary Sindonl, soprano, Beverly Morgan, mezzo-soprano, Frank Hoffmeister, tenor, David Evitts, bass, Harvard Glee Club, Smith Glee Club, HRO, F. John Adams, conductor; Mozart's Clarinet Quintet; David Kass, clarinet, Lynn Chang, violin, Kypros Markou, violin, William Eilberg, viola, and Craig Hogan, cello; Sanders Theater...