Word: lawns
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...showed his strength by hitting his high notes even better than he did on the recording. He also pulled off an amazing feat by constantly keeping even with Zukerman in volume despite the difference in their instruments timbre and size in this microphoneless (in the theater, not on the lawn) atmosphere...
...people sitting on the lawn and the sides of the main theater slowly gravitated towards the stage, Perlman and Zukerman spun out dizzyingly fast and perfectly crafted notes in what seemed to be two parallel and inexorably linked sonatas rather than a duet...
...music is indisputably excellent, though it may be that I visited at the peak. It's not every day that the Israel Philharmonic swings by Pittsfield. Mass. Clearly, the majority of people willing to pay $12 per spot on the lawn knew they were getting good music, or at least what they were told was good music. Nonetheless, most of the conversation that could be heard was more like "Have you met my cousin Morry?" than "Have you heard Zukerman's new Beethoven sonatas...
...life. When people talk about coming after you with baseball bats and putting you in your grave, it's very frightening." Neighbors have also spread rumors that she and her partner are witches. A Fundamentalist Christian living nearby has accused the couple of performing animal sacrifices on his lawn. But Van Leer is adamant about being "out" in the countryside. "You just have to decide that if you don't speak out now, it'll only get worse...
...Lawn sprinklers. The grass in Harvard Yard must be green, no matter how hot it gets. Is it fair for vegetation--mere grass, for goodness sakes--to bathe in the cool sprays of refreshing water while you walk by boiling? Of course...