Word: martino
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...there is a consistent criticism, it is that the group's repertoire is too narrow, overly devoted to a group of academic composers-Carter, 72, Charles Wuorinen, 42, Donald Martino, 49-based in the Northeast. "It was the natural thing for us to do," insists Clarinetist Virgil Blackwell. "We live in the East, we come into contact with these composers." Speculum has begun exploring other styles-it has commissioned a work from Minimalist Steve Reich for next season-but still avoids music that requires extensive improvisation. It generally steers clear of "theater" pieces, which call on the musicians...
Then John Paul did an utterly characteristic thing. Leaving the cathedral, he turned left at the foot of the altar and headed for the only wheelchair in the church and Jane De Martino, 26 paralyzed as the result of an accident that severed her spinal column...
...kissed her head, bent close to murmur some words, and placed on her lap a small box inscribed with the words Totus Tuus (Totally Yours) and the papal coat of arms. When she opened the box, she found a rosary of white beads with a gold cross. Said De Martino: "If you had given me the whole world, it wouldn't have meant so much." A Boston cop who had been standing beside the chair began to weep. "I've got to get back to church," he said, and he walked away...
Works of Berio, Carter, Messiah, Gerhard, Martino, Antoniou, and Schoenberg--Institute of Contemporary...
North House Music Society--presents Victoria Martino, violin, and Wayne Kostenbaum, piano, at 8, Holmes Hall, North House...