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This year's most unexpected hit, classical division, has been Henryk Gorecki's 1976 Symphony No. 3, the "Symphony of Sorrowful Songs" -- a transcendentally dour, radiantly miserable minimalist cogitation on suffering and death for soprano and orchestra. Boosted by savvy marketing and extensive airplay, an Elektra Nonesuch recording of the symphony transformed an obscure Polish composer into a grand master...
...play is the richest yet by Bennett, known in the U.S. mainly for such minimalist video dramas as An Englishman Abroad with Alan Bates and Talking Heads with Maggie Smith. The staging's cinematic blend of pageantry and intimacy is a drama showcase for Hytner, best known for musicals such as Broadway's Miss Saigon and the Broadway-bound London revival of Carousel. The brevity of the eight-week U.S. run, combined with its vast scale -- 23 actors onstage and a staff of 22 -- pretty much ensures it will be at best a break- even for the Royal National. Explains...
...drive of Ravel's Bolero; the serene radiance of Gandhi's final aria in Glass's Satyagraha. None of these pieces, however, approach in length or cumulative impact a new work by British composer Gavin Bryars, Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet, which is at once an apotheosis of minimalist technique and a moving affirmation of the power of simple song...
...Woody Allen returns to pure comedy in Manhattan Murder Mystery, but he seems distracted. King of the Hill takes a tough-minded look at boyhood during the Depression. MUSIC Clint Black sings radio-ready country pop that has a splash of introspection. From Britain's Gavin Bryars comes a minimalist milestone. THEATER That spunky orphan is back, but in Annie Warbucks, her appeal is much scaled down. BOOKS Showdown at Opal Creek is a clear, sensitive account of the timber wars in Oregon and the fate of the last old- growth stands...
Richards' singing starts out as minimalist statements and slowly grows into an over-powering, howling duet with his backup. The track goes on a full two minutes longer than the original, and the juggernaut groove seems as though it could go on forever. When Richards voices over, "Dig these guys," at the end, you're still in shock...