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...explosion sprayed the chemical and the toluene in which it had been stored in the face of the researcher who handled the bottle. The chemical also touched the clothing of the other two researchers. All three were rushed to Massachusetts General Hospital, where they received treatment for minor injuries...
...more gusto from Ohlsson, whose suavity in these three miniatures was at times offputting. The Minute Waltz (at 1:53, mind you) sounded tossed-off, although with a hilarious ending, and the third of the set had nothing to recommend it. Only the ravishing C-sharp minor, trademark of Rachmaninoff and Rubinstein, demanded close listening. Ohlsson privileged the left hand at times when other pianists wouldn't, and sculpted a middle voice between the melodies...
Things got slightly worse with the great C minor Nocturne, Op. 48, at a tempo that sapped its strength. This is one of the few performances I can think of where the chordal middle section was actually more interesting than its famous neighbors. The left hand would disappear and reemerge at odd, disjunct moments, and there was no sense of heightening at the return of the first theme in its slick new clothes...
Ohlsson did well to close the programmed portion of his recital with the B-flat minor Scherzo. This playing was feverish, addictive, note-perfect and luscious at once. An especially fine cantabile reminiscent of a well-played B major nocturne (Op. 9 No. 3) and a successful barrage of blind leaps made for a triumphant exit...
...city that shouts "minor league" has outbid our beloved Beantown. Now the NFL's "Hartford Patriots" join the ranks of the CBA's Connecticut Pride, the American Basketball League's New England Blizzard and the American Hockey League's Hartford Wolfpack. The Connecticut capital lost its only major league sports franchise in 1997, the NHL's Hartford Whalers. What has Pats owner Bob Kraft been smoking...