Word: minueted
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Metternichian Minuet. However, the Soviet position was made doubly complicated by the broad opportunity that Kosygin's presence in the U.S. offers for top-level talks between the Big Two. There were clear indications that both sides would welcome such talk; but a bitter public exchange in the U.N. might well reduce both the inclinations and the opportunity...
...Democratic Convention. Nor, since roughly a dozen Republicans plan to enter the convention as favorite sons and thus will not begin transferring their delegates to the leading candidates until after one or two votes have been taken, will it by any means be a preset minuet. But the nominee should emerge fairly quickly-and without the bruising ideological schism that marred the 1964 convention...
...unfortunate contrast, the orchestra was disappointing in Schubert's Symphony No. 5. The first movement was rushed, and the slow movement was uncomfortably splattered with bad intonation and overlooked sharps and flats in the strings. In the minuet the strings were not together with the winds, and were themselves in internal rhythmic strife. The finale was more compelling, especially near the end. When the players were in tune and together, the orchestra, though small, made a big, rich sound. The winds were generally dependable, although the horns occasionally faltered and the oboes battled as to which of them would play...
...program closed with Haydn's Symphony No. 82 (L'ours). This attractive symphony, complete with a warlike minuet and growls in the last movement, was well handled. The violins blossomed, especially at the beginning of the Allegretto, producing a brilliant, focussed sound. The rest of the strings were almost equally effective, if one overlooks murky cello noises in certain fast passages...
...Trios were delightful, and in the recapitulations the Minuet overcame its initial rhythmic weakness. The last repetition was almost perfect, and thus served as a final reminder that the performance was a solid one, marred only by the unfortunate surfeit of strings...