Word: moderato
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Those who don't have an ear for music will be able to remember a line in the moderato of the Shostakovich that sounds just like the theme from Million Dollar Movie. The Tubin, similarly, contains rhapsodic, whistling tunes of the Bohemian life. And Gaudeamus Igitur--well, a trip to the Hasty Pudding might be just as good...
...just a bit suburban. Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young are themselves all prosperous adults, owners of mansions and 800-acre ranches. The rhythm of their lives, private and professional, has settled down to moderato. Loud fracases and nocturnal revelries no longer conclude their day's work. Groupies, once omnipresent, are rare. After a recent Oakland concert, Stills, on his way to an informal jam with some members of the Grateful Dead, was accosted by one persistent young lady. To turn her off, he launched into a monologue on the virtues of family living. "Can I stay with you tonight...
...Schubert piano trios, the E Flat is the more lyrical. In it Schubert composed one of his most exquisite melodies. This melody, slow and yearning in the second movement, Andante con moto, recurs in the fourth movement, Allegro moderato, transforms to major, and ends the trio grandly. Kogan, Chang, and Yo-Yo Ma's performance of the Trio transfixed the audience...
...quite a lot of fun. Marguerite Duras, who executed this excellent satire, has good credentials for the job. Besides writing the screenplays for Hiroshima, Mon Amour and Une Aussi Longue Absence she also attended the birth of the anti-novel movement, making such notable contributions to the genre as Moderato Cantabile and The Sea Wall. In her directorial debut, she has unfortunately committed one rather crucial error. She seems to have been the only one who didn't get her own joke...
Kirchner's Brahms was even more impressive. From the very beginning of the great Fourth Symphony, the conductor proved himself a master of nuance, varying his tempos flexibly. The tragic Andante moderato, with its famous Phrygian modality, was a gem. Opening furiously, the third movement, Allegro giocoso, joked only in its use of the triangle. The concluding Passacaglia, Allegro energico e passionato, was just that...