Word: mozarts
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...solo was a stark contrast what would be expected. Gandelsman had bent a note here and there during the piece—his first cadenza had sounded slightly odd, though not oriental. These bent notes had the effect of building to this mid-concerto, multi-cultural moment, in which Mozart and the Zhou dynasty cross. The rest of the program was more traditional Chinese music. The second piece was an arrangement of “Wine Madness” by Wu Tong, a member of the Silk Road Ensemble. Tong, a rock star in China with chart-toping vocals...
...Makes Us Different?" [Oct. 9], I was struck by the idea that the blueprint for the great achievements of humanity may be encoded in the nucleotides of our DNA. But is it possible that the source of human creativity is simply beyond our comprehension? When I marvel at a Mozart adagio or Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling, I simply cannot grasp how each artist accomplished what he did. Human genius amazes because it is a mystery. If science could explain how genius came to be, the wonder would be gone...
...forgetthat the slim1% difference between humans and chimps that gave us Mozart, Einstein and Socrates is also responsible for serial killers, totalitarian despots and greasy-palmed politicians...
...director, Isabelle C. Hunter. The Silk Road Ensemble, an eclectic collection of musicians that includes Ma at the cello, will join the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra in a 7 p.m. “open rehearsal” at Sanders Theatre tonight. The evening will feature music by composers ranging from Mozart to contemporary Chinese-American composer Zhou Long. Today’s events begin with a free 4 p.m. screening of “Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress” at Sanders. The 2005 film explores artistic expression during China’s Cultural Revolution, a tumultuous 10-year...
...scientists keep reminding us, evolution is a random process in which haphazard genetic changes interact with random environmental conditions to produce an organism somehow fitter than its fellows. After 3.5 billion years of such randomness, a creature emerged that could ponder its own origins--and revel in a Mozart adagio. Within a few short years, we may finally understand precisely when and how that happened...