Word: noted
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...playful "Rainy Day Women #12 And #35" ended the third and final encore on a high note. Audience members clearly would have been eager to hear yet more music, but when the house lights came on and other music was piped in through the speakers, the crowd dispersed, very satisfied and with expectations fulfilled. They left knowing that Bob Dylan's songs have a timeless appeal and stand alone as hallmarks of expression through contemporary music. More importantly, though, they left knowing that Dylan still has much more...
...tone theme that the composer created for his daughter and presented to her on her eighth birthday in 1952. In the pre-concert lecture, Harvard professor John Stewart illuminated, a la First Nights, the history of Dallapiccola's career and discussed points of interest like the Simbolo, a four-note theme derived from the letters in "Bach." As concertmistress Stephanie Misono turned the pages of his score, Hodgkinson breezed through the simplistic Simbolo and the succeeding variations, all the while displaying the technical precision that helped him win the International Music Competition sponsored by Carnegie Hall and the Rockefeller Foundation...
...third movement waltz added a lighter note to the top-heavy symphony, and the interchange of pizzicato notes increased the diversity of texture yet again. By the final movement, the Andante Maestoso, one had seen fleeting smiles pass across the faces of more than a few HRO members, and the toll taken by the the grand volume sustained throughout the finale showed in the flailing of broken bowhairs in the orchestra...
Steven Rickards, who sang the counter-tenor in the December 5-10 performances only, was downright magnificent, displaying a remarkable range and amazing facility in both a smooth, unornamented style and a more decorative, vibrato-filled voice. Certain fast high notes, especially quick jumps up the range in the first few tenor solos sounded a touch over-breathy. However, as the piece progressed, Rickards' slow high sections became a real asset, showing off his incredibly pure, sweet timbre and bell-like resonance. Rickards' runs were exquisite and flawless, his style characterized by very creative use of flourishes, including several impressive...
...best way to build tolerance and, eventually, acceptance is to respect the sensibilities of the community as a whole, avoiding shock tactics and emphasizing the idea that gay men and women can be decent, responsible citizens. While displays of "gay pride" may have noble intent, it's fair to note that drag queens, crude sexual imagery and other outlandish aspects of many such demonstrations do little to promote a concept of gays as valuable members of the commonwealth...