Word: ops
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Indeed, to judge from yesterday's press conference, both institutions were in complete harmony. Smiling broadly, leaders of Harvard and Radcliffe clasped hands for a photo op on the steps of Fay House. In their speeches, Presidents Linda S. Wilson and Neil L. Rudenstine spoke of "union" and "collaboration" between their formerly separate domains...
...writing to wholeheartedly concur with Bryan Leach's attack on Quincy Assassin (Op-ed, April 19). The game is one of Harvard's worst traditions, and I would rejoice at its abolishment...
...writing to wholeheartedly concur with Bryan Leach's attack on Quincy Assassin (Op-ed, April 19). The game is one of Harvard's worst traditions, and I would rejoice at its abolishment...
...weekend was an excellent one for Harvard, musically speaking. Among the least-advertised but most pleasurable events was a free concert in the Dunster Library on April 8, given by the Van Swieten Quartet, who are in residence at the Longy School. They played rarely-heard early Beethoven (the Op. 18 String Quartet in C minor) with a musicality that was undercut somewhat by the lack of humidity, a condition to which the group's rare, expensive instruments are sensitive. Still, they kept some monstrous repeats from being boring, choosing unpredictable phrasings and doing an unforgettable job of blending, without...
...Schiff was the soloist for Beethoven's fourth Piano Concerto, Op. 58-technically the most challenging of five; and musically the most adventurous. Schiff is known for silky Schubert and playful Bach, and the Beethoven fit under his fingers less naturally. Although his prodigious gifts made for some hair-raising pianissimi, his playing lacked the requisite Schnabelian drive. He strove for a nearly pedal-free sound at times when more blurring would have been a relief, and he attacked the first movement cadenza with all the grace of an angry farmer. The effect was wild, precipitous, unique...