Word: orchestra
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...addition to her academic involvement, Frey is also the executive editor of The Independent and a violin player in the Toscanini Chamber Orchestra...
What stands out in the data is an unusually sharp rise in sea-surface temperatures in 1877, the very year that a strong El Nino coincided with the greatest failure of the monsoon in recent times. "The way I think of it," says Fairbanks, "is as an orchestra. Sometimes the monsoon and El Nino play together, and sometimes they play apart. But where's the conductor...
That's why corals and tree rings and ice cores are so important. They are like a tape recording of the various instruments in the climate orchestra, ranging from El Nino's high-frequency violin to the deeper cello- and basslike tones struck by longer-term cycles. By studying the hidden rhythms in these signals, scientists may finally be able to see how the parts fit together, sometimes harmonizing, sometimes clashing...
...that sweep the listener away. Saturnz Return pushes further and rocks harder; it seeks not only to embrace drum 'n' bass but to explore punk and classical music as well. The first song, an hourlong track called Mother, is an excessive, intermittently impressive number, complete with a 30-piece orchestra. Another song, the jagged Temper Temper, features gritty guitar work by Noel Gallagher of Oasis and snarling vocals from Goldie. A subsequent track, Digital, is powered by a nimble guest rap by KRS-One. Still, Goldie is at his best when he plays it smooth: Believe, a jazzy...
...history as Otto Klemperer's masterly U.S. premiere in 1934 of the original, and now standard, version of Bruckner's Symphony No. 9; and the youthful ardor and easy virtuosity of Jascha Heifetz and Arturo Toscanini performing Brahms' Violin Concerto in 1935. The impassioned responsiveness Toscanini elicits from the orchestra demonstrates why his players held...