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...bring people together. When sitting in the clarinet section of the Harvard Wind Ensemble as an undergraduate, Professor Campbell had no idea that she would sit next to her future husband Alan Feinstein ’86. Today, Professor Campbell is the faculty advisor for the Harvard Pops Orchestra and her husband is the group’s conductor. Having played both the clarinet and piano since the age of 10, Professor Campbell dedicates most of her current musical time to the clarinet as a member of the Cambridge Symphony Orchestra and favors the short piano works of Brahms...
...make this film." Sixteen years later, that vision is finally reaching completion on the set at London's Pinewood Studios, where the ingenue, Christine, and her beloved Raoul are pledging their noisy passion on a make-believe rooftop of the Paris Opera. Fake snow swirls, and an orchestra assaults the eardrums. Amid the chaos, Schumacher appears relaxed, even louche, as he watches the action through his monitor. He's having a good time. And he's just one of many directors out to revive the movie musical - a trend that began when Baz Luhrmann's Moulin Rouge squeaked...
...stars. Rossum is a virginal, thin-voiced Christine, and Butler, despite a silky falsetto, hasn't got the range or kick for the big sing. There's a climactic moment on the opera house's snowy roof after the Phantom has eavesdropped on Christine and Raoul. He rages, the orchestra whips up a storm, and Schumacher's camera seems to leap off the roof, plunging headlong toward the street below. But there's no bungee jump in Butler's singing - as the camera dives, his voice musters nothing more than a gentle swoop. Despite Butler's muted performance, Schumacher...
MUSIC | The Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra...
...crosses a boundary of his own and presents Piano Concerto No. 2 to its first East Coast audience. Also on the program are Ibert’s Hommage a Mozart and Mozart’s Symphony No. 31 in D Major. Kevin Rhodes will be conducting the orchestra and Paul Barnes will accompany the orchestra on the piano. Tickets $45, $29, $19, $9, $2 off for students and senior citizens, $5 off for WGBH members, available at the Harvard Box Office or online. Rush tickets available the day of the concert for students only. 3 p.m. A free, 30-minute...