Word: paganinis
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...artistic creed. For the Royal Ballet, he has whirled up Rhapsody, a dazzling, sun-drenched frolic that premiered last week as part of England's birthday tribute to the Queen Mother. There is no plot except from the music, Rachmaninoff's Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini for piano and orchestra...
This is not a gambol for just any dancers. The work is dominated by Mikhail Baryshnikov, who is appearing as a guest artist. Ashton has created unexampled leaps and spins (and combinations of the two), as if he saw in Baryshnikov the spirit of Paganini, who raised violin virtuosity to a demonic level, and of Rachmaninoff, who did much the same for the piano. The charm of the work is that it never becomes the visual equivalent of piano busting, a mere showcase...
Works of Schubert, Beethoven, Prokofieff, Paganini-- Emanuel Borok, violin and piano, Jordan Hall, Boston...
...pits, the clarinet is a foot soldier, sturdily seconding the melodies of the grander piano, violin and cello. Few composers have favored it with solo works. Few Benny Goodmans exist; although there have been outstanding clarinetists, they traditionally have belonged to orchestras and thus missed the dazzle of a Paganini or Casals. In short, clarinetists were not born to be stars...
...diagnosis, says Schoenfeld, also explains the most devilish part of the Paganini puzzle: how he could perform so dazzlingly without ever being known to practice...