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...neither monument nor memorial, even though this year marks the 70th anniversary of Powell's birth. Rather, the recordings provide a map of trails blazed. There are still some byways only Bud Powell dared wander down, and many that only he could find again, but a lot of piano players have followed his path. His work still lights the way. And more, it leads...
...tunes that will grab an AM-dial twirler by the ear. But there's music aplenty in Carpenter's voice, in the emotional precision of her words, in the world she weaves. Take Where Time Stands Still, which will get no radio play but sounds like a piano-bar classic about the haven of love. Years from now, some chanteuse with wise eyes and a whiskey voice will be singing that "Memory plays tricks on us,/ The more we cling, the less we trust,/ And the less we trust the more we hurt,/ And as time goes by it just...
...technical aspects of the production do little to assist the weak script. The stage is fully and flatly lit; the sets create neither an interesting space on the stage, nor a visual complement to the play's mood. The sound design, however, is very effective; the sparingly used piano music is appropriate but unobtrusive, and the subtle manner in which effects like a ticking clock are eased into the audience's consciousness is innovative and interesting...
...Martin, from 1944-45, launched the audience on a much more fulfilling journey. Its orchestration demands two separate string orchestras, harp, harpsichord and--completing the progression--piano. Currier House tutor and renowned local soloist Randall Hodgkinson joined the orchestra on piano along with the exquisite harp of Elizabeth Remy...
...third movement's inspired deliria produced a triumphant finale to the concert. Remy's sonorous runs drew the most attention, as the piano and harpsichord (despite electronic amplification) were lost in the fray. The strings showed no signs of fatigue, ripping happily into the last bars...