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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Unexpected Tensions. Pianist Richter's technical mastery is so complete that he makes audiences forget about technique. With his enormous hands, he can play tenths and simultaneously thirds between thumb and forefinger. His bravura passages are majestic with no hint of pounding, his pianissimos a wonder of velvety control. His flexible rhythm gives even the most familiar music unexpected tensions. As he plays, his faunlike face registers emotion like a mass of exposed nerve ends, winces in a spasm of pain when he hits one of his rare wrong notes...
Richter is most at home with Liszt and Schubert, also plays Debussy and Ravel occasionally ("They're too beautiful to play very often"). Unlike most Soviet artists, he has a wide command of contemporary Western music, e.g., Bartok, Hindemith. All told, he has a repertory of between 25 and 30 complete recital programs, plus a slew of concertos...
Retorted President Holland T. Jackson of the American Academy of General Practice: "Who are we as doctors to say who shall survive and who shall be left by the wayside? We should not try to play God, ever...
...purse. CJ Although they seem stuck in the second division of the American League, the Detroit Tigers finally managed to boost themselves out of baseball's sociological basement. Third Baseman Ossie Virgil, native of the Dominican Republic, was called up from the minors, became the first Negro to play for the Tigers. Sole survivor from the old days of lily-white big-league ball: the Boston Red Sox, who have yet to find room on their roster for a Negro...
...only upsurge of new shows seems to be in participation programs. ABC is shouting Anybody Can Play, NBC challenges quizlings to Pick a Winner or try The Big Game, CBS dares viewers either to Sing Along or Keep Talking! Away from the panels and the quiz masters, there is little in prospect to excite viewers. ABC offers Bobby Troup's Stars of Jazz as relief from the heat. CBS will try its courtroom show, The Verdict Is Yours (TIME. May 19) as an hour evening program, in addition to Verdict's weekday afternoon half-hour...