Word: pratt
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...says a lot about the scope and ambition of Pratt's concert program that a piece as great as the Bach acted as prelude. It also says a lot about Brahms' Op. 24 variations that the set succeeded as successor...
...chose a middle-of-the-road player." So said one of the judges of the 1992 Naumburg International Piano Competition, which Awadagin Pratt won with a flourish. At Jordan Hall on Sunday, Pratt was weaving between lanes and hogging both shoulders...
Though "Bach-Pratt" may never achieve the hyphenated ubiquity of "Bach-Busoni," the pianist's realization of the organ music was good, particularly in the translation of pedal points and high-register fireworks. In the Passacaglia, his loud, turbo righthand octaves were sensational, though there seemed to be some rhythmic slipping and sliding. The first fugal episode was marvelous, and it was interesting to consider just how well the Hall worked as church space. Sometimes the texture of the fugue became too dense or blurred for comprehension, but the forceful, toccata-style ending was astonishingly clear...
...Clinton] should realize that [the Pratt case] is a massive problem that deserves his attention," Payne said...
Divguid said that the Pratt case points to the larger issue of U.S. prison expansion and conditions...