Word: precisionism
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Stravinsky: Le Sacre du Printemps (San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Monteux conducting; Victor, 8 sides). Stravinsky's disjointed, noisy ballet music played with assurance, brilliance, clarity and precision by the tubby little maestro who first shocked a Paris audience with it 34 years ago.
Arturo Toscanini remembers anniversaries. Last week, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Brahms's death, he led his NBC Symphony Orchestra through an all-Brahms program. It was played with such precision and such cohesive beauty that listeners had a hard time believing that next week Toscanini will celebrate...
The relay foursome of Fox, Killoran, All Weatherhead, and especially a burst by Art Sicular on the last leg, edged the Eli's more on start and precision than on open speed.
Ten minutes earlier Frank had stepped on the starter and saw flames shooting out of the ventilators. With one breath he called for a fire truck. The bucket did the trick, but the vehicles decided to come along for the ride anyhow. Then, while firemen kibitzed, the amazed student stepped...
But if Chase was silent then, the team showed that he had done plenty of talking since their extended engagement with the Unicorns Monday. With center Dave Farrell back in the starting lineup after an injury, the lines ran through a dan- zling assortment of new plays with lightning precision...