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South Dakota's Larry Pressler, chairman of the subcommittee that would review the treaty, warned Reagan last month that it would have "great difficulty" passing in the Senate in its present form...
...course, comes only as a result of spending a tremendous amount of time rehearsing and performing together. Indeed, the Beaux Arts Trio has been together for quite awhile: this season marks its 25th anniversary. The group was started in 1955 as sort of an experiment among three friends--Greenhouse. Pressler and violinist Daniel Guilet. That first season proved quite surprising: instead of the anticipated eight or so concerts, they wound up playing 80. Upon Guilet's retirement in 1968, Cohen joined the Beaux Arts after ten years as a violinist for the distinguished Julliard String Quartet. Today the group plays...
Despite the heavy demands of their concert and recording schedules, as well as their individual solo and teaching careers, Cohen, Greenhouse and Pressler remain the warmest and most personable of men. After their Harvard appearances, which are sponsored by the Winthrop House Music Society, the trio often holds a reception for students at Winthrop. Usually the liveliest people there, they sip coffee, greet fans, and chat with students as naturally and with as much real interest as they demonstrate on stage. As Tom Johnson, director of the Winthrop concert series, puts it, "These guys are incredible! They catch a plane...
Since the Trio's return in 1978, Harvard has become a favorite stop along its world tour. The beauty of Sanders Theater and the especially appreciative attitude of the audience combine to make Harvard an ideal spot to play their music. Pressler points to "a feeling that the audience comes somewhat prepared, emotionally and mentally, for the music they are going to hear. The attentiveness and sense of participation of the audience is quite remarkable." Pressler and his colleagues consider Sanders among the finest halls in the world in which to play chamber music--"an acoustic marvel," says Greenhouse. "Sanders...
...celebration. Indeed, the touring schedule has been so full that what the gentlemen are really looking forward to now is a little rest. After that, they plan to continue exactly what they've been doing for the last quarter-century. How long will the Trio continue to play together? Pressler responds: "As long as the good feeling and decent living lasts...