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DIED. Pramoedya Ananta Toer, 81, acerbic leftist Indonesian novelist and dissident; in Jakarta. Detained in 1965 by the anticommunist Suharto regime, he wrote his most famous work, the Buru Quartet, while imprisoned. The series of books chronicled Indonesia's battle for independence from Dutch colonialists--who in the writer's eyes bore a striking similarity to Suharto. Freed from house arrest in 1992, he remained an outspoken critic of corrupt Indonesian government until his death...
...Languages and Civilizations Department, 5 Bryant St.2:00 PM Inherit the WindJFK Jr. Forum Medieval English PolyphonyAdolphus Busch Hall Sonatas for Flute and PianoFogg Art Museum Calderwood Courtyard Lowkeys: Co-ed A CappellaHarvard Yard Stage The Bass ViolinHolden Chapel On The HeirLoker Commons Dance FestivalLowell Lecture Hall Harbison String Quartet No. 1Memorial Church Music for Clarinet and PianoPaine HallProkofiev Sonata for Two ViolinsPhillips Brooks House Harvard Brass! Sanders Theatre Aikido DemonstrationScience Center D2:30 PM Duelling Lutes: Music for Two GuitarsAdolphus Busch Hall Divided We FallCarpenter Center Wafted, by Angels, Safely AboveCarpenter Center Liszt: Piano and WaterFogg Art Museum Calderwood...
...concert of 15th century vocal music, which the group has been preparing since February.Brendan J. Gillis ’06, a violist who has performed in Arts First every year since coming to Harvard, said that his chamber group’s performance of a late Beethoven string quartet inside the brilliant acoustics of Busch Hall during last year’s Arts First was nothing less than a “spiritual experience.” This year, he and other members of the Brattle Street Chamber players will play the String Quartet No. 1 by John H. Harbison...
Raconteurs “Steady, As She Goes” Dir. Jim Jarmusch Have pity on poor Meg White. It looks like her ex-husband, and now ex-bandmate, Jack White has ditched their blues revivalist outfit The White Stripes to form the garage rock quartet The Raconteurs with some of his buddies. The Raconteurs’ first single, “Steady, As She Goes,” is a bluesy romp with an infectious bass line, boozy guitar heroics, and—sorry Meg—crackling percussion. Jack White’s wailing vocals soar above...
...says Lim; “It’s more of a theatrical vocal piece.” Her opera, “La Belle Dame Sans Merci,” is based on a series of poems by Keats, and requires only two singers and a string quartet. Wang, a senior in Mather House, says his opera, “Technical Support,” is inspired by frustrations sparked by a broken printer, and articulates those emotions through two vocal quartets and instrumental accompanists. “Have you ever had a technical problem, called the hotline...