Word: quintets
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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This unlikely quintet may not exactly fulfill the ART audience's collective expectations. They sing the original Italian libretto, for instance, and tend to roll about the floor in odd formation--but their capacity to charm and delight is endless. All five are top-flight performers: well-suited vocally for Handel's soft, delicate arias, and passionate and convincing as actors. Sanford Sylvan reveres every syllable he sings as Orlando, and his gentle descent into madness (represented as the planet Mars in this production) is mesmerizing. Janet Brown's rendition of the queen/deb Angelica's melancholy reflection on false hopes...
...Kennedy Center Honors gala, just four years old, has emerged as one of the hottest tickets in the capital. The some 2,000 guests who attended this year's event witnessed the presentation of lifetime-achievement awards in the performing arts to an august quintet: Actor Cary Grant, 77, Actress Helen Hayes, 81, Jazzman Count Basie, 75, Choreographer Jerome Bobbins, 63, and Pianist Rudolf Serkin, 78. The gala will be broadcast by CBS on Dec. 26. Said a pleased Hayes, "Us old-timers were like kids who were graduating magna cum laude-we were really sailing above the earth...
CLASSICAL: Empire Brass Quintet; music of Schumann, Etler, Telemann et al.; Morse Auditorium; Saturday...
Ferric Fang Jazz Quintet--Currier House Fishbowl...
Indeed, Scalise had already decided upon this year's new 4-4-2 formation (four fullbacks, four halfbacks, and two forwards) based on the talent of the returning lettermen including All-Ivy 2nd team members Ferrante and Jeanne Piersiak, and honorable mention Kelly Gately. But the Yardling quintet has more than filled the gaps in the preseason lineup, providing the core of the Crimson arsenal. The class of '85's contingent mans five of the seven central positions--Carrillo and Landry at striker, Larson and Greeley at inside half, and Field at sweeper--on the field...